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Three Towns .. One Community A Mission-Driven Learning Community with a PK-12 Line of Sight Timeline Chris Riley Region 4 Board of Education Chairman 2005 Timeline January, 2015: All Boards of Education unanimously endorsed moving forward

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Three Towns .. One Community

A Mission-Driven Learning Community with a PK-12 Line of Sight

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Timeline

Chris Riley Region 4 Board of Education Chairman

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2005

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Timeline

✤ January, 2015: All Boards of Education unanimously

endorsed moving forward on Regionalization

✤ March, 2015: Regionalization working group began

drafting plan

✤ April, 2015: Draft plan presented to Boards of Education ✤ Now - June: Soliciting public feedback regarding draft

plan.

✤ June 4, 2015: Region 4 Board of Education will vote on the

draft plan for a potential September 29 referendum

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Upcoming Events

✤ Three additional hearings on specific components of the plan:

educational benefits, enrollment, and finances

✤ Smaller group meetings - Invite us over! ✤ Web based feedback area and information portal at Region 4

website

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What Regionalization Is.. And is Not

Michelle Grow Deep River Board of Education Chairwoman

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What Regionalization Is

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What Regionalization Is

Better Serves Our Students

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What Regionalization Is

Addresses Enrollment Challenges

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What Regionalization Is

Saves Each Town Money

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What Regionalization Is

Preserves neighborhood schools

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What Regionalization Is

Provides a governance structure to effectively address problems at all grade levels when issues occur

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What Regionalization Is Not

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Regionalization is not a backdoor to school closure

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Regionalization is not a backdoor to tiering grades

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Regionalization will not weaken local control of education

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Why Now?

Lon Seidman Essex Board of Education Chairman

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Better Serves Students

SLIDE 19 ✤ Three Towns, Five

Boards, Five Budgets

✤ Lack of a centralized

authority for fiscal and administrative issues

✤ 33 Board Members

Current Structure

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Board of Education

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Board(s) of Education

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Board(s) of Education

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Board(s) of Education

Region 4 Chester Deep River Essex

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Board(s) of Education

Region 4 Chester Deep River Essex

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Fielding Members

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Board(s) of Education

Region 4 Chester Deep River Essex

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Board(s) of Education

Region 4 Chester Deep River Essex

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Board(s) of Education

Chester

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Supervision District

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Supervision District

Region 4 BOE

Chester BOE

Deep River BOE

Essex BOE

Supervision District Committee PK-12 (Shared Services)

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Supervision District

Region 4 Chester Deep River Essex

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Supervision District

Region 4 Chester Deep River Essex

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Supervision District

25 - 30% of Each Budget

$6,755,255  

2015-2016 State Doesn’t Recognize

SLIDE 34 ✤ 5 Budgets ✤ 15-20 Workshops

(minimum)

✤ 5 Public Hearings ✤ 3 Town Votes ✤ 1 District

Referendum

Current Budget Structure

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Structural Changes to Focus on Education

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Current Structure

Supervision District PK-12

Essex Elem K-6 Deep River Elem K-6 Chester Elem K-6

Region 4

JW 7-8 VR 9-12 Essex Deep River Chester Central Administrative Office Region 4 BOE Chester BOE Deep River BOE Essex BOE

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Regional Structure

Region 4 Schools CES, DRES, EES PK-6 JW 7-8 VR 9-12 Central Administrative Office Region 4 Board of Education Voters

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Current Budget Structure

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Regional Structure

Regional PK-12 Budget Approved by Annual Referendum One Monthly Bill to Each Town Town of Chester Town of Deep River Town of Essex

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Regionalization Advantages

✤ Centralized focus on teaching and learning PK-12 ✤ Faster implementation of elementary programs ✤ A single governing board accountable for district success ✤ One budget - not five ✤ Better accountability of the entire system PK-12

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Enrollment

SLIDE 42 353 364 358 351 353 349 351 357 347 330 312 303 283 271 244 222 220 205 197 188 182 150 200 250 300 350 400 Deep ¡River ¡(K-‑6) ¡Enrollment 333 322 335 341 319 299 275 259 251 228 219 209 196 188 186 183 177 174 170 167 164 150 200 250 300 350 400 Chester ¡(K-‑6) ¡Enrollment 543 552 550 551 557 560 548 519 477 451 407 367 330 307 284 269 239 231 224 207 206 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 Essex ¡(K-‑6) ¡Enrollment 862 931 946 953 949 972 973 956 989 974 963 916 925 884 838 782 741 699 628 607 567 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Region ¡4 ¡(7-‑12) ¡Enrollment

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1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400

Total ¡(K-‑12) ¡Enrollment

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10 - 15 Year Problem

SLIDE 45 2,400,000 2,900,000 3,400,000 3,900,000 4,400,000 1940 1950 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2009 Births1

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Saving Each Town Money

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Towns Retain Building Ownership

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$900,000 anticipated savings in the first four years

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Inter-municipal agreement brings additional savings to each town

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Inter-municipal agreement brings additional savings to each town

Agreement designed to help towns maintain their neighborhood schools

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Regional Financial Incentives

✤ Each town will recognize immediate savings ✤ 10% reimbursement “bonus” on school construction projects ✤ $100 per student ECS “bonus” to member towns based on

numbers they send to the state.

✤ R4 towns currently receive this bonus for 7-12 students ✤ Reduction of administrative overhead (payroll, audits, etc) in

each town hall.

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1948

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It’s Time

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Regionalization Governance Subcommittee

A Mission-Driven Learning Community with a PK-12 Line of Sight