CSC Notes October 10, 2016

  • Budget Notes/ Preparing for Spring Budget
  • Where the money comes from
  • Money follows students
  • Set amount per student
  • Mill Levys from voters for technology, literacy, building improvements
  • Extra amounts for:
  • Free/reduced lunch students
  • # of 2nd language learners
  • The Spring Budget is based on attendance projections based on October Count Day
  • This gives an estimate for fall enrollment for the subsequent school year
  • The school has flexibility to support/spend money based on needs and strives to make the best decisions for the students and school community
  • Fall Budget Results
  • Additional Kindergarten Tearcher: Michelle Reynolds
  • We got additional GT (gifted/talented) instruction: looking for a good fit; these teachers are hired locally
  • Additional Social Worker time: bilingual, starts on 10/28
  • Surplus money: we can’t just put extra money in a miscellaneous account. Everything must have a line in the budget
  • $20k goes to textbook account
  • $15k goes to the general fund
  • $6500 Arts Budget Update (money raised from PTO last year)
  • Frequent Fliers- Fabrics in gym
  • Wonderbound-free- all school field trip
  • Denver Ballet Guild
  • Nutcracker? (maybe)
  • Skate City STEM field trips- February?
  • Technology Update
  • School Technology Resource- Kyle: tech guy for the school
  • New donated computer lab
  • Green Screen to be added to the STEM lab
  • We are at or above projections and may not need to RIB in Spring
  • Spring Budget will be affected by housing prices, % of choice in/out, more kids from other districts
  • SPF (School Performance Framework)
  • Schools rated on a color scale
  • Blue: Distinguished
  • Green: Meets Expectations
  • Yellow: Accredited on Watch
  • Orange: Accredited on Priority Watch
  • Red: Accredited on Probation
  • Several Factors are rated to create rating including:
  • Academic Growth
  • Academic Proficiency
  • Enrollment Rates
  • Parent Satisfaction
  • Here’s a video for understanding the School Performance Framework
  • All Schools work to achieve green or blue ratings
  • Green/Blue schools can choose to opt out of certain things like curriculum
  • Yellow/Orange/Red: get more district funded support but it’s earmarked for specific things
  • Yellow/Orange/Red also work with an Instructional Superintendent to improve
  • SPF is embargoed until 10/20 with a chance to argue result (though there’s very little chance to change the final rating)
  • Other SPF Notes
  • Previous 3 SPF ratings: Green, Orange, No SPF
  • Growth in PARCC
  • Big gains in math/ literacy
  • Our school will get a SQR (School Quality Review) on November 2nd/3rd
  • This will give the boars something to look at other than just test scores