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Presentation to Barton Community Forum February 10 2016 Challenges Facing Vermont Schools Leading to Passage of Act 46 High expectations for schools to meet the needs of todays students Education Quality Standards Universal PreK Act 77 ID: 539333

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Slide1

Orleans Central Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee Report

Presentation to

Barton Community Forum

February

10

,

2016Slide2

Challenges Facing Vermont Schools Leading to Passage of Act 46

High expectations for schools to meet the needs of today’s students – Education Quality Standards, Universal Pre-K, Act 77

Increasing poverty and addiction rates

Growing inequity in student opportunity and outcomes

High leadership turnover

Fiscal challengesSlide3

Challenges Facing Vermont Schools Leading to Passage of Act 46

Fiscal Challenges in VT in a Nutshell

:

Declining Enrollments

+

Increasing Costs

=

Higher Per Pupil Costs

Higher property tax burdensSlide4

Challenges Facing Vermont Schools Leading to Passage of Act 46

Governance

: Vermont arguably has the most complicated governance structure in the United States:

Vermont has 362 school districts for 94,000 students as compared to…

Maine, which has 164 districts for 185,000 students or…

Maryland, which has 24 school districts for 866,000 studentsSlide5

Act 46: Creating PreK-12 Systems

On or before July 1, 2019 educational opportunities in Vermont shall be provided through “

sustainable governance structures”

that provide PreK-12 educational opportunities at a reasonable cost.Slide6

Act 46: Creating PreK-12 Systems

These governance structures are expected to achieve the following outcomes:

Provide

equity

in the quality and variety of educational opportunities

Lead students to

meet or exceed the Education Quality Standards

Maximize operational efficiencies

through greater flexibility to manage, share, and transfer resources, with a goal of increasing district-level student-to-staff ratios

Promote

transparency and accountability Slide7

Act 46:

Preferred Governance Structure

A single PreK-12 district

Serving at least 900 students

That has one of the four most common structures:

Operates all grades PreK-12;

Operates PreK-8 and tuitions 9-12;

Operates PreK-6 and tuitions 7-12; or

Pays tuition for all students grades PreK-12.Slide8

Act 46: Getting to a

Preferred Governance Structure

Act 46 Includes incentives

if Action

IS

Taken

Grants to fund studies like the one are doing now

Tax relief for districts who adopt new governance models early

$150,000 Transition

grants for districts who adopt new governance models

early

Limits on tax

increases for districts who adopt new governance models

early

Conversion of small school grants to “merger support grants”

AND

dis

incentives

If Action

ISN’T

Taken

Imposition of preferred structure

Disappearance of small school grantsSlide9

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) secured a $20,000 study grant to form an Act 46 Implementation Study Committee

The OCSU Board appointed 14 individuals to the Study

C

ommittee, which had at least one representative from each board

The study committee met 12 times in October through February and voted to adopt a final draft of a report of their findings

This afternoon we are seeking YOUR input on this report before we adopt the final report on March 2Slide10

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

Adopt Unified Union Governance Structure

WHY? Three Major Reasons

We have a 50-year history of successful collaboration and shared governance at SU level, and at HS level

A unified union governance model will offer

ALL

students more learning opportunities

A unified union model will provide opportunities to save money, assure OCSU communities receive Act 46 incentives, and avoid the impact of losing small schools grantsSlide11

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

We have a 50-year history of successful collaboration and shared governance at SU level, and at HS level

Orleans Central Supervisory Union

has common pay schedules, common calendars, common special education services, and operates a prekindergarten program for

all

students

and these initiatives were put in place

without undercutting local control.

Lake Region Union High School

, which is governed by a regional board, provides a high quality program to ALL students in the district.

LRUHS is recognized by US News and World Report as one of VT’s best! Slide12

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

A unified union

governance model

will offer

ALL

students more learning

opportunities

Our K-8 Districts do not provide comparable learning opportunities or support services (

the next few slides offer some examples

)

Sharing staff will enable OCSU K-8 schools to offer more specialized instruction (

e.g. accelerated math and science programs; reading and math intervention; technology support)

The unified union governance model provides an opportunity for K-8 choice and an opportunity to reconfigure schools to optimize staffing and saving money without closing schoolsSlide13

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

Language

Arts

Math

Science

Social

Studies

Humanities

Albany

375

415

240

***

350

Barton

480

480

240

240

0

Brownington

***

450

250

***

600Glover470225225225225Irasburg***435435***435Orleans3153153153150

Minutes/Week/Subject Grades 6-8

*** Reading instruction and/or social studies embedded in humanitiesSlide14

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

Algebra instruction varies from school-to-school

All OCSU K-8 schools have copies of

LRUHS

algebra curriculum

ALL OCSU students can earn an Algebra I credit at LRHS by getting a 75 or higher on the mid-term and final examinations developed by the

LRUHS

math department

Some Barton, Glover and Irasburg students physically attend courses at

LRUHS

Orleans students take an additional 120 minutes of math/week to prepare for the

LRUHS

examinations, receive algebra instruction

Albany and Brownington students get additional help from 8

th

grade instructors to prepare for

LRUHS

examinationsSlide15

Findings: OCSU Study CommitteeSlide16

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

Guidance

Nurse

Librarian

Reading Intervention

Math Intervention

Albany

203

405

203

90

***

Barton

268

161

403

161

161

Brownington

540*

180

NONE

108

108

Glover

305153305122NONEIrasburg338135***135482Orleans103206***206206

Students Per Support Staff

* Above state minimum requirement of 350:1

*** Services provided by non-certified staff memberSlide17

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

FY

16 Tech

Budget

Tech

$/

Student

Current

Tech Value

Tech

Value/ Student

Devices/Student

Albany

$29,095

$2,425

$26,500

$1,943

1.28

Barton

$27,747

$1,722

$30,205

$2,298

.64

Brownington$5,500$444$17,635$1,527.49Glover$20,000$1,667$24,183$1,642.93Irasburg$25,247$2,078$24,139$1,734.81Orleans$40,000$5,714$27,548

$2,2601.06

Technology Budgets, AvailabilitySlide18

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

A unified union model will increase the opportunities to save money, provide tax reduction incentives, and avoid the impact of losing small schools grants

Bulk Purchasing opportunities (

e.g. food services, technology, heating oil, cleaning materials, etc.)

Administrative overlaps (

moving from nine budgets to one reduces audit costs, staff time)

Sharing staff and resources among schoolsSlide19

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

A unified union model will provide tax reduction incentives:

The

table

on the right

shows

the amount the owner of a $200,000 home is projected to save over five years if OCSU changed its governance structure assuming an annual 3% increase in education spending an a 1% decrease in equalized pupils based on calculations provided by the State

District

5

Year Savings to Homeowner

Albany

$3,766

Barton

$569

Brownington

$439

Glover

$2,357

Irasburg

-$73

Orleans

$1,938

Westmore

$442Slide20

Findings: OCSU Study Committee

A unified union model will

avoid

the impact of losing small schools

grants:

The

table

on the right

shows

the amount each of the districts currently receives for small school grants. If OCSU does not change its governance structure before January 2019 these grants will no longer be available

District

FY

16

Small Schools Grant

Albany

$112,758

Brownington

$105,043

Glover

$94,078

Irasburg

$82,948

Orleans

$108,355Slide21

What Will Change in OCSU?

Current Status

Contracts

: Employees covered by OCSU negotiated agreements

Budgets

: 9 budgets developed, adopted, voted on individually; budgets voted on in town meeting format; each board oversees budget.

Boards

: 9 Boards, 32 members

Unified Union

Contracts:

New Board will negotiate with employee groups within 90 days

Budget

: One budget; voted on by Australian ballot on Town Meeting Day; budget oversight determined by board policy

Board

: One Board with

17

members; representation based on 2010 censusSlide22

What Will Change in OCSU?

Current Status

Facilities

: Each district owns and is responsible for school buildings and grounds; each is responsible for maintenance and custodial services

Personnel management

:

8

separate Boards hire

all

staff members for their district

Curriculum oversight

: 7 boards responsible for assuring schools meet the Vermont Quality Standards.

Unified Union

Facilities:

New district owns and is responsible for school buildings and grounds; it

is responsible for maintenance and custodial

services

Personnel Management

: One Board hires

all

staff for

all

schools

Curriculum Oversight

: One board accountable for meeting Vermont Quality Standards. Slide23

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Late February:

OCSU Act 46 Study Committee holds public forums in each town gathering feedback on DRAFT report; legal review of report

March 2:

Following this round of public forums and legal review, OCSU Act 46 Study Committee adopts FINAL Report, including Articles of Agreement, submits report to Agency of Education for review in advance of submission to State Board of Education

April 19:

State Board of Education (SBE) reviews, acts on report, including the Articles of AgreementSlide24

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

ASSUMING State Board approval in April

: Another round of public forums/hearings to inform public of governance vote on May 24

May 24

:

T

he proposal to adopt the Articles of Agreement goes to voters in each OCSU town along with a slate of candidates to serve on the Unified Union Board. The vote will be done by Australian ballot. ALL towns must vote to adopt the Articles of Agreement.

Late May

: If the electorate of each member district votes in favor of the proposal

, the Town clerks will notify the Agency of Education of the vote tallies in their community

Late June, early July:

30-45 days after the vote, the Agency of Education certifies the vote to the Secretary of State who, in turn, informs the town clerks of the formation of the new unified union board Slide25

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Late August:

Within 60 days of the certification of the vote to the Secretary of State, the Agency of Education will convene an organizational meeting

Following Organizational Meeting:

Newly elected Board begin transition to controlling operation of all existing OCSU schools.

T

he new board will:

negotiate contracts to go into effect after July 2017

develop new policies

develop a budget for 2017-2018 to be voted on by Australian ballot on Town Meeting Day, March 7, 2017.

July 1, 2017:

The unified union school district will be fully operational and the district boards elected for 2016-17 will no longer be in place

. Slide26

QUESTIONS

???

Please submit additional questions and look for additional information on the OCSU web page:

www.ocsu.org