1. CAIS trustee/head conference 2018 San francisco
The Tuition Conundrum: Balancing Affordability for Families & Livability for Faculty/Staff
CAIS trustee/head conference 2018
San francisco

3. Outside Factors Influencing Our Independent School Landscape
Uncertainty in K-8 demographic
Strengthening public school alternatives
Bay Area pressures
Volatile/ High Pressure Job Market
Housing Market Craziness
Traffic and commuting
Impacting family lives
Unknown impact of 2017 Tax Reform
Impact of social media, devices on parenting and kids

4. Common Sense Media Census: Media Use By Kids Age Zero-Eight
Mobile media have become a nearly universal part of the children’s media landscape, across all levels of society.
Though the overall amount of media use is about the same as in past years, how children are using media has shifted considerably.
Contrary to recommendations from pediatricians, many children use media shortly before bedtime, and many families leave the TV on in the background most of the time.
There are large differences in screen time by household income and parent education.
In general, Hispanic/Latino parents are the most concerned about children’s media use, and African-American parents are most likely to say their children benefit from screen media.
The digital divide still exists but is much smaller than it used to be.

5. Common Sense Media Census: Media Use By Kids Age 0-8
The amount of time children spend reading each day has held steady since 2011, but many children under 2 are not read to regularly.
Parents are concerned about the amount of violence, sexual content, and advertising in media, but they are optimistic about the use of media for learning and supporting creativity.
Pediatricians have reached only 1 in 5 parents with their recommendations about children’s media use and have been more successful in reaching white, higher-income, and higher-educated parents.
Several cutting-edge technologies, including virtual reality, voice-activated assistants, and internet-connected toys are making their first appearances in children’s homes.

6. Common Sense Media Census: News & America’s Kids
Kids value the news. Most access it and care about it, and overall they feel smarter when they’re informed.
However, kids feel neglected and misrepresented. They don’t feel like the media covers what’s important to them, and they feel misrepresented when they’re covered.
Kids see racial and gender bias in the news. Of particular note is the fact that half of U.S. kids say that when they see nonwhite kids in the news, it’s negative and/or related to crime and violence.

7. Common Sense Media Census: News & America’s Kids
What kids are seeing scares them and makes them feel depressed.
Kids also often are fooled by fake news. This may be why so many are extremely skeptical and distrustful of the news media.
Kids trust their families and teachers for news more than any source, but they prefer to get it from social media.

8. Common Sense Media Census: Plugged-In Parents of Tweens & Teens
Parents spend more than nine hours a day with screen media, and the vast majority of that time is spent with personal screen media.
Yet, 78 percent of all parents believe they are good media and technology role models for their children.
Many parents are concerned about their children’s social media use and other online activities – for example, they worry that their children may become addicted to technology and believe that technology use negatively impacts their children’s sleep.

9. Common Sense Media Census: Plugged-In Parents of Tweens & Teens
Two-thirds (67 percent) of parents say that monitoring their children’s media use is more important than respecting their privacy.
Hispanic parents tend to be more aware and more concerned, and they manage their children’s media use more than other parents.
Parents overwhelmingly have positive attitudes about the role of technology in their children’s education and development of important skills.

10. Projected Decline in Preschool Population
0-4 year olds 2022
Percent change
2017 to 2022
Alameda
98,945
-0.84%
Contra Costa
68,222
-0.82%
San Mateo
45,891
-1.16%
Santa Clara
125,686
-0.51%
Sonoma
28,239
-0.02%
Napa
8,126
0.01%
Solano
26,083
-1.95%
San Francisco
34,946
-1.47%
Marin
13,392
-1.21%

11. MCDS Average Salary and Tuition Increases

12. Housing Affordability in CA By County
2017-Q2: % able to purchase median-priced home
SERIES: Housing Affordability Index of Traditional Buyers
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

13. Access to an MCDS Education Employee Compensation & Quality of Life
Conundrum
Access to an MCDS Education
Employee Compensation & Quality of Life

14. MCDS Emergency Fund
Purpose: Provide one-time financial assistance for emergency, unforeseen changes in circumstances at the discretion of a committee to faculty/staff.
The Committee (the “Committee”) will be comprised of the Head of School, the Division Heads and the Assistant Heads of School. This reserve fund can be utilized for circumstances including, but not limited to housing, transportation, medical and family emergency issues.
The Fund is intended to assist in covering temporary costs on a short-term basis that arise during the course of a contract year. The Fund is not intended to be a solution for long-term financial issues, but can be utilized to help to provide a short-term bridge to a longer term solution.

15. MCDS Emergency Fund
The Emergency Fund was established in May 2016 and the first application was received in November 2016
The Emergency Fund has assisted 10 employees to date, 4 Faculty and 6 Staff
A total of $127k has been spent of the $250k originally designated
The awards have ranged from $600 to $25,000
67% of the dollars spent are related to housing needs for 6 employees