in light of our current fiscal landscape will require increased attention to efficiencies, tighter guidelines and clarity of expectations, and likely a reduction in the number of students at the elementary levels receiving additional support.
Proposed Budget Changes: District Reduction in Classroom Assistants:
● Student supervision during recess and lunch will be impacted due to the lack of relationships between the staff and students during these times. In addition, for some classes, there will no longer be an additional instructional assistant in the classroom to support the daily intervention block. This will impact small group instruction.
District Reduction in Reading Assistants: ● Fewer students in grades 4-6 will receive reading support.
ILT Stipends: ● We will continue to look at school wide data, but we cannot offer compensation for this work. Therefore, this work will shift to staff meetings and professional learning time, limiting the amount of professional learning time available for other initiatives CRTL Stipends: ● Our staff will continue to do this work through tier 1 instruction, but we cannot offer compensation. Therefore, this work will shift to staff meetings and professional learning time, limiting the amount of professional learning time available for other initiatives District Reduction of Math Specialist: ● The amount of small group math intervention time available will be reduced across the district. Potential cycles of interventions will need to be shortened, group size will need to be increased, frequency may be less often and when supports are offered, it may occur during instructional blocks due to limited flexibility. This will impact the effectiveness of the intervention.
Staffing Changes: Reallocation in reading and math specialist hours:
● Reallocation of the Math and Reading teachers across the district will directly impact student support. Potential cycles of interventions will need to be shortened, group size will need to be increased, and when supports are offered may take place during instructional blocks due to limited flexibility.
Reduction of one kindergarten section at Gates. This will impact teaching assignments for the next 7 years requiring some teachers to shift grade levels every year.
Each year we review the needs of students receiving support on individual education plans and restructure as appropriate.
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