1. All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth Aristotle

2. Quincy School District #17 State of the Schools January 23, 2013
Cal Lee, EdD

3. Mission Statement
In a safe and secure environment, each student in the Quincy Public School District will develop into a lifelong learner with the skills and knowledge necessary for the next steps in life.

4. The purpose of schools
To prepare our students to take those “next steps in life”.
To give them the tools to compete on the global economic playing field by broadening the curriculum to create communicative, imaginative, tech-savvy, multilingual, and adaptable students who are ready to take on jobs that may or may not already exist.

5. Some Numbers: 40th Enrollment: 6522 (868 Districts)
$74,586, All Funds Expenditures
$47,644, Education Expenditures
$5,812 Instructional Expenditure / Pupil ( )
below State average of $6,824)
$9, Operating Expenditure/Pupil ( ) below State average of $11,664)
1, Full and Part Time Employees
2nd Largest employer in the county
Budget must be on public display for at least 30 days prior to Board Adoption
Budget to ISBE 30 days after approved.
THANK STAFFI!!!

6. Quincy School District 172 Historical enrollment

7. Free/Reduced Lunch Percentages

8. Average Class Sizes (Source: 2012 School Report Card)

9. The 3 Questions Are your students learning? How do you know?
What are you doing about it?

10. NCLB Equal Steps 7.5% Model

11. ISAT Reading 3rd Grade

12. ISAT Reading 5th Grade

13. ISAT Reading 8th Grade

14. PSAE Reading
11th Grade

15. ISAT Math 3rd Grade

16. ISAT Math 5th Grade

17. ISAT Math 8th Grade

18. PSAE Math 11th Grade

19. Quincy Senior H.S. ACT Composite Scores

20. Quincy Senior H.S. Graduation Rates

21. Profile of QHS graduates (Source: Classes of 2011 & 2012)
29% Enrolled in a 4 yr. college or university
48% Enrolled at 2 year colleges
5% Enlisted in the military
3% In some form of formalized training
15% Entered the work force or unknown

22. … the animals begin to look at each other differently.
When the watering hole dries up…
… the animals begin to look at each other differently.

23. Revenues vs. Expenditures Education Fund

24. Quincy School District Revenues by Source 2010-2011 (Source: 2012 School Report Card)
Local funds: Property Taxes, Corp Personal Property Replacement Tax (CPPRT), Interest, and fees (Textbooks, athletics, food)
State includes: GSA, MCAT’s, and various grants: ECBG, Bilingual, Reading Improvement Block, Career & Tech
Federal includes: NCLB (Title I, II, III, IV, & V), IDEA and CNP
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25. Quincy School District
Expenditures by Fund

26. Quincy School District Historical Tax rates (per $100 assessed value)

27. Sample School District Education Fund Balances (End Of Year)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly…
The Good: Due to past conservative budgeting practices, the district built balance to help withstand services for those years when revenues don’t equal expenditures.
The Bad: For last few years we have tried to weather the storm and expenditures have outpace revenues in order to provide uninterrupted educational services to our students.
The Ugly: If revenues raise sometime soon the fund balances can not support expenditures outpacing revenues.
The LINE divides the historical building of balances for rainy days to the current deficit spending.
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28. Education Fund Balances Actual & Projected*

29. Teacher / Administrator Salaries (Source: 2012 School Report Card)

30. Greatest Asset: Staff & Administrators
School, classroom, administrator visits
3 Wishes:
Respect
Support
Provide direction

31. Upcoming Challenges
Providing a comprehensive education for all students: Character, Arts, Vocational and Technical
Increasing poverty and diversity.
Decreasing funding and staffing.
Implementation of the Common Core standards.
92.5% Benchmark for the District and All subgroups to make AYP in 2013.
Admin and Instructional, not just district issue. Title 1 funds are getting more spread out and more difficult to hire a teacher.

32. Challenges…..
New, yet to be determined, cut scores for the ISAT based on higher performance levels to better align with the Common Core standards.
New assessment system (PARCC) to be implemented, online only, in
Waiver for NCLB?
New Board and Central Office

33. What are we doing about it?
Identifying areas in need of improvement by reviewing data from standardized tests, local assessments and building data.
Identifying and developing interventions for students who are not meeting standards.
Aligning staff development, activities, and resources to identified goals.
Implementing new technologies including district-wide wireless capability to provide greater access to resources and instructional opportunities.

34. How do we get there?
Dream BIGGER

35. Make every decision in the context of how it will affect students and achievement.

36. Develop, implement and complete a Strategic Plan
Recommendations
Develop, implement and complete a Strategic Plan

37. Student Achievement Curriculum Infrastructure: 7 year adoption cycle
Horizontal and vertical articulation
Explore possibility of restructuring schools

38. Facilities & Technology
Implement and support the wireless infrastructure
Develop a long range facilities plan
Improve the surroundings of each building relative to safety, aesthetics, playgrounds and transportation

39. Parent and Community Involvement
Involve parents and community in the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan
Encourage parents/community to be involved in the schools and suggest ways for them to do so.
Be Transparent
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

40. Continuous Improvement
Be Data Driven: assess everything we do, support those strategies that are meeting student needs and eliminate or change those that don’t.
Encourage / expect staff to grow professionally and provide opportunities for them to do so.

41. Sustainability
Leadership from and professional development for the board
Pursue equitable and alternative funding resources
Consider the “R” word as a last resort

42. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” - Nelson Mandela