Superintendent's report Board meeting, April 22, 2014
The preliminary budget and strategic investment recommendations will enable VPS to:
Further reduce class size by adding 20 certificated positions
Maintain restored and enhanced afterschool activity, athletic and fine arts program offerings
Restore 65% of the Title 1 mandatory set-asides due to the loss of the state’s ESEA waiver
Continue to expand programs of choice including preparing to transition FVHS as a Center for International Studies in 2015-16 and AVID at the elementary level
Provide instructional quality support and calibration training
Provide technical assistance support to FCRC’s in our Opportunity Zone schools to improve service delivery, professional development and training, partnerships, and align resources with identified collective impact outcomes.
Advance safe and supportive learning environments, including restorative justice practices at the secondary level
Sustain our early learning initiatives including Jump Start K and supporting our K teachers in implementing the required WA Kids assessment
Begin planning for capital facilities improvements in light of community input during the Design II refresh process
Enhance our business intelligence performance management solutions by adding additional staff so our data team can leverage our dashboards to positively impact student learning trajectories
Continue to scale our 21st Century FLE vision to the next cohort of middle schools
94% of these new resources are being invested in direct services to students or school based programs.
