FY17 Budget Presentation Student Services Plant & Facilities - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presentation Series for FY17 Budget #1 FY17 Budget Presentation Student Services Plant & Facilities Technology Thursday, January 21, 2015 Educational Support Center PDC 6:30 p.m. 1

Student Services Budget Presented by: Kristin Campione Director of Student Services 2

FY16 Special Education Percentages FY16 October 1 SIMS data School Total Enrollment # IEPs Percentage State Average Hardwick 221 33 14.9% Hubbardston 313 57 18.2% New Braintree 137 36 26.3% Oakham 164 35 21.3% 17.2% Ruggles Lane 398 80 20.1% QRMS 429 69 16.1% QRHS 706 119 16.9% Totals 2,395 429 17.9% FY13 16% FY14 18% FY15 16% 3

FY16 Student Services Needs by School School # IEPs* # 504 Plans # Interventionists/ # Special Education Paraprofessionals^ Teachers^ Hardwick 33 4 5.5 Interventionists 1.5 1 Paraprofessional Hubbardston 52 14 5 Paraprofessionals 3 New Braintree 10 1 .5 Oakham 19 5 .7 Interventionist .6 Ruggles Lane 80 23 3.5 Interventionists 3 3 Paraprofessionals QRMS 45 29 4 Paraprofessionals 2 QRHS 90 66 5 Paraprofessionals 4 *does not include students in substantially separate classrooms (>60% out of general education) ^ does not include teachers of substantially separate classrooms and their staff, 1:1 paras or K or PK paras 4

FROM MOST RESTRICTIVE TO LEAST RESTRICTIVE Residential Placements Private Day Placements ( Out of State ) Private Day Placements ( In State ) Collaborative Placements ( Non-Member Collaboratives: CMSEC, CASE ) Collaborative Placements ( Member Collaboratives: FLLAC, CAPS ) Public School Placements ( substantially separate program in other public school ) 5

Placement Type of Placement # Students Hometown FY17 Projection Easter Seals of NH, Autism, Multiple Needs 1 Barre $95,566.49* Manchester Landmark, Beverly Language Based Learning Disabilities 1 Barre $65,624.18 ARCHway, Leicester Autism, Multiple Needs 1 Barre $83,859.41# Hillcrest, Lenox Autism, Multiple Needs 1 Barre $165,305.22# New England Ctr. for 1 Oakham Autism $103,991.53* Children, Southboro Evergreen, Walpole Autism, Multiple Needs 1 Barre $168,982.01 6 *cost share with Dept. Children & Families (DCF), #cost share due to divorced parents

Placement Type of Placement # Students Hometown FY17 Projection Crotched Mountain, Autism, Multiple Needs 1 Barre $174,246.34* Greenfield, NH *cost reflects 1:1 staffing level needed while in the program 7

Placement Type of Placement # Students Hometown FY17 Projection Devereux, Rutland Behavioral, Social/Emotional 3 Barre, 2 $140,627.01 Hubbardston White Oak, Westfield Language Based Learning Disabilities 3 Hardwick, 2 $128,353.66 Hubbardston Darnell, Marlboro Multiple Disabilities 2 Hubbardston, $181,880.92 Barre New England Ctr. for Autism 2 Oakham $208,552.26 Children, Southboro Boston Higashi, Autism 1 Hubbardston $74,705.98 Randolph Lighthouse School, Behavioral, Social/Emotional 1 Barre $70,237.61 No. Chelmsford 8

Placement Type of Placement # Students Hometown FY17 Projection RFK, Lancaster Behavioral, Social/Emotional 1 Hubbardston $34,165.88 Summit Academy, 1 Hubbardston $41,255.02 Autism Worcester YOU, Inc., Milford Behavioral, Social/Emotional 1 Oakham $38,564.68 Learning Center Sensory/Deaf 1 Hardwick $81,500.91 Deaf, Framingham McCauley Behavioral, Social/Emotional 1 Barre $33,260.76 Nazareth, Leicester Seven Hills Academy Multiple Disabilities/Medically Fragile 1 Hardwick $50,578.27 9

Placement Type # Students Hometown FY17 Projection CASE Collaborative, Behavioral, Social/Emotional 1 Hubbardston $70,967.41 Boxborough Central MA Spec Ed Behavioral, Social/Emotional 1 Barre $44,989.58 Collab (CMSEC), West Boylston 10

Placement Type # Students Hometown FY17 Projection CAPS Gateway, Behavior, Social/Emotional 6 3 Hardwick, $292,258.42 Westminster 2 Barre, 1 Hubbardston FLLAC Caldwell, Behavior, Social/Emotional 4 2 Barre, 2 $198,170.35 Fitchburg Hardwick CAPS Kelly Day Multiple Disabilities/ Medically Fragile 3 Hardwick, $215,195.97 @Hubb Ctr School Barre, Hubbardston FLLAC @ Ayer- Life Skills 2 Oakham, $112,296.78 Shirley HS Hubbardston CAPS Sr. Senators Multiple Disabilities/ Medically Fragile 1 Barre $65,156.98 @ Mahar HS 11

Placement Type # Students Hometown FY17 Projection Ware Middle School Behavioral, Social/Emotional 2 Hubbardston, $73,336.00 (Sub Sep Class)* Barre North Middlesex Transition to Adult/Vocational/Life Skills 1 Barre $40,000.00 Regional (Post Grad Gateway Program *1 student in grade 5 and 1 in grade 6 during FY17. They will transition to MS program at QRMS during FY 18 & FY19 12

Type # Students Cost Residential 6 $683,328.84 Private Day (out of state) 1 $174,246.34 Private Day 18 $1,083,682.96 Collaborative (Nonmember) 2 $115,956.99 Collaborative (Member-CAPS/FLLAC) 16 $883,078.50 Public Day (other school district) 3 $113,336.00 TOTALS 46 $3,053,629.63 We also one student from Oakham who attends a residential school in Connecticut. Student is currently school choice to Wachusett and we will be billed for the residential cost on the sped increment form under School Choice. 13

Type # Students Cost Behavioral or Social/Emotional 21 $996,577.70 Autism, Multiple Needs 5 $687,959.47 Multiple Disabilities/Medically Fragile 5 $330,931.22 Autism 5 $428,504.79 Language Based 4 $193,977.84 Multiple Disabilities 2 $181,880.92 Cognitive/Life Skills 2 $112,296.78 Sensory/Deaf 1 $81,500.91 Transition to Adult Life 1 $40,000.00 TOTALS 46 $3,053,629.63 We also one student from Oakham who attends a residential school in Connecticut. Student is currently on school choice to Wachusett and we will be billed for the residential cost on the sped increment form under School Choice. 14

Type Explanation/Location Projected FY17 Cost Assistive Technology Consultation, Direct Service & $10,000.00 Evaluations Occupational Therapy District wide all Occupational $167,402.81 Therapists and Certified OT Assistants (1 FTE OT & 2-.6 COTA) Physical Therapy District wide 1 Physical Therapist $93,045.05 and 1 PT Assistant (both part time) Teacher of Visually Impaired Consultation, Direct Service & $20,000.00 Evaluations Speech/Language Pathology Consultation, Direct Services & $54,299.54 Evaluations at HCS, 1 SLP and 1 SLPA (both part time) 15

Type Explanation/Location Projected FY17 Cost Teacher of Visually Impaired Direct Service, Evaluations $10,000.00 16

Vendor Explanation/Location Projected FY17 Cost New England Center for Children 2 partnership classrooms (2 teachers, $284,267.64 BCBA consultation) Julie MacIntyre Independent Consultant Adaptive $11,030.00 Physical Education Carroll School Orientation and Mobility Consultant $26,574.00 Christine George Independent Consultant BCBA $68,496.29 Debra Passios Independent Consultant Language $15,000.00 Based Classrooms Pamela Kaufmann Independent Consultant Life $10,000.00 Skills/Transition to Adulthood Dr. Frank Vargo Independent Consultant Clinical $15,000.00 Psychologist/Risk Assessments TBD Program Evaluation Preschool $1,000.00 17

Type Explanation/Location Projected FY17 Cost Attorney Matt MacAvoy Legal Representation, Professional $25,000.00 Development 18

HES None HCS Elementary Language-Based NBGS Preschool, Autism OCS Autism, Life Skills RLS None QRMS Life Skills, Therapeutic QRHS Life Skills, Therapeutic Proposed Change: Autism program-move one of the NECC classrooms from NB/OCS to MS/HS building 19

Program Location Staff Current Enrollment Language Based Hubbardston 1 teacher 5 (Learning Disabilities) 1 paraprofessional Autism NB/OCS 2 teachers* 12 (6 NB, 6 OCS) 12 paraprofessionals Life Skills OCS 1 teacher, 10 (Cognitive Impairments) 2 paraprofessionals Preschool NB 2 teachers 77 (27 IEPs) 4 paraprofessionals Elementary Behavioral TBD 1 teacher Proposed New Program 1 paraprofessional *NECC teachers paid through contracted services 20

Program Location Staff Current Enrollment Therapeutic MS QRMS 1 teacher 15 (Behavior/SocEmot) 1 paraprofessional Therapeutic HS QRHS 1 teacher 19 (Behavior/SocEmot) 1 paraprofessional Life Skills MS QRMS 1 teacher 9 (Cognitive Impairments) 2 paraprofessionals Life Skills HS QRHS 1 teacher 10 (Cognitive Impairments) 3 paraprofessionals Autism MS QRMS 1 teacher Proposed New Location (combined Lang Based) 1 paraprofessional 21

1 Director of Student Services 1 Student Services Coordinator 3 Team Chairpersons (PK-3, 4-7, 8-12 & PG) 1 Social Worker 2 School Psychologists 3 Speech/Language Pathologists 22

• Autism Middle/High Program • Elementary Behavioral/Social Emotional Program • Team Chairperson for Group Home & Out District Students(caseload of 46 students plus 24 group home students) • Part time clerical support (filing, scanning, telephones) • Additional licensed social worker to support families and teachers of students in crisis and provide support to prevent crises. 23

Presented by: Director of Administrative Services & Plant & Facilities Manager

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