Agenda - 08-31-1999 - 3 School funding

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• 1 School Base Chair The demands for the Exceptional Children's Program are increasing each year. We currently have classroom teachers performing their normal duties and facilitating the IEP meetings for our students. It is extremely difficult to perform both tasks successfully. We are requesting that a School Base Chairperson be assigned to each middle school on a half time basis to facilitate IEP meetings and handle the massive amount of paper work which are required by State/Federal laws. $ 47,909 • 1/2 AG Gifted Coordinator (OHS) Our AG Plan also recommends additional services for the high school. This position would address that need. $ 23,955 • 2 Reading Recovery Teachers The Reading Recovery Program has proven to be very successful in all our elementary schools. We would like to increase the number of students receiving these services. We intend to use these two teachers in the schools with the highest needs for reading intervention. $ 95,818 • 1 Science Teacher (OHS) The Science Department of all high schools has the largest number of End -Of- Course tests. As students continue to take more and more of the core subjects to meet graduation and college entrance requirements, it is imperative that we keep the student/teacher ratio at a reasonable level. This position would allow us to maintain our 1:25 teacher /student ratio at the high school. $ 47,909 • Increase Local Supplement (gross $263,017, benefits $48,606) The recruitment, selection, development, and retention of quality teachers remain one of the guiding principles for our system. In order to attract, retain, and be competitive with surrounding systems in an environment where teachers are becoming more and more scarce each year, we feel it is absolutely necessary for us to increase our local supplements. $ 311,623