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Auburn Public Schools FY 2015 Finance Committee PresentationMarch 19, 2014Dr. Maryellen Brunelle, Superintendent of Schools

The APS Team…Strengthening Connections through Rigor, Relevance and Relationships


“Genuine success does not come from proclaiming our values, but

from consistently putting them into daily action.”

-Ken Blanchard


RESPONDING TO NEEDS BASED ON DATA

Safe and Respectful Environments for AllSafe and Respectful Environments for All

StudentStudent--Centered Decision MakingCentered Decision Making

High Expectations for AllHigh Expectations for All

Dedicated to Continuous ImprovementDedicated to Continuous Improvement

Equitable Opportunities for AllEquitable Opportunities for All

How will this impact

students and their

achievement?


Priorities that drove our decisions:� Student Safety�Auburn Middle School Building Project:

�Open lines of communication with the community regarding the new middle school

�Renovations to the current middle school for grades 3-5 and required updates to Pakachoag and Bryn Mawr

�Class Size�Student Achievement� Textbooks�Continued Implementation of new Educator Evaluation system


Priorities that drove our decisions:�Technology as a Tool to Enhance Rigor and Relevance

� iPad Implementation – expansion of grade 8 pilot into grade 9

based on recommendations of the 1:1 DLT Team

�Commitment to Continuous Improvement

�High Quality Professional Development Program

�Focus on the Strategic Plan, as well as School and District Improvement Plans

�Increase in AP offerings, both in terms of participation and qualifying scores


Multi-Layered Approach

• Leadership Team members prepared their respective FY2015 budgets with input from staff

• Each member of the Leadership Team defended his/her budget proposal with the Superintendent, Business Manager and Director of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum

• Leadership Team met on several occasions throughout the fall to review, discuss and prioritize requests, our goal being the success of the APS District and each of our students


Assumptions Made:

�Federal grants at current appropriations

�Medicaid Reimbursement Funding: $124,000 –same as in FY 14

�Circuit Breaker Reimbursement Funding: 60%

�School Choice: same #s – 26 at AHS and 15 at AMS

�Bussing fee of $100/student up to maximum of $250/family

�Offsets from all revolving accounts to minimize operating budget's impact


�The School Department’s original request was $23,278,408, which represented a 4.29% increase

�The School Department then created various scenarios of the budget, each of which reflected increasingly deeper cuts

�The goals of insulating children, preserving programs and materials that directly impact the classroom and the institutionof a non-tuition based full-day kindergarten were maintained.

�Grants have been used strategically so as to further minimize the operating budget’s impact to the taxpayer


�The Auburn School Committee and the Leadership Team remained committed to bringing forth the most fiscally responsible budget possible.

�Every revolving account has been tapped and utilized as an offset to reduce the operating budget and thus, the impact to the citizens of Auburn

�Although no new fees were implemented, the transportation fee will offset that line by $90,000 to further reduce the budget’impact


FY 2015 Auburn Public Schools

Draft Budget is

$23,072,065

which represents a 3.37 % increase over the approved FY 2014 amount of

$22,320,000


- .023%- $ 4,850$20,584,542FY2010

1.92%Average Annual Percentage Increase

$2,562,070Total Dollar Increase

3.37%$752,065$23,072,065FY2015

2.78%$682,810$22,320,000FY2014

3.46%$726,653$21,716,587FY2013

0.966%$201,013$20,989,934FY2012

0.992% $204,379$20,788,921FY2011

% Increase$ IncreaseTotal BudgetFiscal Year


- $116,156FY 2010 - $5,691,647FY 2009 - $5,807,803

Fiscal Year Fiscal Year $ Change

FY 2010 - $5,691,647 FY 2011 - $6,460,963 $769,316

FY 2011 - $6,460,963 FY 2012 - $6,495,648 $34,685

FY 2012 - $6,495,648 FY 2013 - $7,942,820 $1,447,172

FY 2013 - $7,942,820 FY 2014 - $8,141,597 $198,777

FY 2014 - $8,141,597 FY 2015 - $8,389,817 $248,220

TOTAL CHANGE $2,582,014

Chapter 70 Increases


APS School Budget Requests

Changes from

Fiscal Year 2009 through Fiscal Year 2015

$2,562,070Total Dollar Increases

$2,582,014Total Chapter 70 Increases


New Staffing Requests:

Elementary Schools•Increase in 1:1 IAs from 6.5 to 6.75 hours a day $ 8,128 Safety/High Expectations

•Increase in 1:1 ABAs from 6.5 to 6.75 hours a day $ 21,494 Safety/High Expectations

•Increase 2.0 FTE ELL Tutors $ 48,000 Equitable Opps./High

Expectations/ELL audit requires this

Mary D. Stone•Additional SPED IA – incoming preschoolers $ 18,000 Safety/High Expectations

•Add 2.0 FTE Inclusion IAs for Grades 1 and 2 $ 36,000 Equitable Opps./High

Expectations

Julia Bancroft•Additional 4th grade teacher (MA/3) $ 49,848 Student-Centered Decision

Making


New Staffing Requests:Bryn Mawr•Add 2 SPED IAs – incoming preschoolers $ 36,000 Safety/High Expectations

•Add Special Educator for co-teaching and inclusion $ 54,957 High Expectations/Equitable Opportunities

Auburn Middle School•Expansion of 1:1 IAs from 6.5 to 6.75 hours a day $ 3,714 Safety/High Expectations

•Media/iPad Integration Specialist $54,957 Continuous Improvement / High Expectations

Pakachoag and Mary D. Stone•Increase Art Teacher from .8 FTE to 1.0 FTE $ 11,000 Equitable Opportunities

TOTAL NEW POSITIONS: $342,098

•Eliminate 1:1 Nurse at BM ($36,083) $306,015


Such increases reflect the commitment of the Auburn Public Schools to work collaboratively WITHWITHthe Town of Auburn, as a whole, in weathering the

fiscal challenges before us

…while staying committed to our mission:

to educate and prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of a changing world.


Strengthening Strengthening Strengthening Strengthening

Connections Connections Connections Connections

ThroughThroughThroughThrough

RIGOR, RELEVANCE & RIGOR, RELEVANCE & RIGOR, RELEVANCE & RIGOR, RELEVANCE & RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS


RIGOR: Rigorous Core Curriculum; AP and Pre-AP trainings; Keys to

Literacy Training; Effective Questioning; Writing across Curriculum Areas; STEM programming; Co-Teaching and Inclusion; PARCC Readiness; iPad Integration; Implementation of CCSS

RELEVANCE: Job-embedded and sustained trainings on District

priorities; maintenance of effort; Goals of Educator Evaluation system that mirror and support District and School Improvement Goals; Collaborative Summer Work to ensure rigor and consistency in programming for all students


RELATIONSHIPS: Co-Teaching and Inclusion intended to support ALL students; Horizontal and Vertical Teams; Strengthened Transitions; Collaborative and ongoing relationships with Town’s administration and departments to share resources; ongoing Community Service Learning projects

RESPONDING TO NEEDS BASED ON DATA:Formative and Summative Assessment Data…What does it tell us and what changes we do WE need to make to improve the results? Every decision is made against the backdrop of, “How will this impact students and their achievement?”


The Budget Process Moving Forward

o Public Hearing on the Budget will be held on March 26, 2014 as per M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 38N, which reads, in part:

– The School Committee of each…town…shall hold a public hearing on its proposed annual budget. Prior to such public hearing said Committee shall make available to the public at least one copy of said proposed budget for a time period of not less than forty-eight hours either at the office of the Superintendent of Schools or at a place so designated by said Committee. At the time and place so advertised…all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard for or against the whole or any part of the proposed budget. Such hearing shall be conducted by a quorum of the School Committee.

o Mr. Charles Baker will once again serve as the Moderator


The Budget Process FY 2015Keeping the Process Open

• Invitations to the Public Hearing were mailed to each Town Meeting member, open to the public, therefore the date was advertised and the meeting posted, and an invitation extended to all

• Our goal is to provide ample opportunity for questions to be asked regarding the budget including each specific line item prior to Town Meeting.


The Budget Process FY 2015Keeping the Process Open

• Administrators’ budget presentations have been posted to the Auburn Public Schools’ website

• The website has been regularly updated to keep everyone in the community fully informed of the school department’s needs and budget requests for FY 2015

• Q & A section on the website which is checked regularly

• Doing so, we believe, helps to ensure that the School Committee’s goal of engaging in a transparent budget process is accomplished

The APS TeamStrengthening Connections through Rigor, Relevance and Relations

“Setting a goal is not the main

thing. It is deciding how you

will go about achieving it and

staying with that plan.”-Tom Landry


The continuous improvement of the The continuous improvement of the The continuous improvement of the The continuous improvement of the AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is our AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is our AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is our AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is our

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Our students deserve nothing less Our students deserve nothing less Our students deserve nothing less Our students deserve nothing less than the VERY BEST we have to than the VERY BEST we have to than the VERY BEST we have to than the VERY BEST we have to

offer them!offer them!offer them!offer them!


THANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUfor your for your for your for your

continued continued continued continued support!support!support!support!

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