SUMMARY OF ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION May 5 th BOE Meeting Athletic Trainer Certified Occupational Assistant Friends of Rachel Laptop Program May 21 st BOE Meeting Staffing/Retirements Monitors/Aides

ATHLETIC TRAINER Assigned to attend all 93 home athletic events Trainer would be responsible for the following: Pre-game taping or treatment as necessary Treating injuries that occur during a contest Work in collaboration with the coaches, school nurses and school doctor in the care and prevention of injuries including concussion protocol Most schools our size and some smaller have contracted trainers Reduce the liability of having our coaches treating injuries Difficult to coach the team and properly care for an injury during a game While all our coaches are properly certified, most of our coaches are not Health or PE Teachers who have extended knowledge of injury care and treatment Proactive safety measure for concussion management and return to play protocol

CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT (COTA) The two district-wide Occupation Therapists (OT) carry caseloads of up to 75 students-a typical maximum load is 55 students COTA will reduce the caseload of the OT’s to allow them to write reports for CSE and LIT meetings COTA could provide pre-referral intervention services within Kindergarten classes-this could potentially avoid referral to the CSE or LIT team The OT and COTA could work collaboratively providing assistance to students transitioning into the workforce $25,000

FRIENDS OF RACHEL CHAIN REACTION ASSEMBLY We have been presenting this assembly for 6 years Will cover the cost of one day-serving 100 students Currently funded through fundraising and BEPT Proactive program aimed at promoting tolerance, reducing bullying/hazing, suicide prevention Please see Board packet for additional information $4,300

LAPTOP PROGRAM 125 Laptops/Chromebooks at PJHS Program was put on hold to allow for teacher training Focus on student learning and teaching Use of laptops for instructional purposes in line with notion of College and Career ready Evaluation of program: Collect qualitative data through student interviews and surveys Please see Board packet for additional information $50,000

RETIREMENTS-JUNE 2015 High School PE Guidance Health/AD Earth Science Special Ed. Middle School 7 th Grade English Special Ed. HBE 2 nd Grade 2016 Retirements Literacy ASK

HIGH SCHOOL PE SECTIONS PERIODTeacher 1Teacher 2Teacher 3Teacher 4CLASS SIZE # STUDENTS/ TEACHER SECTIONS PER PERIOD TOTAL 432 A/B 20 4 teachers=20 sections=21.6 students per section 3 teachers=15 sections=28.8 students per section

HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Counselor Caseloads Counselor 1: 9 th -10 th (A-L)=175 students Counselor 2: 9 th -10 th (M-Z)=170 students Counselor 3: 11 th -12 th (A-L)=211 students Counselor 4 (Coordinator): 11 th -12 th (M-Z)=137 students Counselor 5: 9 th -12 th : All IEP students= students: 5 counselors=169.2 students per counselor 846 students: 4 counselors=211.5 students per counselor Additionally, each counselor is also assigned certain specific duties/responsibilities Please see Board packet for additional information

HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH TEACHER sections of Health : 23.3 students per section Athletic Director Duties sections of Health: 20 students per section 2 sections of a Health Elective to cover the loss of elective teacher in (FACS) Semester vs. A/B Days Electives under consideration: Personal Fitness, CPR, First Aid, Personal Training, Sports Marketing, Sports Management, Team Manager Program

HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE Science teachers must be certified in a specific subject area Retiree teaches 3 sections of Earth Science Regents and 2 sections of Earth Science non-Regents Currently have 5 sections of Earth Science Regents with 23.2 per section Loss of 3 sections of Earth Science Regents would put next year’s sections at 70 students per section Currently have 4 sections of Earth Science non- Regents with 19 per section Loss of 2 sections of Earth Science non-Regents would put next year’s sections at 38 students per section

MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH English Teachers in each grade Teaching Assignments 2 sections of 7 th Grade regular ed. 3 sections of 7 th Grade Inclusion

REPLACE MS ENGLISH VS. HS TRANSFER High School English: Average Class Size 9 th : th : th : th : 23 Impact on High School English Department Increased AIS demands Implementation of new Common Core English Presently adding English Electives Presently offer: English Honors, Syracuse English, OCCC English, Laptop Classes Impact of Loss of HS English Position (Impact Will Vary) 12 th grade sections=30.3 Loss of 4 sections (2 A/B) of AIS 9 th grade sections=23

ASK PROJECTED CLASS SIZES Grade Enrollment Sections Average Class Size Enrollment Sections Average Class Size K TOTAL

HBE PROJECTED SECTIONS Grade Enrollment Sections Average Class Size Enrollment Sections Average Class Size K TOTAL

MONITOR REQUEST ASK requested 3 Cafeteria Monitors for 3 hours a day each These Monitor positions went unfilled last year: one mid-year retirement, one mid-year resignation, one end of the year retirement ASK is also requesting an additional Library Aide for 3 hours to cover the afternoon Reviewed all Aide and Monitor assignments districtwide Each building is utilizing all Aides/Monitors efficiently according to their building needs Comparatively, these additional positions would put ASK and HBE in line with each other in regards to Monitor and Aide coverage

ONE DISTRICT~ ONE MISSION