Prioritized learning investments For the district’s strategic plan - 24 THE FIVE STAR FOCUS <strong>2021</strong>-2022
THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE FIVE STAR COMMUNITY, Ballot Issue 5C was passed on Nov. 6, 2018. <strong>The</strong> Ballot Issue represents a funding measure to jump-start priorities identified through our strategic plan ELEVATE. We continue to make strides in fulfilling our plan to elevate student success in every classroom, every day. INVESTMENT ITEM EST. COST* FOCUS AREA UPDATE Reduce class sizes and increase high school course options Elementary: Add 16.5 teachers districtwide to address class sizes above targeted levels Middle: Add 2 teachers per building $4,594,671 High: Add 3 teachers per building Update learning materials, resources and textbooks $1,528,500 Expand Career and Technical Education (CTE) programming $2,241,800 Add academic interventionists at elementary and K-8 schools $1,472,455 Additional teachers to reduce class size were hired and assigned to schools in the fall of 2019. <strong>The</strong>se funds were used to replace outdated textbooks and learning materials to align with current content standards and 21st century learning. <strong>The</strong>se funds include support for a director, a coordinator, curriculum and other materials for CTE expansion. Expansion allows an additional 350 students to participate in CTE offerings. <strong>The</strong>re is a .5 Academic Interventionist allocated to each of our elementary and K-8 schools, which provides support to nearly 800 elementary students. Increase early career educator salary and compensation across all experience levels to remain competitive in the market Increase experience credit to 10 years to better recruit veteran teachers $3,259,781 $509,500 <strong>Star</strong>ting salary was increased, putting us third in our metro-area comparison group and 2.1% above the average starting salary. In the past two years, since resuming the acceptance of 10 years service credit, we hired 193 certified employees with 7 or more years of experience. This is a 31% increase over the prior two years when we only accepted 6 years. Develop and implement a new program for teacher leadership $1,528,500 Implement 1% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for all staff $3,433,292 <strong>The</strong> IBS Negotiations Team continues to work on the development of this job description. Complete. Effective January 2019. Implement salary adjustments for identified administrative and classified (support staff) roles to remain competitive in the market $152,850 Complete. Effective January 2019. Add counselors and social workers to schools at all levels $3,512,493 Develop and implement social-emotional learning curriculum $407,600 Expand preschool to new locations $713,300 Add a member to the district crisis response team $101,900 Install facility access cards at high schools $305,700 We added 54 full-time employees to our campuses to support social/emotional wellbeing, a combination of Social Emotional Learning Specialists, School Counselors, and SSS Mental Health Providers. In January of 2020 the School Board approved seven social/emotional learning programs for our K-8 schools. <strong>The</strong>se include,Second Step, PATHS, Random Acts of Kindness, Top Twenty, School Connect, Zones of Regulation and Owning Up (Cultures of Dignity). <strong>The</strong> expansion at these identified sites has resulted in an increase of 21 staff members and an additional 390 students served in our preschool program. New staff member hired effective July 2019. Electronic access control was added at high school exterior doors to support secured campuses starting in the 2019-20 school year. Add additional campus supervisors at high school (2 per comprehensive high school) $407,600 Funding for new campus supervisors added to high school budgets for 2019-20. Reduce district-level student fees $1,120,900 Update technology devices and systems $152,850 Allocate resources to district charter schools based on enrollment $2,812,159 Complete. Families are no longer charged district-level fees. Funding was used to update and replace student Chromebooks across the district. Charters began to see their funding in June 2019. TOTAL: $28,255,851 Revised May <strong>2021</strong> *Original estimated cost was $27,000,000 but the mill allows for inflation 21 ST CENTURY LEARNERS DIVERSE LEARNING OUTSIDE- THE-CLASSROOM LEARNING SAFE SCHOOLS SOCIAL- EMOTIONAL LEARNING WORLD-CLASS STAFF 25 ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS
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