Board of EducationCMS 2014-15 Operating Budget Request

Unleashing Educational Excellence: The Time is Now

May 19, 2014

Educationis the most

powerful weapon which you can use to

change the world

- Nelson Mandela

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Preparing over145,000 Mecklenburg County children to be leaders of change

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What will it mean for schools to be great today, for a better tomorrow for

our children?

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We know our students will not only have to graduate, their diplomas will have to

be passports for a very different future.

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When the workplace looked like this…

…classrooms could look like this.

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What will the workplace of the future look like and how can we prepare our students today?

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We know today’s students will have to create their jobs, not look for jobs

as we did.

They will compete with others around the globe.

They will have jobs replaced by outsourcing and technology if their

skills are easily replicated or duplicated.

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They will need innovation,

communication, critical thinking,

collaboration, creativity and

entrepreneurship.

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We must customize the education of every child, building

students’ capacity to be a champion of their own learning.

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We are making progress

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Average SAT

scoresrising

+10 pts from 2011-12 to 1473

TopNAEP scoresexceed NC, large city

and national public

averages

Graduation rate

rising81%, up 5 ppts

from 2011-12 and 15 ppts from 2008-09

Ranked 4th

in U.S.

# National Board

Certified Teachers1,927 certified

teachers

Dropout rate

-5.6%to 3.02 in

2012-13 from 3.2 in 2011-12

But there is still much work to do

81% graduation rate

means

1 in5 students

Will not gain a diploma

– a passport to a better tomorrow

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The Time is Nowto build on our positive trends, accelerate them

and prepare

all Mecklenburg County children

for a bright and prosperous future

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Our 2014-15 budget request reflectsthe voices of Mecklenburg County

Community

Parents

Students

Principals

Teachers

Support Staff

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It represents four

critical needs to better prepare

Mecklenburg County students

for a better tomorrow

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Critical Need:

More competitive pay for CMS employees

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Percent of employees responsible for helpingstudents succeed

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National ranking of NC

average teacher salaries

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Percent of CMS

employees earning less

than the living wage*

• Assumes the average full-time employee is in a two-parent household with two children. Mecklenburg County living wage of $19.76 based on livingwage.mit.ed/counties/37119

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Number of neighboring states with

average teacher pay

lowerthan NC

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Mecklenburg County students and families are currently being impacted

by low teacher pay

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The percent of CMS teachers leaving to teach in another state, change careers or due to pay has nearly doubled

2009-10 2013-14

16.3%

29.3%

Why more competitive pay for CMS employees matters to Mecklenburg County

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Fuels stronger public schoolsretaining and attracting the best people

accelerates student achievement

Promotes workforce development

educating all children helps sustain the local and regional workforce

our businesses need to thrive

Enables growth strong public schools attract and retain

businesses that boost economic and population growth

high school graduates earn more and spend more, contributing to individual and

county economic prosperity

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Eighty three percent of CMS employees are Mecklenburg County citizens and taxpayers

Critical Need:

More competitive pay for our employees

We will continue to advocatewith the state legislature to

make employee salaries more competitive

nationally and versus neighboring states

Our budget timeline requires that we submit our budget request to the county priorto state funding decisions

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$26.7 million in county funds for a pay increase of at least three percent for

all CMS employees, and allow for a higher raise if state

provides additional funding

A local comparison: Teacher pay in Fort Mill, S.C.

with 7 years experience+$3,531 more than CMS

with Masters degree + 7 years experience

+$5,542 more than CMS

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Critical Need:

More competitive pay for our employees

Critical Need: Greater academic choice and personalization for students

We must provide personalized experiences that meet theirunique learning needs and

interests and prepare them for the workforce of tomorrow.

Our students will have to create jobs, not look for them.

They will compete with others around the globe.

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New 2014-15 academic options

• iMeck Academy

• Hawthorne Academy ofHealth Sciences

• Advanced Manufacturing Entrepreneurship High School

• CPCC Middle College programexpansion

• Early College program on UNCC campus

• Long Creek PreK-6 Montessori

• Numerous Science, Technology, Engineeringand Math (STEM) schools/programs

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By providing easier access to student academic

information for educators

and enabling quicker development and use of

personalized plans to accelerate learning

for all students

We must go further to personalize learning

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Student Voice

Kathleen Dennis

Sophomore

South Mecklenburg HS

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Critical Need: Greater academic choice and personalization for students

$3.5 million in county funds to operationalize and staff new 2014-15

academic options and provide a

digital platform for personalized learning

plans for every student

Critical Need:More school and student support services

Every child can learn at high levels

Many of our students, regardless of socio-economic circumstance, come to school with challenges

that can impede learning –challenging family dynamics, mental

illness, homelessness, poverty or others

To unlock every child’s full potential, we must address

social and emotional needs as well as academic ones

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Student Voice

Shaquania Watson

Senior

West Charlotte High School

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$3.7 million in county funding to begin a

four-year plan to provide more psychologists,

counselors and social workers for our schools and students

And offer additional supports for targeted

schools

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Critical Need:More school and student support services

Critical Need: Increased literacy supports for young learners

Third grade literacy is a gateway to later success.

Children who are not strong readers by third grade are 4X more likely to drop out of school.

26% of children who are not proficient readers and live in poverty fail to graduate.

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Student Voice

Anthony Amos

Senior

North Mecklenburg High

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$1.2 million in county funds to provide intensive training to literacy teachers in grades

one through three.

This will complement our plans to add new Pre-K classes,

summer reading programs for rising first through third grade

students and more literacy materials in our classrooms.

CMS Third Grade Pledge: To help all students become strong,

independent readers by the end of third grade

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Four critical needs:For a Better Tomorrow

- More competitive pay for all employeesto retain and attract the best employees

- Academic choice and personalizationto meet the unique needs and interests ofstudents and inspire learning

- More school and student support servicesto address social emotional issues that impede learning

- Increased literacy supports for young learnersto nurture a lifelong love of reading and discovery

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The need for more funding is real

• Student enrollment is growing+ nearly 10,000 in four years

• Operating costs are increasing i.e. utilities, utilities taxes, health insurance and retirement

• Operating costs have exceeded budget growthSince FY09, total budget +$48 million (+4%) while benefit costs +$61 million (+45%)

• State-mandated program costs are rising i.e. PowerSchool $800,000

• Fewer dollars for new initiatives

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K-12 operating allocation as a % of county revenues

(excludes capital)

If % of county revenues for K-12 operating allocation

remained at 37.1% =

+$48 million this year

K-12 education as a % of total state budget

If % of state budget for K-12 education

remained at 41.5% =

+$680 million this year

Impact of declining state and county allocations for K-12 education

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2002-03 2013-14

41.5%38.1%

2002-03 2013-14

37.1%

32.6%

2014-15 Total Proposed Budget(all funding sources)

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REVENUES

State of North Carolina $ 736,226,741 $ 715,578,978 2.9%

Federal and Other Grants 134,269,471 151,533,596 -11.4%

Mecklenburg County Appropriation 402,743,458 356,544,548 13.0%

Other and Special Revenue 15,987,891 19,050,747 -16.1%

TOTAL REVENUES $ 1,289,227,561 $ 1,242,707,869 3.7%

2014-15Proposed Budget

2013-14AdoptedBudget

% Chg

2014-15 Operating Budget Request: A Different Perspective

Total Request:$46.2 million

vs last yr

Total RemainingTotal Request vs last year $46.2M

Charter School Pass-through -$6.7M $39.5M$ Not retained for CMS students

Sustaining, Growth and New Space -$8.5M $31.0MDay-to-day operating expenses

More competitive pay for employees -$26.7M $4.3MPay raises to strengthen retention, morale and recruitment

Reductions and Redirections +4.0M $8.3M

What’s LeftNew initiatives -$8.3M $0To support Strategic Plan 2018

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We appreciate the additional funding county commissioners have provided to help keep students and staff safe

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$19 million

2013 security enhancement

funding

…and to help broaden academic options for students and families

McClintock Middle School – Teach to One

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The Time is Now

to acceleratethe investment in K-12 education

and prepare

all Mecklenburg County children

for a bright and prosperous future

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To ensure we attract and keep the best teachers for our children, our schools, our community

The Time is Now

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Do we want to continue losing great teachers, leaving the quality of public education in Mecklenburg County to chance?

It’s our community, our choice

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The Time is Now

A Call to Action

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James Ford2014 North Carolina Teacher of the Year

History teacher, Garinger High

“We are the workforce given the honorable charge of grooming our collective future. There has been a stunning reversal in the climate of

our great state, with regard to how it values education…we on a local level have the opportunity to

offer a dissenting voice in this downward trend. This proposed

budget serves to act as a monetary “statement of

solidarity” with the members of the one profession that all other professions are dependent upon.”

“Let us not be content to wait and

see what will happen, but give us the determination

to make the right things happen.”

- Horace Mann

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The Time is Now

The Time is Now

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