Solutions to Overcrowding at Mark Twain Elementary

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Solutions to Overcrowding at Mark Twain Elementary

• Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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What does a good solution look like?

• Maintain the integrity of the instructional
  program
• Maintain diversity of student population
• No drastic effect on school budget

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Current Enrollment(October27th)
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Where are we now?

• Music room is 5th grade classroom
• Music floats
• Strings on stage am/pm
• Spanish on the stage
• GT 4th and 5th in Library
• Budget is very tight-subs, extra duty pay, hourly
  payroll, supplies, computer purchases, library
  books, furniture

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Magellan Projection-based on current and past
programs, zone population, transfers, etc
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School Finance

• Budget is based on enrollment.
• Each student brings roughly 3300
• Magnet program is whole school-360K
• Magnet budget is an extra-5 professional
  positions and parts of two others
• 2009-each teacher position is about 51,000

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Potential solutions that wont happen in the
short term

• Eliminate Magnet
• Build out new classrooms
• Temporary building(s)
• Remove PPCD

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Other Factors

• New Superintendent
• New Board Member
• Funding for Magnet programs in the future
• Possible district reorganization

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Enrollment Reduction OptionsAlready in Place

• Seek out persons who are not being truthful about
  addresses-(some already found) Are there more?
• Severely limit other types of Transfers
  (Principals Agreement, Space Available)

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Discussion of Positions

• Any position changes can most likely be absorbed
  through attrition.

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Why Magnet Cant Float or be Ancillary

• Harder to showcase the Magnet program as a
  definable component.
• Ms Gee and Ms Diaz teach all the time.
• Ms Diazs workstation approach cant float.
• Having LDC as part of an ancillary rotation would
  mean students spend less time in LDC and affect
  the instruction that they could receive from Ms
  Gee and Ms Diaz.

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Reduce to 5 Kinder and 5 5th Grades for 2010-11,
Cut one more class each year
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Eliminate 1 5th Grade Class, Reduce Magnet
enrollment by 5 at each grade
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End GT Pullout
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Maintain Status Quo
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Next Steps

• Discuss the options at your table.
• Be prepared to summarize and share the main
  idea(s) from your table.