Director of Special Education

1. Director of Special Education Mike Breach

2. District special education programs

6. Vision Impaired program: 25 low vision and 3 blind students • Hearing Impaired program at Idaho School for Deaf and Blind in Gooding: 1 student • Hearing Impaired program at Lake Ridge: 4 students • Hearing Impaired program at Meridian School District: 9 students • Transportation costs to Meridian’s Hearing Impaired program: $8,000 per month • Tuition to Meridian’s Deaf program: up to $135,000 per year

7. District teacher and sign language aide for 4 students who are deaf/hard of hearing: $74,444 per year • Orientation and Mobility Services for our blind students: $10,000 per year • Braille transcriber for blind students: $28,946 per year • Aide to work with students who are blind: $28,000

8. Student to Teacher ratio for these programs. ERR – 12 teachers for 149 students (K-13) Ratio – 1:11 Autism – 3 teachers for 44 students (elementary and middle school) Ratio 1:15 EBD – 2 teachers for 50 students (Middle & High School) ratio – 1:25 Elementary Gateways – 4 teachers for 32 students Ratio – 1:8 Secondary Gateways – 4 teachers for 40 students Ratio – 1:10

9. L1 Reagan Autism J2 Skyview EBD K3 Lone Star Autism E4 Skyview EBD S5 Ridgeline Sped B6 Reagan Autism B7 Skyview EBD B8 Gateways D9 Gateways N10 Park Ridge ERR C11 Lone Star Autism W12 Gateways M13 Park Ridge ERR B14 Reagan Autism T15 Greenhurst Profound H16 West ERR M17 Park Ridge ERR M18 South EBD Students who have either moved into Nampa or placed in Nampa by Health & Welfare and Department of Juvenile Correction since September 2013

10. D19 Reagan Autism J20 NHS RADD C21 South EBD T22 Iowa Autism A23 West ERR E24 South EBD A25 Reagan Autism B26 South EBD J27 West ERR H28 Skyview RADD J29 Gateways E30 Iowa Autism G31 Skyview RADD T32 West ERR G33 Meridian-Sawtooth T34 West ERR D35 EVMS – Severe program B36 Iowa Autism S37 Skyview RADD K38 Willow Creek ERR T30 West ERR M31 South EBD C32 Lone Star Autism A33 Skyview RADD C34 Skyview EBD M35 EVMS– Severe program This total does not account for students who have moved in and are in our resource programs.

11. Nampa High School Travel Club October 2nd - 8th

13. Washington D.C

14. Arlington National Cemetery

15. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

16. Meeting Senator Risch

17. Congressman Labrador’sOffice WhiteHouse

18. Tour of Capitol Hill

19. Speaker of the HouseJohn Boehner

20. Library of Congress Tour

21. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

22. Memorials & Monuments

23. Korean War Memorial

24. New York City

25. Times Square NY Stock Exchange

26. 9/11 Memorial

27. Broadway Show“Annie”

28. Metropolitan Museum of Art

29. Boat Ride on Hudson River Statue of Liberty

30. Brooklyn Bridge & Little Italy

31. NBC Studios/ Rockefeller Center

32. NHS Travel Club was a success!!

33. NSD Safety Planning:Risk and Threat Assessment Team and Reentry Support Plan Presentation by: Mary Dowski and RTAT

34. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CeBYv1-V-SYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CeBYv1-V-SY

35. Potential Risk Factors • Prior history of violence • Drug, alcohol, tobacco, or weapon use • Association with delinquent peers • Poor family functioning • Poor grades in school • Poverty in the community

36. NSD Risk Factors: Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Weapons NSD Drug, Alcohol & Tobacco Referrals: 2012-2013 via Alpha One

37. NSD Risk Factors: Grades

38. NSD Risk Factors: • 63% of NSD students qualify for free or reduced lunches • 2009 Nampa Statistics: • 36.3% children below poverty level (Idaho 17.8%) • 34.9% residents below poverty level (Idaho 19.9%) • 14.7% residents below 50% poverty level (Idaho 6%) http://www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-Nampa-Idaho.html#ixzz2RnbNhAHj

39. Timeline of RTAT 5/12: Attended training on assessing risks and threats 4/13: Conducted NSD Employee Perception Survey 8/12: Implemented “Pilot Program” 5/13: Developed flowchart and referral process

40. NSD Staff Survey: 2013 Goal: Identify NSD employees’ perceptions of violence in our schools (n=37% of employees) • 59% found violence within NSD concerning • 78% believe a TEAM should assess a student’s risk level • 74% felt NSD does NOT provide adequate violence prevention • 59% understand their school’s discipline policy

41. REFERRAL PROCESS • School • Evaluate risk level of the threat incident • Refer substantive threats to RTAT • Risk and Threat Assessment Team (RTAT) • Convenes within 48 school hours to complete Initial Screening Assessment • If significant number of risk factors, RTAT completes a Level II Comprehensive Evaluation Outcome contingent on student’s determined level of risk

42. Pilot Program CASE EXAMPLES

43. Reintegration from High Risk Placements • Psychiatric Hospitals • Juvenile Corrections • State Commitments • Residential Treatment • Other Reentry support plan for these students has been developed for academic, social, and emotional needs

44. Together we can help PREVENTSchool Violence

45. QUESTIONS

46. Audit & Financial Report

47. Audit FY2013 Review • Audit Committee review with EideBailly • Chairman Coon • Trustee Veloz • CPA Jared Zwygart • Management review with EideBailly • Individual trustee meetings with Director of Finance • NEA Leadership team review with Director of Finance • Board public review with EideBailly November

48. General Fund Financial Overview *Adjustment for errors identified in 2013 Audit for years prior to FY 2011 **Includes one-time revenues from $4.3 million supplemental, $630,000 land sale, and last year of $1.6 million supplemental ***Does not include $500,000 contingency reserve

49. Next Year Planning