College Gardens Elementary School Principal’s Presentation Tuesday March 1, 2011

Talking Points Maryland School Assessment (MSA); Grades 3, 4 & 5 Maryland Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Student Enrollment Budgeting Focus for FY12 College Gardens Recess Rangers Richard Montgomery Cluster ES #5 Superintendent’s Potential Budget Reductions A College Gardens Look at the Operating Budget Dates to Remember

CGES PTA Family Fun Night! Another great success! Thank you Gegi Leeger! Thank you parents! Thank you students! Thank you staff! Thank you Building Services Staff!

Maryland School Assessment (MSA) AssessmentGrade (s)Date (s) MSA Reading3 rd & 4 th March 7 th & 8 th MSA Reading5 th March 9 th & 10 th MSA Math3 rd & 4 th March 11 th & 14 th MSA Math5 th March 15 th & 16 th MSA Make Ups3 rd, 4 th & 5 th March 17 th – 23 rd MSA Science5 th April 11 th – 12 th

Maryland Common Core State Standards As featured in Cover to Cover – 2011 January February Edition – ments/itv/CoverToCover/ ments/itv/CoverToCover/

College Gardens ES Enrollment Pre – KK1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th Autism FY11; FY12;

College Gardens Budget Focus FY12 Promethean Boards; 5 Desk Top Computers; 12 Printers; 5 Elmos; 5 Promethean Board Video Cameras; 6 MCPS Funds, E – Script Funds, PTA Funds

College Gardens Recess Rangers Are you looking for a wonderful volunteer opportunity? An opportunity to spend quality time with your child and their friends during the school day? If so, we hope you will consider volunteering to serve as a College Gardens Recess Ranger.

College Gardens Recess Rangers Recess Rangers are parent volunteers who are able to consistently volunteer during one or more of our 5 recess periods between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. If you are interested in serving as a College Gardens Recess Ranger please contact Mrs. Connie Boorstein at Thank you.

Superintendent’s Potential Budget Reductions Class size – An increase of an average of 1 student per class at each school level would eliminate teacher positions. This is in addition to the positions cut to increase class size by an average of 1 for FY2011. Staff Development Teachers – Reducing the positions budgeted for elementary and secondary schools by 75.9 (43 percent) would leave 98.2 positions. Special and alternative education programs would receive a reduction of 3.5 positions.

Superintendent’s Potential Budget Reductions Instrumental Music Teachers – A reduction of 4.0 of the 37.2 instrumental music teacher positions would require that students receive instruction in larger groups and some students may receive less support. Counselors – A cut of 10.0 elementary and 10.0 middle school counselors would reduce the ratio of students to professionals and severely impact services to at-risk students. In FY 2011, 9.0 positions were cut from the budget.

Superintendent’s Potential Budget Reductions Elementary Paraeducators, Lunch Hour Aides, Parent Community Coordinators – A cut of 20.0 paraeducators, 6.0 lunch hour aides, and 2.2 parent community coordinators will reduce support at a time of significant student growth. There was a reduction of 27.0 paraeducators in FY Instructional Data Assistant Hours – A reduction of 16.4 elementary and 4.75 middle school positions will reduce support to administrators and teachers who use student data to drive educational decisions.

Superintendent’s Potential Budget Reductions Media Assistants – A reduction of 23.0 elementary, 8.0 middle, and 7.5 high school positions will require a change in the current enrollment-based guidelines for allocating these positions to schools. Overall, support to students will be decreased. There were 10.5 positions cut over the last two years. ESOL Counselors/Staffing Ratios - A reduction of 5.0 ESOL counselors would reduce the number of positions from 11.0 to 6.0. A reduction of 9.1 teacher positions would increase the students to staff ratio by.8 for elementary schools,.5 for middle schools, and.6 for high schools. There was a reduction of 6.0 ESOL teachers in the FY 2011 budget.

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A College Gardens Look at the Operating Budget Ashley Johnson; Teacher Michael Dushel; IB PYP Coordinator Dian Rubiera; Staff Development Teacher Stacey Rogovoy; Assistant Principal John Ewald; Principal

Richard Montgomery Cluster ES #5 Feasibility Study Meeting Dates & Times – Children’s Resource Center – 332 West Edmonston Dr. Rockville MD – February 28, 2011, 7:00 p.m. – March 21, 2011, 7:00 p.m. – April 7, 2011, 4:00 p.m. – April 28, 2011, 7:00 p.m. – May 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

Dates to Remember March 2Connect ED Test Message March4Early Release Day; Students Dismissed at 12:55 p.m., Teacher Report Card Preparation & Planning March 7MSA Reading; Grades 3 & 4 March 8MSA Reading; Grades 3 & 4 March 9MSA Reading; Grade 5 March 9Hearing & Vision Screening March 10MSA Reading; Grade 5 March 10Hearing & Vision Screening March 11MSA Math; Grades 3 & 4 March 11Hearing & Vision Screening March 14MSA Math; Grades 3 & 4 March 15MSA Math; Grade 5 March 16MSA Math; Grade 5