1 Impact of the Recovery School District on The East Baton Rouge Parish School System Board Workshop February 10, 2009.

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Impact of the Recovery School District

on The East Baton Rouge Parish

School System

Board WorkshopFebruary 10, 2009

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Purpose• To highlight the potential impact of the Recovery

School District on the East Baton Rouge Parish School System as it relates to building capacity, programs, staffing, funding, facilities, Tax Plan construction, and contractual implications.

Desired Outcome• To identify possible options to address the

potential impact.

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Projected Financial Impact

• Eight Recovery School District schools – 4,013 Students – $15.8m in MFP Funds – 21.2m in Local Funds

$37.0m

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Impact on School Food Service

• Increased meal prices

• Annual breakfast and lunch impact $1.8m

• Staffing reduction

• Food preparation sites

• Summer feeding program

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Next Steps Business and Operations

• Identify alternate food preparation sites• Determine 2009 summer feeding sites• Employee notification process • Continue to evaluate district capacity • Complete fixed asset inventory of all sites• Review student transportation route impact• Assess necessary facility modifications/needs• Update the fee schedules for support services to

RSD• Assess long-term financial impact to district

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Current Staffing Allotment

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ASST. PRINC.

DEAN TEACHERS SPEECH THERAP

EXEC. SECS/

CLERKS

PARAS SFS STAFF

TOTAL

Banks ES

1 0 1 30 1 2 12 2 49

Capitol ES

1 2 1 44 2 3 10 10 73

Dalton ES

1 1 1 30 1 2 16 2 54

Lanier ES

1 0 1 29 1 2 13 9 56

Park ES 1 1 1 35 2 2 11 4 57

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Staffing, cont.

SCHOOL PRINC. ASST. PRINC.

DEAN TEACHERS SPEECH THERAP

EXEC SECS/ CLERKS

PARAS SFS STAFF

TOTAL

Capitol MS 1 2 2 63 2 3 8 13 94

Crestworth MS

1 2 1 63 1 3 9 9 89

Kenilworth MS

1 3 1 64 1 2 9 9 90

TOTAL 8 11 9 358 11 19 88 58 562

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2-year Historical Data for Vacancies

ADMINISTRATORS TEACHERS SPEECH THERAPISTS

EXEC. SECS/

CLERKS

PARAS SFS STAFF

TRANS TOTAL

February – June 2008 9 426 14 8 65 22 33 577

February – June 2007 32 543 6 16 39 20 58 714

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Next Steps Human Resources

• Employee communication/notification

• Notice of employee intent– Establish dates and timelines– Establish transition procedures

• Assess staffing needs

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Memorandum of Understanding

Areas of Concern:

1. Parties to MOU

2. Funding

3. Oversight

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Parties to MOU• MOU should be between the Board and BESE

• Only BESE has the authority to place schools into the RSD and said authority should not be delegated to the LDOE

• Should DOE seek to terminate the MOU for cause, the Board should have an opportunity to be heard before BESE

• Current draft provides for the parties to be LEA and LDOE

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MOU/Funding

• MOU requires the school district to obligate itself to reimburse the RSD “all actual costs incurred…”

• The MOU provides no parameters or limits within which the RSD would operate in this regard

• MOU requires Board to obligate itself to an unknown amount

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MOU/Oversight

• Must submit candidates for school leadership positions to RSD for approval

• Allow RSD access to district’s budget to provide guidance to help the district align funds

• LA. Const. Art. 8 Section 3, prohibits this kind of intrusion into the affairs of local school boards

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Potential impact on school sites and

Options to address

2009-2010

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Potential Receiving Elementary Sites

Banks Elementary* RSD (298 current enrollment) Scotlandville ES

Ryan ES

Progress ES

*Scheduled to close 2013-2014

Park Elementary** RSD (433 current enrollment) Greenville ES***

**New school scheduled 2018-2019

***Scheduled to close 06/30/09

Capitol Elementary RSD (648 current enrollment) Greenville ES

Belfair ES

Melrose ES

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Potential Receiving Elementary Sites

Dalton Elementary RSD (383 current enrollment)Delmont ES

Old Winbourne ES

Lanier Elementary RSD (299 current enrollment)Glen Oaks Park ES

Merrydale ES

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Potential Impact to EBR Charter Schools

• Children’s Charter School – Enrollment (213)– Capacity (none)– Finalize lease

• J. K. Haynes Charter School– Enrollment (199)– Possible pre-K site– Finalize lease

• Community School of Apprenticeship Learning– Enrollment (141)– Explore additional capacity

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Options for Middle SchoolsCapitol Middle School, RSD (696 current enrollment)• Re-purpose Mohican as a small middle school and

–Combine Mohican and Staring Education Center (Sending 137 students from Mohican)

• Re-purpose old Winbourne Elementary site as 6-8th grade center (if necessary) to relieve pressure from Capitol MS

Kenilworth Middle School, RSD (613 current enrollment)• Relocate English as a Second Language (ESL) students who live outside of the

attendance zone• Re-purpose Lee HS (see next slide)• Re-purpose Arlington as a small middle school and move Arlington Prep to Northdale

Magnet Academy (last option)

Crestworth Middle School, RSD (534 current enrollment)• Re-configure Scotlandville Elementary to Pre K – 8th grade

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Options for Lee HS*

Re-open as a Charter School

• College Prep (6-12) • Current Enrollment = 682

Foreign Language Immersion

• Pre K-8 with a high school phase-in over the next four years

*New Lee HS scheduled for opening 2015-2016

Re-purpose the site• Specialized Programs

– CKAP – 6-8th grade overflow– Military Academy

• Students opting out will be re-zoned to available high schools in the area

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Options for Istrouma High School

Istrouma High School• Convert magnet program to New Technology High

School (Scheduled to open 2010-2011)• Career Tech and College Prep Academy (Partnering

with La. Technical College)

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Options for Magnet, Gifted/Talented and Special Programs

Glen Oaks Park ES self-contained gifted students transfer to Brookstown ES

Re-locate English as a Second Language (ESL) program at Kenilworth MS to community sensitive attendance zones

Re-locate ESL program to Belaire HS

Re-locate or contract pre-k services with potential external vendors

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ESS Student Potential EnrollmentSCHOOL EBR Current Student

EnrollmentRSD Student Enrollment

Banks ES 40 33

Capitol ES 101 95

Dalton ES 38 36

Lanier ES 44 41

Park ES 61 57

Capitol MS 126 121

Crestworth MS 88 84

Kenilworth MS 102 94Total 600 561

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Next Steps Curriculum and Instruction

• Develop a plan to re-purpose Lee High School for board approval by April 2009 (see slide 18)

• Develop a plan re-purpose Greenville Elementary School for board approval by April 2009

• Review grade level re-configurations• Identify impact on State Accountability• Identify transferal procedures for property,

equipment, data, supplies, and student records

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Summary• Communication to parents and staff• Finalize receiving schools

– Identify attendance assignments

• Finalize fixed asset inventories• Finalize capacity needs (modular classrooms or

classroom construction)• Finalize MOU with BESE for four schools• Determine long-term financial impact• Consider legislation to reduce the impact of

fixed costs (i.e., retiree health insurance)