Start of School 2017-18 - Boston Public Schools · Presentation to Boston School Committee October 4th, 2017. ... Days 2 and 3: School teams organized by TLT. Launch of the Essentials

START OF SCHOOL 2017-18

Mary Driscoll, Dr. Marice Edouard Vincent, Instructional Superintendents

John Hanlon, Chief of OperationsLaura Benavidez, Executive Director of Food and

Nutrition ServicesPresentation to Boston School Committee

October 4th, 2017

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

How have we prepared school leaders and and teacher leaders to solve this problem?What new materials and initiatives are we using to address the problem?How are we attending to the basic human needs of a safe ride to school and healthy meals once they arrive for every student?

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Tonight’s Update: What problem are we

trying to solve?

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Day 1: Set the Vision, Celebrate New Leaders, be Inspired by our young artists

Days 2 and 3: School teams organized by TLT. Launch of the Essentials for Instructional Excellence, Introduction of the Quality School Plan including a CLSP SMART goal

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August Leadership Institute 2017

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• BPS/ BTU Collaboration• New teachers and veteran teachers learned

side by side• 589 teachers from 113 schools and partner

organizations participated• Participants were introduced to the Essentials• Average satisfaction rating was 9.2/10.

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Teacher Summer Institute

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• All School Site Councils are using the BPS Equity Impact Analysis Tool to make decisions on how to use their allocation to create 21st century learning environments in their school.

• Each school received, on average, about $100K, to be spent on 21st century teaching and learning furniture.

• School allocations were determined by the schools’ weighted student enrollment and their furniture assessment from the BuildBPS/SMMA facility evaluations.

The Equity Impact analysis tool was developed by the Office of Equity and the Office of Opportunity and Achievement Gaps to guide decision making about policies, programs, initiatives, professional development, instructional practices and budget issues.

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BuildBPS 21st Century Learning

Fund

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School Leaders and teacher leaders participated in the first of 7 sessions during which they will engage in data inquiry, classroom observations and examination of student work designed to deepen their understanding of the Essentials for Instructional Equity and the BPS Leadership Competencies.

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Launch of Professional Learning

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• “Fundations” literacy intervention in an additional 216 classrooms grades K-2

• “Focus on Second” Pilot in 26 schools• Haitian Dual Language Program in K1 built on

the Focus curriculum• Middle School Literacy Units piloted in 3

schools• Integrated Math Curriculum Pilot in 14 high

schools

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New Curriculum and Interventions

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1. First ever Attendance Symposium on 9/19 to launch a year wide campaign aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism. The campaign is called "I'm in."

2. Expanded our Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model (CBHM) to 10 more schools, bringing the number to 60 schools.

3. Provided Vital Village Trauma Informed Training to 10 schools, and have also distributed trauma informed practices posters to all schools.

4. The Partnerships in Social Emotional Learning Initiative (PSELI) has initiated at 7 schools.

5.The Becoming A Man (BAM) initiative that will serve 150 young men across 4 schools has launched.

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New Social Emotional Learning Interventions

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Attendance for the first five days of school exceeded previous years, resulting in the lowest rate of students who did not report to school this year.

• 88.4% of students attended during the first week of school.

• After the first two weeks, 94% of enrolled students in grades K-12 started in their assigned school.

• Students who did not arrive on time cited travel disruptions caused by the hurricanes (Texas and Florida) as the most common reason for delay.

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Start of School - Attendance

Current BPS Attendance Rate:

92.4%

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Start of School - Enrollment

*Unofficial

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Reduction of 50 scheduled bus routes• Savings of $3M - $5M• Daily carbon emissions reduction of 20,000 lbs of CO2 • 1 million miles of bus traffic off of the roads• Minimal changes from the average student experience:

– Same walk-to-stop distance (0.19 miles)– 98% of students have same bus stop– Same commute time (23 minutes)

• 50% increase in staffing within the Customer Svc. unit• New school leader hotline• Schools can now track their own buses

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Transportation Highlights for 2017-18

Transportation

Challenge

Customer

Service

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On-Time Performance, Last 2 School Years

On-Time Performance was lagging behind last year’s level,

but is now quickly closing the gap

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* Some data points are not available in the system, though this is very rare.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Call Center Data, Last 2 Years

The lines represent call volume (left axis).

The bars underneath represent avg. hold

time (right axis).

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

We work to offer all Boston Public School students safe, wholesome, nutritious, enjoyable meals to fuel academic excellence. We achieve this in collaboration with students, parents, community, and school professionals.

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Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Mission

FNS Goals

• Fiscal Stability• Increase Technology• Decrease Waste• Build Our Culture

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Hub and Spoke Project - East Boston

= Hub = Spoke

• With support from the Shah Family Foundation, we are piloting a service model for prepared lunches at a hub (cafeteria) school to serve at spoke (satellite) schools for:

o More, fresh choices

o Menu equity

o Improved dining experience

o Reduced packaging waste

• Phase 1: last spring • Phase 2: 5 days a week

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Announcements made: Summer 2017 –Breakfast and Lunch–After School Meals

• What Is Different: –Boston-area partnerships –Fresh, local food–Flexibility in service model and locations

Launch of New Vendors: Revolution Foods,

Preferred Meals

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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Impact: increase breakfast access for an additional 31,000 students

• Allow schools to implement a Breakfast After the Bell model of their choice

• Proposed Legislation:Rise and Shine Massachusetts

Breakfast After the Bell

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