1. Parent Superintendent Council January 15, 2019
Budget Planning
Parent Superintendent Council
January 15, 2019

2. Overall Results & Scoring

3. 2019-20 Budget Reduction Rankings
Estimated budget savings from reductions = $2.5M
Budget savings from reductions would be used to fund strategic plan priorities

4. 2019-20 Strategic Plan Priorities to be addressed by Budget Reductions
Elementary Design – Social Emotional Supports
School Counselor/Social Workers .5 to 1 FTE per school (approx. $1.2M)
Social emotional curriculum (approx. $300,000)
Teacher Professional Development for new curriculum
Implementation of District-wide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Professional Development (approx. $300,000/year)
Site-based Intervention Support
Additional options for English Language Arts and Math intervention curriculum (approx. $75,000)
Professional development (Dyslexia, intervention, SPED) (approx. $200,000)
Student Agency – AVID Tutors ($10,000)
Middle school design – focused on social emotional support and student agency

5. Middle School Staffing Models
Current Model
Proposed Model
Core teachers teach 5 periods a day Elective teachers teach 6 periods a day
Both core and elective teachers teach 5 periods a day
Core teachers have approximately 120 students a day
Elective teachers have approximately 180 students a day
Both core and elective teachers have approximately 150 students a day
Core teachers have 1 planning period a day and 1 PLC planning period a day
Elective teachers have 1 planning period a day
Both core and elective teachers have 1 planning period a day and PLC planning on early release Wednesday
Early release Wednesday is 1.5 hours
Early release Wednesday is 2 hours
Students have 7 periods with 4 core classes and 2 electives ranging from minutes
Students have 7 periods with 4 core classes and 2 electives that are approximately 7 minutes longer per period
Requires more core full time equivalent (FTE) teachers
Requires fewer core full time equivalent (FTE) teachers
Not a sustainable model with current AZ funding allocations
Approximately 20% of teachers impacted
Proposed model is more aligned to other middle school staffing structures in state
No impact on class size
$1.170 million savings
The current staffing model is expensive, not sustainable with current Arizona funding allocations, and not equitable amongst classroom teachers. In the current middle school model, only 20% of classroom teachers have additional PLC planning time within their daily assignment. Based on the January 8 presentation, proposed savings for a change are approximately $1,170,000. These values may be adjusted in alignment with FY20 student enrollment and staffing allocations. Neither KEA nor District office has received any communications of concern regarding this reduction.

6. Bell Times 2014 - Current 2 Tier Schedule Elementary - 1 start time
Middle Sch. – 1 start time
Approx routes
Not efficient, very costly
Nearby districts of Kyrene’s size are not structured in this manner

7. Option B Bell Times shared at January 8th Board Meeting
4 Tier Schedule
Elementary - 2 start times
Middle Sch. – 2 start times
Approx. 61 routes
Extremely efficient ($1 million in savings)
Similar to other districts
Similar to Kyrene Bell Schedules prior to 2014

8. Option C Bell Times Proposal (New)
3 Tier Schedule
Elementary - 2 start times
Middle Sch. – 1 start time
Approx. 74 routes
Efficient ($700,000 in savings)
Instructional Day 10 minutes longer for elementary, no change for middle school (7 hours)
2 hour Early Dismissal for both elementary and middle school

9. Bell Time Operational Factors
* Option C continues to be evaluated to optimize start/dismissal times
Bell Time Operational Factors
Factor
Option B
($1,200,000 Savings)
Option C
($700,000 Savings)
Bell Schedules
2 start times for elementary schools
2 start times for middle schools
1 start times for middle school
Start – Dismissal times
7:20 am start
3:55 pm dismissal
7:35 am start
Sports
Staggered middle school dismissal
Common middle school dismissal
Safety
30 minutes between elementary and middle schools
40 minutes between elementary and middle schools
Delivery of Students
Pick-up time for longest routes are assigned to later start schools
Pick-up time for all long routes are assigned to later start schools
Traffic Patterns
Morning traffic is favorable
District wide pick-up

10. Bell Schedules and Community Education
Community Education will adjust tuition rates so that usage (either more time p.m. or more time a.m. due to the start/end times of school) will average out to be the same cost.

11. Employee Discount Options
Kids Club, After Hours, and Community/Signature Preschool
Option A: All employees receive a flat 45% discount (breakeven)
Option B: Two year phase in
Year 1: All employees receive a flat 60% discount
Year 2: All employees receive a flat 45% discount (breakeven)
Year 3+: All employees receive a flat discount that continues to breakeven

12. Employee Discount Options Comparisons
Option A
Option B
.5 FTE in Payroll Required
Yes
Discount Amount
45% (Breakeven)
Year 1: 60%
Year 2: 45% (Breakeven)
Cost to the District $0
Year 1: $208,000
Year 2: $0

13. Questions