Lakewood School District Board of Education Meeting December 21, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Lakewood School District Board of Education Meeting December 21, 2017 Laura A. Winters Superintendent of Schools The Lakewood School District has undergone a Quality Single Accountability Continuum review in 2016-2017 (QSAC) Based on the
Board of Education Meeting
December 21, 2017
Laura A. Winters Superintendent of Schools
placed on a continuum in five areas:
– Instruction and Program – Fiscal Management – Governance – Operations – Personnel
District Performance Review District Score County Score Instruction and Program 62% 54% Fiscal Management 66% 56% Governance 66% 66% Operations 95% 95% Personnel 100% 100% Any area that the district did not receive at least an 80% of the weighted indicators, the district is required to complete a district improvement plan (DIP) to address all noncompliant indicators.
There are 21 questions on the District Performance Report under Instruction and Program (Due to time, I will review only those indicators, the district did not receive any points.). Questions 1 through 6 refer to the State Assessment – PARCC. 1) The district meets the Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) in language arts literacy for the district’s total population.
2)The district meets the Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) in language arts literacy for the district’s total population. 3) Language Arts Literacy State Assessment data for the district’s total student population shows
population achieved proficiency in the most recent year assessed (NJDOE goal).
4) Same as above (Replace with Mathematics). 5) The district has no priority schools as designated by the NJDOE (Lakewood High School is a priority School). Zero Points 5b) The district has reward schools as designated by the NJDOE. Zero Points. 6) At least 70% of the district’s total student population, across all grades tested in science, achieved proficient or advanced status on the most recent state science assessments.
7) Percentage of students who graduated high school by way of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) in the last academic year. a) At least 95% according to the most recent NJDOE published high school graduation rate or 90%, 85%
County Comment: The district’s 2016 4 year cohort graduation rate was 75.3% ZERO POINTS
9) Based on state assessment data, the achievement of all subgroup populations is analyzed at the district and school levels. For those populations not meeting AMO targets or showing a stagnant or declining trend, the district investigates and identifies possible causes, including but not limited to those below: Lack of curriculum that is aligned to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards and Common Core State Standards; lack of consistent focus on academic work using data; insufficient exposure to the NJCCCS and CCSS; use of unaligned instructional materials; inadequate support and/or professional development… District scored Itself a YES, County Scored NO District Evidence: The District completes an analysis by total population, and subgroup, minutes from curriculum meetings, district action plan to correct areas of concern (which the County agreed). County Comment: Without a bilingual Child Study Team, addressing individual strengths and weaknesses remains a challenge.
10.For those subgroup populations at the district and school levels that have shown improvement or growth the district investigates and identifies factors that may have contributed to improvement, including but not limited to those below: Curriculum alignment to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards and Common Core State Standards; consistent focus on academic work; appropriate use of aligned assessments, both formative and summative; increased exposure to the NJCCCS and CCSS; adoption and implementation of aligned instructional materials targeted professional development for teachers etc.. District scored Itself a YES, County Scored NO District Evidence: A District analysis is completed by total population and subgroup, minutes from curriculum meetings, district action plan to correct areas of concern, new/revised curriculum, new/revised assessments. County Comment: Without a bilingual Child Study Team, addressing individual strengths and weaknesses remains a challenge.
1) The monthly Board Secretary’s report is completed and reconciled without exceptions (e.g. unbalanced/inaccurate balance sheet, unauthorized transfers) and is completed within 30 days of the months end, reconciled with the Treasurer’s report or equivalent report within 45 days of the month’s end and submitted to the board within 60 days of the month’s end for approval.
ZERO POINTS – The Board Secretary’s Report is Board approved on time 95% of the time.
procedures manual for business functions, which includes a system of internal controls to prevent the over-expenditure of line item accounts and to safeguard assets from theft and fraud.
Zero Points – The District has a Standard Operating Procedures Manual; however, line item accounts are sometimes over-expended. A budget appropriation adjustment is made to correct over expenditures.
4) The district has filed the annual audit of its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and filed other supporting forms and collections (Auditor’s Management Report Federal Data Collection Form) by the due date
Zero Points – The Fiscal Audits for the past two years have been submitted on time.
5b) The district received an unqualified opinion
findings of a substantive nature.
The district stated YES. The County stated NO.
County Comment: The district continues to be in deficit. The repeat audit findings show that the district is still in deficit for both the general and Special Revenue funds. In addition, the district did not keep sufficient documentation to support students reported on the ASSA, this resulted in a repeat audit finding. Corrective action was taken on all other prior year findings.
5c) The district received an unqualified opinion on the annual audit and has no material weaknesses in the findings.
ZERO POINTS – The district feels this is true, and should receive points.
5d) The district received an unqualified opinion on the annual audit and ends the year with no deficit balances and no line items over-expenditures in the general fund, special revenue fund, capital projects funds or debt service fund (other than permitted under state law and GAAP)
ZERO POINTS – The district is requesting more information in regard to this finding.
6) The district manages and oversees NCLB, IDEA, ARRA and other entitlement and discretionary grants as required. Specifically, the district: a) Complies with demonstration of comparability maintenance of effort, supplement not supplant and other federal grant fiscal requirements ZERO POINTS b) Spends grant funds as budgeted. Amendments and budget modifications are completed for charges that exceed the applicable threshold.
District stated YES. County stated NO.
County Comment: Reports are not submitted to the State in a timely fashion.
The district manages and oversees NCLB, IDEA, ARRA and other entitlement and discretionary grants as required. Specifically, the district: d) approves salaries funded by federal grants as documented in the board minutes and maintains the required time and activity reports.
District stated YES. County Stated NO.
County Comment: Corrective Action has been taken on this
finding.
7) The district provides proper oversight and
accounting of capital projects and Referendum and
district: d) conducts the proper fiscal close-out of completed
earned annually to the debt service and/or general fund.
ZERO POINTS.
2) The board of education has a policy and contract with the Chief School Administrator to annually evaluate the CSA based on the adoption of the goals and performance measures, which reflect that highest priority is given to student achievement and attention to subgroup achievement. Zero Points
3c)The board’s adopted budget includes sufficient resources to address all board approved corrective measures, as applicable, in response to annual audits and other programmatic and fiscal monitoring reports. ZERO POINTS
profiles for each school district.
Profile, Lakewood meets or exceeds almost all targets.
grades, as reported by the district in the 2016 State Assessment Registration submission.
grades, and did not participate in the assessment.
after July 1st.
grades participated in the state wide assessment.
Level 4 or 5 on the rigorous PARCC assessment or Level 3 or 4 on the Dynamic Learning Maps to ensure the school meets the long term academic achievement goal of 80%.
to July 1, 2016 scored at either Level 4 or 5 on the PARCC assessment or Level 3 or 4 on the Dynamic Learning Maps.
by the NJDOE.
Rate
– Annual Target: 74.6 – Lakewood High School Graduation Rate: 75.3 – Lakewood Met its Target
Chronic Absenteeism
lack of quorum.
has made in various areas, the district is applying for Equivalency, which will allow the district to utilize the new QSAC growth model, as opposed to the “old” model, which is only based on compliance.
Lakewood is actually making!
continues to make progress.
who make a difference every day!
continues to move forward; however, the past two years is taking its toll on teachers and administration.
District need stability and a fair funding formula that does not divide its staff, students, families and town by those who count, and those who do not.
Members
Members
members
School Year Number of Teachers Who Resigned 2014-2015 (RIF of 22 Staff Members) 55 2015-2016 (RIF of 68 Staff Members) 51 2016-2017 (RIF of 140 Staff Members) 23 2017-2018 23 + 55 = 78 (Teachers from July 1st ) * Calculations were from July 1st until June 30th of every year.
School Year Amount Spent on Professional Development 2015-2016 $ 1,767,588.65 2016-2017 $ 2,444,580.09 2017-2018 ** $ 2,749,208.00 **The 2017-2018 amount is just what has been appropriated at this point and is subject to change.
School Year Amount Spent on Professional Development LAKEWOOD Amount Spent on Professional Development BRICK** Amount Spent on Professional Development JACKSON** 2015-2016
$ 1,767,588.65
$1,499,981 $1,828,504 2016-2017
$ 2,444,580.09
$1,789,163 $1,721,662 2017-2018 *
$ 2,749,208.00
$1,685,015 $1,757,812 *The 2017-2018 amount is just what has been appropriated at this point and is subject to change.
**Sources User Friendly Budget 2017-18 EWEG NCLB Application Reflects – Public and Nonpublic Professional Development
Protocol)
to lose them to other districts.
School Year Average Teaching Experience of New Teachers Hired Teachers Hired in 2014-2015 4.84 years Teachers Hired in 2015-2016 5.95 years Teachers Hired in 2016-2017 4.71 years Teachers Hired in 2017-2018 4.11 years
The Lakewood School District compared to the Atlantic City School District
May 22, 2017
42
Lakewood Public Schools is no less “needy” than Atlantic City Public Schools that receives millions of additional State dollars.
New Jersey has not followed the statutory formula for funding school budgets since its first year in law in 2008-2009, and was cut in 2010- 2011 (In its first year, 2008-2009, it was statutorily funded, not fully funded.) Currently, there is no part of the school funding formula that allows the flexibility to provide additional aid to school districts in distress or that are unique.
43
http://njeducationaid.blogspot.com/2017/02/sfra-was-never-fully-funded.html
The Lakewood School District is unlike any school district in New Jersey, with 6,100 Public School students, and over 30,000 Non-Public School students, for which the School Funding Formula does not work.
44
The Atlantic City School District received additional funds, not a loan, in the 2016-2017 school year through Senate Bill A3983/S-2574, which was approved in June of 2015. In the 2017-2018, State of New Jersey Budget Summary (Page 41), the Atlantic City School District is slated to receive $32 million dollars in discretionary school aid, called “Commercial Valuation Stabilization Aid.”
45
FY18 Budget Summary: http://www.nj.gov/treasury/omb/publications/18bib/BIB.pdf
46
(2015 dollars)
Lakewood Township’s Per Capita $15,124
Atlantic City’s Per Capita $18,162 New Jersey State’s Per Capita $36,582 (www.quickfacts.census.gov)
47
(2015 Dollars)
Median! (www.quickfacts.census.gov)
48
(2015 Dollars)
County – 32.1%
(www.quickfacts.census.gov)
49
Lakewood & Atlantic City vs. Abbott Districts Per Capita Income & Percent of Population Living below the Poverty Level
(2015 Dollars)
School Districts Per Capita Income Percent of the Population Living Below the Poverty Level
Lakewood $15,124 32.1% Atlantic City $18,162 36.9% Asbury Park $23,761 31.9% Neptune $32,737 10.6% New Brunswick $14,407 34.7% Trenton $16,914 28.3% Elizabeth $18,826 19.0% Perth Amboy $19,218 22.8% Vineland $24,361 16.9% Long Branch $29,446 18.7% Jersey City $33,426 19.3% Hoboken $72,864 10.8%
(www.quickfacts.census.gov)
50
The Lakewood School District Percentage Atlantic City School District Percentage Hispanic 85% Hispanic 40% African American 9% African American 36% White 5% White 6% Other 1% Other 18%
51
Lakewood Data – Realtime Atlantic City Data – www.publicschoolreview.com
LAKEWOOD 2016 ATLANTIC CITY 2016 75.1% 76.1%
52
receive free lunch and breakfast through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP).
Program, 70% of the students in the Atlantic City School District receive Free/Reduced Lunch/Breakfast.
53
NEW JERSEY STATE AID - LAKEWOOD “2011-2017”
54
School Year Equalization Aid Transportation Aid Special Education Aid Security Aid
Professional
Learning Comm.
PARCC Readiness Aid
Per Pupil Growth Aid Total General Fund State Aid Extra-
Aid 2011- 2012 14,793,805 3,043,050 2,748,847 218,913 N/A N/A N/A 20,804,615 3,668,596 2012- 2013 14,972,074 3,865,747 2,904,408 2,161,835 N/A N/A N/A 23,878,294 2,972,875 2013- 2014 15,263,034 3,934,658 2,975,869 2,161,835 N/A N/A N/A 24,335,396 3,610,389 2014- 2015 15,263,034 3,934,658 2,975,869 2,161,835 N/A 58,370 58,370 24,452,136 3,147,306 2015- 2016 15,263,034 3,934,658 2,975,869 2,161,835 N/A 58,370 58,370 24,452,136 4,162,366 2016- 2017 15,070,904 4,199,793 3,053,082 2,186,868 63,220 58,370 58,370 24,690,607 5,200,000
STATE AID ADVANCES RECEIVED:
55
$1 Million Dollars to the Lakewood School District, in order to bus public school courtesy
courtesy students.
56
57
– Lakewood Population: 60,352
– Lakewood Population: 92,843
54% Growth
and 2010
Press/Smart Growth Plan)
(http://en.wikipedia.org)
58
(Realtime Data )
Year Number of Students
2012-2013 1160 2013-2014 1164 2014-2015 2014 2015-2016 1693 2016-2017 1830
59
Number of Lakewood Students
** Versatrans includes schools located within Lakewood and out-of-district *NJSMART October 15th Submission (2011 NJSMART report not available to public yet) For Number of Out-of-District Students- See slide 21
Number of Students Attending Public Schools
Number of Non-Public Schools Students Receiving Transportation
2009-2010
(With Evening High School)
5,215* 16,443 ** 2010-2011
(Without Evening High School, as this was cancelled in a cost cutting measure)
5,272* 17,900 ** 2011-2012 5,566 18,966** 2012-2013 5,424+ 20,960** 2013-2014 5,766* 22,622** 2014-2015 6,020* 24,483** 2015-2016 6,100* 26,588** 2016-2017 6,103+
(LSTA)
60
Transportation Budget 2016-2017- $24,582,735 Projected Transportation Budget 2017-2018 $27,387,442
According to the 2010 Census, the percentage (%) of the population that is under 5 years old, under 18 years old and 65 years of age and older.
Percentage of Population Under 5 Years Old Percentage of Population Under 18 Years Old Percentage of Population 65 Years
Lakewood 19.5% 48.4% 4.3% Ocean County 6.7% 23.4% 21.0% New Jersey 6.2% 23.5% 13.5% Brick 5.0% 20.7% 17.9% Toms River 5.0% 21.7% 16.7% Howell 5.7% 26.3% 10.0% Jackson 5.4% 24.7% 14.8% Asbury Park 7.7% 23.8% 10.3% Long Branch 7.2% 21.7% 11.3% Neptune 5.2% 20.6% 16.5%
(www.quickfacts.census.gov) 61
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN-DISTRICT VS OUT-OF-DISTRCT
Information from Realtime as of 05.22.17 62
Projected Special Education Costs 2017-2018 – $32,626,550 IDEA Public Funds - $1,600,000
YEAR NUMBER OF IN-DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS NUMBER OF OUT-OF-DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS NUMBER OF TOTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
2011-2012 811 206 1,017 2012-2013 819 245 1,064 2013-2014 838 275 1,113 2014-2015 849 295 1,144 2015-2016 876 369 1,245 2016-2017 908 346 1,254
Non-Public Chapter 192 & 193 Services
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017
(Chapter 192)
7,647 8,813 10,741 11,754 10,557** 12,092** 14,361** 13,585*
19,335 ESL (Chapter 192)
99 135 421 425 354** 358** 222** 280*
Speech (Chapter 193)
2,607 2,860 2,964 3,050 2,996** 2,630** 3,295** 3,153* 3,314
Supplemental Instruction (Chapter 193)
1,266 1,438 1,741 1,788 1,701** 1,701** 2,052** 2,295* 2,201
E & D ( Chapter 193)
1,559 2,067 2,494 2,546 2,540** 2,500** 3,232** 3,415* 4,183
Transportation (Chapter 192)
$418,599 ? $843,403 $1,044,850 $413,952** $683,665** $720,596** $278,100* 492,945.13
63
* FIRST FUNDING STATEMENT BEFORE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
** LAST FUNDING STATEMENT AFTER ADDITIONAL FUNDING
NJDOE
64
(The information contained herein is subject to final and further verification)