Shenandoah County Public Schools

1/29/2015Shenandoah CountyPublic Schools2015-16 Budget DevelopmentWork Session January 29, 2015Goal: Student Opportunity andAchievementInstructional Needs1

1/29/2015Resources for Schools*(requested last year)Instructional materials budgets – all schools 550,000Provides essentialtools and material forstudents and teachers. 500,000 450,000 400,000Decrease from2008-09 of 138,628 or 26%. 350,000 300,000 250,000 014-15Small increase toWWR in 2014-15Furniture * (requested last year) Furniture plays an important role in the delivery ofeducation in 21st Century schools. Characteristics:– Be flexible and mobile to permit easily-reconfigurablearrangements– Accommodate student-centered, collaborative and grouplearning– Accommodate advances in technology and teachingmethods2

1/29/2015Furniture * (requested last year)Cafeteria Tables - buckled in the middle causing studentsto have to hold lunch trays on the table while eating.Furniture * (requested last year)damaged desk topundamaged desk top3

1/29/2015Furniture * (requested last year)older style desk in good shape- has support barolder style desk that is broken- support bar is missingFurniture * (requested last year)science lab tables – tops nolonger connected to frames4

1/29/2015Furniture * (requested last year)science lab table with fallen frontFacilities Maintenance *(requested last year)Painting needs5

1/29/2015Music ProgramMusical Instruments Budget – all schools 30,000 25,00050% decrease in funding 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 CPS Music ProgramsNumber of Students 1301Choir496580Guitar4651,2051,654Total Students37% increase in total participants6

1/29/2015Music ProgramBroken InstrumentsCelloTambourineBass DrumTubaViolinSnare DrumOver the years of use, instruments have begun to break. The Music Departmentshave repaired and used these instruments as much as possible.Music ProgramAging Instruments and Cases1966 violin1960’s CasesMissing keysPaper Clip RepairsRusted InstrumentsString Instrument BowOld bowProper bowThe Music Departments have maintained and used instruments fordecades. There are instruments that date back to the 1960’s and 1930’s.7

1/29/2015Band ProgramAging UniformsThe Music Programs have utilized their uniforms for over a decade.Torn UniformSJHSStained UniformTorn Seam of UniformCHSSHSWithout funds for replacement uniforms, one high school anticipates thatthe marching band will perform in polo shirts with black pants for Fall 2015.Assistive Technology*(requested last year) Assistive Technology (AT) Services and Devices must beconsidered by the Individualized Education Plan team in theprovision of a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Specialized knowledge is necessary to determine these needs SCPS is required to provide devices that have been designatedas necessary for Special Education students Currently, there is no budget to support the assessment,training, devices, or compensation needed to provide ATequipment and services8

1/29/2015Goal: Student Opportunity andAchievementInstructional ProgrammingProgrammatic Support - MusicMembership Fee: National Association for Music Education (NAFME) School Division does not pay for the Membership (14 teachers) Membership covers cost to register for scheduled performances If not a member, the group must pay a registration fee for eachperformance Registration fee for one event is the same cost as the membership Participation is a contractual requirementAll County Music The addition of a middle school program (6th grade) increased theneed for additional accompanists The Division does not pay for instructional supplies for this event9

1/29/2015Programmatic Support - VHSLVirginia High School League Membership Cost 2014-15High SchoolActivitiesParticipantsStonewall Jackson22241 2,746Central23304 3,138Strasburg21272 2,894817 8,778TOTALVHSL membershipMembership is based on number of sponsored activities at each school(including debate, forensics, scholastic bowl and theater festival) and thenumber of student participants. Membership costs are paid by the schools.English Language LearnersEnglish language learners are in a race against the clock from themoment they enter the schoolhouse doors. Young native Englishspeakers have an English vocabulary ranging from 5,000 to 7,000words by the time they enter kindergarten. Closing this vocabulary gapcan be a daunting task for young English learners and their teachers.And for recent arrivals in high school, who are expected to have avocabulary of 50,000 English words to excel in the classroom, the taskcan appear all but impossible. (Center for American Progress, 2008)10

1/29/2015ELL Summer School Our English Language Learners may lose all access to fluentEnglish modeling and speaking opportunities over thesummer months resulting in loss of recently acquiredlanguage skills. ELLs benefit from book reading, writing, and differentiatedlearning opportunities offered by summer learning programs.They also benefit from the social support that is critical totheir academic success. Additional time and instruction will decrease the summer lossof knowledge and skills.11

1/29/2015Biomedical Science Academy Identified need in the labor market Broad scope of opportunity direct care engineer new assistive biomedical technologies research and develop medical interventions other career opportunities Integrates content from multiple subject areas Project based, individualized environment Biomedical content is not currently available Additional benefits dual enrollment credit connections with the community through shadowing and internshipexperiencesDual Enrollment* (requested last year) SCPS charges 50% of dual enrollmenttuition to students Recommendation: reduce to 25% The current cost of one 3 credit dualenrollment course is 204 For programs such as Governor’sSchool, Criminal Justice, and HealthCare Science to dual enroll all coursesavailable in a year costs an SCPS familyover 1,000 for each of the programs Financial Aid is not available Aligns tuition to current practices ofother divisions60%50%40%30%20%10%0%SCPSOther12

1/29/2015Guidance CounselorsSchoolStudentsCounselorsRatioStonewall 0318:1North Fork3331.0333:1Peter Muhlenberg6111.5407:1Signal KnobDivision4941.5329:13,32310.5316:1Guidance Counselorsper 00150100500SJHSNFMSPMMSSKMSSCPS13

1/29/2015CTE- Academic & Career Plans On average each guidance counselor is responsiblefor 316 students career guidance academic counseling personal/social counseling Also serves as testing coordinator responsible for all aspects of SOL testing and anyother testing that occurs in the buildingsCTE- Academic & Career Plans To facilitate career education, we recommend purchasingsoftware that aides in career development maintenance of the required Academic and Career Plansfor all 7th – 12th grader students providing a more cohesive and transparent careerguidance process for parents, students, counselors, andteachers allowing stakeholders to be actively engaged in studentcareer development14

1/29/2015CTE – Industry Credentialing Graduation requirement for standard diploma Funding is provided for Career and TechnicalEducation by the state to provide testing for thosestudents who complete a prescribed sequence ofcourses in a program of study The cost to offer the necessary industrycredentialing far exceeds what is allocatedGoal: Staff ExcellenceProfessional Development15

1/29/2015Professional DevelopmentAuthentic Assessments VDOE initiative requires divisions to develop alternative,performance-based assessments to replace the SOL testseliminated by the General Assembly (unfunded mandate) Important to develop a balanced (varied) assessmentapproach Real world examples may be used Provides connections between school, community and work Emphasis for almost two decades on multiple-choiceassessments has created a need for training in alternatemethodsProfessional DevelopmentSpecial Education On-going training is required to assure that all teachers and staff meetcompliance requirementsFederal Annual Measurable Objectives (FAMOs) utilize the performanceof Special Education students as one of the measures of schoolperformance– In SCPS, the performance of Special Education students remains anarea of concern– There is a need for training for both Special Education and GeneralEducation teachers to increase their skills and knowledge in meetingthe needs of these students16

1/29/2015Professional Development *(requested last year)Science Technology Engineering & Math (STEM) STEM is an initiative developed by the Department of Laborbased on their needs for the workforce to be able toincorporate critical thinking and problem solving skills Projected STEM jobs needed in Virginia by 2018 – over400,000 SCPS is developing a K-12 STEM program to integrate STEMwithin the curriculum Must provide teachers with the professional development tobuild their capacity to teach integrative STEM lessonsProfessional Development *(requested last year)Teacher Tuition to become Dual Enrollment certified Dual enrollment permits students to earn college creditwhile in high school The most economical avenue for SCPS to offer dualenrollment opportunities for students is with our staffcurrently in place In order to become a dual enrollment instructor, ateacher must have specified graduate course work in thecontent area17

1/29/2015What are our priorities?18

English language learners are in a race against the clock from the moment they enter the schoolhouse doors. Young native English speakers have an English vocabulary ranging from 5,000 to 7,000 words by the time they enter kindergarten. Closing this vocabulary gap can be a daunting task for young English learners and their teachers.