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RCAS Legislative Breakfast Recap: Priorities for 2013-2014 School Year

At the 2013 RCAS Legislative Breakfast, Dr. Timothy Mitchell outlined the key priority tasks for the Rapid City Area Schools for the 2013-2014 school year. These include ensuring high-level learning for all students, maintaining fiscal responsibility, developing infrastructure, enhancing personnel effectiveness, and updating school policies. Emphasis was also placed on educational funding and strategic planning for future growth and stability within the schools. The presentation aimed to foster community engagement and collaboration among stakeholders to improve education in the Rapid City area.

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RCAS Legislative Breakfast Recap: Priorities for 2013-2014 School Year

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  1. RCAS Legislative Breakfast Dr. Timothy Mitchell Rapid City Area Schools 11/12/13

  2. Priority Tasks 2013-2014 Priority Task #1 All Students Learning at High Levels Priority Task #2 Fiscal Responsibility Priority Task #3 Infrastructure Development

  3. Priority Tasks 2013-2014 Priority Task #4 Personnel Priority Task #5 Policy Development and Revision Priority Task #6 Miscellaneous Legislative Session and School Safety

  4. Priority Task #1-Learning Professional Learning Communities-More Clarity and Coherence Right People-Right Place-Right Time Curriculum-Assessment-Instruction Not Just on Wednesday-Culture Shift

  5. Priority Task #1-Learning Common Core Adopt by SD Board of Education-November 2010 Language Arts and Math Rigorous set of expectations for students Implementation 2013-2014 school year www.commoncore.sd.gov www.smarterbalanced.org

  6. Priority Task #2-Fiscal Responsibility 2012-2013 Fall Enrollment 13,916.64 2013-2014 Fall Enrollment 13,811.58 Budget: 13,850

  7. Priority Task #2-Fiscal Responsibility Budget Process-Similar to 2013-2014 Budget Calendar Approved 10-15-13 2014-2015 FTE counts submitted Health Insurance-proposed benefit change Capital Outlay requests submitted 2012-2013 Audit presented to School Board Legislative Session Begins Federal Education Funding

  8. Priority Task #2-Fiscal Responsibility Salary Schedule Task Force Must be Competitive Provide Flexibility Consider all Components of Compensation Communicates What is Important Serves a Purpose-Be Reliable

  9. The Situation Current Budget: General Fund $82.3 Mill Capital Outlay $18.0 Mill Sped $18.6 Mill Pension $2.3 Mill Health Insurance $16.9 Mill Total Overall RCAS $ 165.6 Mill

  10. The Situation 2013-2014 Budget Includes: -Fund Balance 17% - $3.9 Mill in Fund Balance - 5% Bonus to Staff - No Capital Outlay Flexibility -Budget Reduction $1.5 Mill

  11. Priority Task #3-Infrastructure Development Five Year Capital Outlay Plan Board Study Session 10-29-13 Current Debt Review- Toby Morris Proposed 2013-2014 Five Year CO Plan What?? and How??

  12. Priority Task #4-Personnel Teacher/Principal Effectiveness Pilot **Improve instruction and student learning **Encourage professional relationships **Use of multiple measures **Establish clear expectations (Danielson Framework) **Fair, Flexible and Research-based **Used to inform personnel decisions

  13. Priority Task #5-Policy Communication Task Force New Policy Implementation DRAFT-Media Guidelines Impact of Social Media Task Force formation

  14. Priority Task #6-Miscellanous Monitor Legislative Session Actively Involved: ASBSD, SASD, SDSSA, Large School Group and USA Group All education groups coming together with consistent proposals

  15. Communication • Large School Group-Dianna Miller (Lobbyist) • USA-Mitch Richter & John Pedersen • SDSSA-Dec 4-Tim Mitchell • SASD-Feb 4 -Rob Monson • ASBSD-Nov 22-Wade Pogany & Sheryl Kirkeby • School Board-Jeff Nelson • Website: www.rcas.org • Administration • Superintendent • 2014 Legislative Session

  16. Priority Task #6-Miscellaneous Summer Study-Education Funding **Increase the # of school days by 2 each year for 5 years for a total increase of 10 days **Raise the PSA by 3.8% to $4805 (8-7) **Provide funding to add training days for technology **Plan to gradually reduce the use of Capital Outlay flexibility **Minimum funding base of 2% (Current CPI 1.6%)

  17. Priority Task #6-Miscellaneous Summer Study-Education Funding **Dollars for use of evidence-based strategies **Dollars for teacher salaries Large School Group **Change index factor to 3% or more **Change the CPI

  18. Preview on Issues • Adjustments to PSA • Use of Capital Outlay • Additional Training Days-Technology • Teacher Pay • CTE Programs • School Safety • Pension Levy • SDCL 13-32-9 – Co-Curricular Participation • SDCL 6-8B-2 – 55% General Obligation Bonds • School Calendar

  19. Follow-Up • Thank You for your attendance today • I will be contacting you to schedule a meeting • We are inviting each of you to consider visiting a school • Questions ?? and Conversation

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