Chunking Strategy

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Chunking Strategy

• Potential outcomes as we evaluate each budget
  proposal
• Request additional information if needed.
• Accept proposal.
• Explore whether proposal can be modified.
• Wait List proposal.
• Reject proposal.

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Areas to Address03/05/07

• Non-Program Budget
• Board of Education
• Contractual Expenses
• Transportation
• Bus Proposition or Budget Item?
• Elementary Initiatives

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Budget Initiatives2007 - 2008

• Elementary

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Question

• What do we want for our children?
• A curriculum that is rigorous and has both
  breadth and depth
• Instruction that is relevant and engaging
• Student knowledge of content and the ability to
  use that knowledge for other purposes
• Student development of skills and abilities that
  are not content based

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.4 FTE Art Teacher

• Provide Art Education for kindergarten students
• Enable students to increase their
  problem-solving, self-discipline, and creative
  skills
• Expand program opportunities for students
• Budgeted 19,735

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6 hour Teaching Assistant for Computer Labs

• Support grade level expectations in technology at
  the elementary level
• Assist teachers bringing whole classes into
  computer labs
• Provide technical support to the schools
• Provide opportunities for partial classes to come
  to the lab for activities such as keyboarding
• Two Teaching Assistants will be shared among the
  four elementary schools, an increase over the
  level of service offered this year
• Budgeted 29,166

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.2 FTE Physical Education Teacher

• Currently offer physical education twice a week
  which is less than the state mandate of 120 min.
  week
• Proposal will enable us to offer a third
  instructional period each week to all fourth and
  fifth graders
• This proposal is coupled with a high school
  staffing request for .4 FTE (a total.6 FTE)
• Budgeted 12,246

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.1 FTE Speech Therapist

• Increase in number of students needing speech
  services to meet Individual Education Plan (IEP)
  recommendations
• Increase in number of students who would benefit
  from speech improvement services
• Students are attending at Sacandaga or Glendaal
• Budget 4,776

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Creation of Primary Skills Program (PSP)

• Program will serve students in the second grade
• Enables us to serve Scotia-Glenvilles students
  with special needs in-district
• Provides local control of instructional program
  and services
• Program will require
• 1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher at 57,545
• 1.0 FTE Teaching Assistant at 32,238
• 35 hrs./week Aide at 22,002
• .5 FTE Speech Therapist at 28,860
• Social Work and Psychological Services will be
  provided utilizing current staff
• Budget 140,645
• Note 411,000 decrease in anticipated BOCES
  placements

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Increased Funding After-School Homework Club

• Students have an opportunity to develop good
  study habits
• Re-teaching, homework assistance, and instruction
  in study skills is provided
• Provides for additional staffing and/or a longer
  program in each school
• Budgeted 3,000

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1.0 FTE Teaching Position Possibilities

• Potential to capture 1.0 FTE from Sacandaga by
  reducing three second grades to two second grades
• Take as a budget reduction
• No impact on personnel - absorbed by attrition
• Maintain in budget to provide flexibility
• Potential return of current kindergarten students
  to Glen-Worden
• Address enrollment blip

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Next Week

• Facilities Presentation
• Middle School Initiatives
• High School Initiatives