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Well-Resourced Schools Community Engagement

作为一个地区,我们重视倾听和向我们的社区学习. We seek ways to make sure all voices can be heard, especially those that might be underrepresented in our community. 

Starting in summer and fall 2023, SPS launched a community engagement to talk with students, families, staff, and community partners. We are developing a shared understanding of what resources, programs, services, and learning experiences make up a well-resourced school. 

校长布伦特·琼斯发起了一项全社区的努力,以重新构想一个资源充足、安全的学校系统, equitable, and offers students and families the programs, 他们在自己居住的社区取得成功所需的服务和资源.

向地区领导和校董会提供真实的意见, 我们进行了一系列的社区参与工作,以帮助建立一个基于卫生服务系统所服务的不同社区的价值观和愿望的愿景.

社区愿景将为今后几年SPS面临的挑战和机遇提供基础,并有助于指导未来的战略规划和资源分配决策, including funding for Well-Resourced Schools, SPS Funding Our Future planning, renewal of the Seattle Excellence Strategic Plan, and the BEX VI Levy.

Well-Resourced Engagement 

2023年8月至10月,正规的棋牌平台排行榜完成了第一阶段参与计划. 第二阶段参与计划将包括专门为学生提供的参与机会, 再加上额外的有针对性的努力,以确保来自所有背景的不同声音在社区的愿景中得到公平的代表和反映. 

Through this process, we heard that families want: 

  • schools to be central hubs for families and community, 
  • security measures to keep students safe,  
  • robust and inclusive music, arts, and sports programs,  
  • 核心科目的高质量教学,在课程中体现公平和多样性.  
  • regular accessible communications to families from the schools,  and equitable access to special education, multi-lingual and highly capable advanced learning services.  
Community Recommendations

SPS is committed to hearing your voice. 资源充足的学校对话的目标是收集来自我们社区的意见,以便SPS能够就重大举措和问题做出有效的决策. Community Engagement Feedback

Well-Resourced Schools and Budget Presentations to the School Board 

11月11日,校长布伦特·琼斯分享了他平衡预算和建立资源充足学校系统的计划. 15 with the Seattle School Board. Superintendent Jones is 不建议在2024-25学年关闭或合并任何学校. 

Timeline

  • 安全正规的棋牌游戏平台排行在11月11日的会议上听取了琼斯督学的建议,作为介绍性的项目. 15 meeting. Read the presentation overview and watch the meeting recording.
  • 该决议在12月12日的会议上再次提交全体董事会审议. 13 Regular Board Meeting.
  • The School Board held a work session on Jan. 17, 2024, to hear about updates on budget development.
  • The School Board will meet on March 20, to hear a legislative update.
  • The School Board is scheduled to preview the proposed 2024-25, 2025-26, and 2026-27 budgets [budgets may include program and personnel changes for 2024-25 and school consolidation for 2025-26] on April 3.
  • 市教育厅厅长将于2024年5月提出实现“资源丰富的学校体系”构想的计划. 该计划可能包括2025-26学年及以后的学校合并, grade level reorganizations, and program adjustments and restructuring.
  • 安全正规的棋牌游戏平台排行计划在6月审查最终预算建议,并计划在7月对最终预算进行投票. 
District Structural Deficit and School Impacts

正规的棋牌平台排行榜预算社区更新:共同支持学生

3月,学校校长正在制定下一学年的预算. 预算指导我们优先为学生提供包容性和高质量的教育.

To achieve a balanced budget, we know we must make changes. 我们正在以深思熟虑的方式处理这些决定,以确保我们对学生学习的负面影响最小化.

Read the full March budget update

What is SPS plan for a responsible budget?

While we are not closing any schools for the 2024-25 school year, 我们将做出一些必要的改变,以财政上负责任的方式平衡我们的预算,确保整个地区的教育质量. To balance the budget for 2024-25 school year, 该地区打算寻求实施华盛顿州立法机构提供的贷款工具,以专门解决预算不稳定问题, along with restructuring some programs.  

Why this will work

我们平衡预算的计划提供了可观的长期储蓄和未来更多储蓄的机会 

What’s the issue with the budget?  

卫生和社会福利部2024-25财政年度预计将面临1.05亿美元的赤字, $129 million for fiscal year 2025-26, and $153 million for fiscal year 2026-27. This structural shortfall is caused primarily by insufficient funding from the State of Washington; declines in enrollment, the spending of one-time funding sources. 

What’s the situation with enrollment? 

如今,该校在校生约为4.8万名,拥有104栋校舍. From 2019-23, enrollment has decreased by 4,900 students, which has resulted in an $81 million drop in revenue 

Why consolidate or close schools in the future? 

As much as we love every one of our schools, when they are under-enrolled, 他们变得资源不足,这导致了学校之间的不平等和不一致.  

Aren’t there better ways to cover the deficit than closing schools? What other alternatives were considered? 

Closing a school will save $750,000 to $2,000,000. 虽然这只是预算节省的一部分,但它确实会产生影响.  

Why can’t we have smaller schools? 

目前华盛顿州的资金并不支持规模较小的学校或小班授课. 国家资金是根据运营一所400名学生的小学的成本计算的, 这意味着比这更小的学校在财政上不可行或不可持续.  

How is this process going to lead to well-resourced schools? 

我们发起了一项全社区的努力,重新构想一个资源充足的学校系统,为学生和家庭提供支持, the programs and resources, 以及他们在自己居住的社区取得成功和繁荣所需的灵感.

我们将继续这种社区参与,以确保我们做出的决定将是响应, equitable, and sound, as we consider making any substantial consolidation, closure, and programmatic changes. Read more about the well-resourced schools community engagement.

Guiding the SPS Well-resourced Schools Vision 

SPS well-resourced school conversations will be guided by Board Policy 0010,教学理念和董事会政策0030,确保教育和种族平等. 这些政策表明了正规的棋牌平台排行榜的承诺,即学生将在学习中得到支持和肯定, with multiple pathways to success, in school environments where they feel seen, heard, and welcomed in all spaces.

Ensuring Educational and Racial Equity

正规的棋牌平台排行榜对每所学校的每个学生的成功做出了八项承诺.

Read SPS Policy 0030

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