Newton Public Schools School Committee Budget Presentation Instructional Areas March 27th, 2017
System Goals • Academic Excellence • Educational Equity • Social and Emotional Learning • Improving and Expanding Facilities
Our Challenge To continue the forward momentum toward achieving key system goals and preserve the programs and supports we have built over the last several years, while closing a budget gap.
Budget Process • Manage and forecast the FY17 budget deficit and assess impact on FY18 • Collaborate with principals and central office to develop a shared framework to guide decisions • Identify administrative efficiencies and restructuring opportunities • Reduce non-personnel expenses to limit impact on school operations and instruction • Abide by School Committee budget guidelines
3 Key Questions • What can we preserve? • Given the context, what improvements can we make? • What will we be unable to preserve next year?
Projected Enrollment Increase -- 44 Students Elementary Schools • What were we able to preserve? – Low average class size in K-3 – Opportunities for small group instruction during literacy – Support for math differentiation and intervention – 4 th instrumental music and 5 th grade chorus – Library classes for all students – Mental health support – Support for social-emotional learning • What we were able to improve? – Flexible behavioral support • What we were not able to preserve? – Current level of library coverage – 4th grade chorus
Elementary Schools Preserve • Lower class sizes in K-3 (average class size of 21) • Literacy support and intervention (LLI, literacy specialist and coaches) • Mental health support (social workers/psychologist) • Social emotional learning (Responsive school teams)
Elementary Schools Improve Flexible Positive Support Specialist; Provide proactive, targeted and wraparound support to meet student needs in the least restrictive manner
Elementary Schools Unable to preserve • Half-time K-8 assistant principal (examine supports, evaluate administrative structures) • Library coverage • 4th grade chorus
Elementary Summary Reductions/additions in Teaching & Staffing FTE Teachers to match enrollment shifts -5.0 ($309,500) Literacy specialists -1.2 ($102,000) Grade 4 chorus -0.5 ($30,950) Specialists -0.4 ($24,760) Library specialists -5.5 ($340,450) Add reserve teachers 1.0 $61,900 Total -11.6 ($745,760) Reductions in Elementary Administration FTE Half-time Assistant Principals -1.1 ($128,041) Total -1.1 ($128,041) Reductions in Elementary Support Positions FTE Class Size Aides to match enrollment -3.0 ($84,000) University Interns ($81,500) Total -3.0 ($165,500) TOTAL -15.7 ($1,039,301)
Projected Enrollment = +12 Middle Schools • What were we able to preserve? – Reasonable team size averages – Middle School model, structure, and teams – Academic support programs and interventions – Music, Art, Technology, Wellness and Drama – Guidance ratios – Mental health support – Support for social-emotional learning • What were we able to improve? – Opportunities for teacher leadership in math • What were we not able to preserve? – Latin elective – Increase in team size average (1.75 students per team)
Preserving our Current Middle School Model • Core subjects taught in 4 teacher teams to groups of ~90 students – English, Math, Social Studies, Science • Multi-team offerings to all students – World Language, Art, Drama, Music, Chorus, Orchestra, Heath and Wellness, Tech. Engineering • English language learner, disability and general education support throughout the day
Continuing Favorable Team Size Enrollment and FTE Shifts: FY17 to FY18 School Δ Students Δ FTE Avg. Team Size Bigelow +11 0.0 89.3 (+1.8) FA Day +63 +2.0 89.4 (+1.7) Brown -30 -2.0 90.1 (+1.7) Oak Hill -32 -2.2 89.9 (+1.8) Total +10 -2.2 89.7 (+1.7)
Middle School Areas Unable to Preserve • Library teacher decrease from 4.0 to 2.0 FTE – Access to and supervision of libraries preserved with addition of 2.0 library aides • Latin elective in 7th & 8th grade eliminated (-1.2 FTE) – World language preserved for grades 6-8 • Math coaching decreases from 2.0 to 1.0 FTE – Addition of 4 stipended school-based teacher leaders for math
Middle School Summary Reductions/Additions in Teaching & Staffing FTE Team teachers -2.0 ($123,800) Latin teachers -1.2 ($72,486) Math coaches -1.0 ($90,000) Add math teacher leader stipends $12,000 Library specialists -2.0 ($123,800) Add Library Aides 2.0 $58,000 Multi-team teachers -0.2 ($12,380) TOTAL -4.4 ($352,466)
High Schools (North +18, South +56) • What were we able to preserve? – Student choice in course selection – Breadth of core and elective offerings – Elective courses in Art, Media Arts, Theatre, Music – Career, Vocational and Technical Education – Mental health supports – Interdisciplinary learning communities – Library access • What were we not able to preserve? – Current class size • Increased number of courses > 25 – Library staffing levels
Preserving the Breadth of High School Programming • Courses organized in 3 curriculum levels: College Prep, Advanced College Prep and Honors/AP • Broad core and elective course offerings from NNHS and NSHS Course Catalogues • Career, arts & elective program funding • Student support staffing & supplemental programming • Peer tutoring, in school and afterschool academic support & legacy scholars. • Complete rollout of DaVinci program
Managing Shifting Enrollment Enrollment and FTE Shifts: FY17 to FY18 School FY17 FY17 FY18 Δ FTE Projection Enrollment Projection Newton 2154 2145 2163 (+9) -2.1 North Newton 1801 1851 1907 (+106) -0.6 South Total 3955 3996 4070 (+115) -2.7
High School Areas Unable to Preserve • Course offerings are driven by student registration requests • Decision-making after the registration process • Possible changes – Increased Honors or ACP class sizes – Capped enrollment in smaller courses – Reduction in less-requested electives • Library teacher decrease from 5.1 to 4.0 FTE (-0.6 North, -0.5 South)
High School Summary Reductions in High School Teaching Positions FTE North Classroom teachers – North -2.1 ($129,900) Library specialists -0.6 ($37,450) South Classroom teachers - South -0.6 ($37,140) Library specialists -0.5 ($30,640) Total -3.8 (-235,220)
Teaching & Learning • What were we able to preserve? – Professional development for curriculum and instruction – Support for SEL – Coaching literacy, math and instructional technology – Curriculum alignment and coherence – Data informed instruction and intervention • What were we not able to preserve? – The level of instructional leadership in all curriculum areas – Teaching and learning support staff
Teaching and Learning: Preserve • Professional Learning • Coaching and support in math, ELA, instructional technology • Curriculum alignment and coherence • Data informed instruction and intervention • Social and Emotional Learning • Partnership with METCO to provide professional development on race and achievement
T&L Preserve: Social and Emotional Learning Training staff and community: Responsive Classroom: ● 850+ Unit A members including 138 middle school educators ○ ○ 51 administrators 260+ afterschool staff, preschool staff, math volunteers, Title 1 staff ○ Responsive Home: 1000+ other adults via parent workshops ● Youth Mental Health First Aid: 257 adults ● Building Responsive Schools: School Leadership Teams, school-wide behavior expectations, routines, • procedures • Site-based professional development and capacity-building School Climate Transformation Grant
T&L - Improve • Elementary Mathematics: New program implementation in 2 or 3 grades • Science: continue progressive implementation of NGSS with new units in grades 3 and 8 • In partnership with METCO, Extend race and achievement professional development to ● additional schools ● Train 50 teachers and administrators in cultural competence and racial identity development Summer 2017 Review curriculum materials and instructional strategies ● promote cultural competence among students and educators ○ ○ identify implicit and explicit bias embed Responsive Classroom and English Language ○ Development skills and strategies
T&L Unable to Preserve: Library Teachers Level FY17 FY18 Change Middle Schools: 2 schools share Elementary 13.9 8.4 -5.5 1 Library Teacher Middle School 4.0 2.0 -2.0 and 1 Library Aide Library Aides 0 2.0 +2.0 High School 5.1 4.0 -1.1 High Schools: Coordinator 1.0 .05 -0.5 Each school has ALL 24.0 16.9 -7.1 2 Library Teachers Elementary Schools: Library teacher on site Larger schools: 3 days In between schools: 2.5 days Smaller schools: 2 days
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