Oakland Unified School District Academic and Fiscal Solvency Community Dialogue Jody London, Director, District 1 OUSD Board of Education
- 1. Oakland Unified School DistrictAcademic and Fiscal
SolvencyCommunity DialogueJody London, Director, District 1OUSD
Board of Education[email_address] 510/459-0667 Version/
11.1.09
2. Tonights Presentation
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- Review and provide input on Vision, Values and Priorities for
Academic Success
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- Review State Fiscal Crisis and the impact for OUSD Funding for
2010-2011 and beyond.
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- Engage in discussion about key budget challenges/
opportunities.
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- Understand next steps and how you can stay involved in planning
for academic and fiscal solvency
- Closing, Acknowledgements, and Feedback
3. 4. 5. Our Progress So Far.
- 92 point growth in API for OUSD, highest among all large urban
districts in California!
- Increased the number of schools with an API of 700+ from 11 to
50
- Increased the four year graduation rate from 58% to 69%
- Opened 31 new small schools in low income neighborhoods
- Expanded summer school services from 2,000 to 8,000
students
- Expanded after school programs from 34 to 91 schools, and from
3,000 to 17,600 students
6. ACHIEVEMENTEQUITYACCOUNTABILITY Core Values Underlying Our
Work To Increase Student Achievement We Invest in Our People:
Effective Principal at Every School Effective Teachers Retained at
Every School Quality Teacher Support and Collaboration To Increase
Student Achievement We Create Conditions for Success: Personalized
Learning Environments Results-Based Flexibility for Schools Safe
and Supportive Schools Modern Facilities and Infrastructure
Data-Driven Performance Improvement TOP PRIORITY: High-quality
instruction that results in high levels of learning for every
student in every classroom every day. GOALS All students will meet
or exceed rigorous standards in all academic disciplines . All
students will : Graduate prepared to succeed in college and the
workplace. Succeed inAlgebra by the end ofninth grade . Read and
write by the end ofthird grade . Students takeresponsibilityfor
themselvesand thecommon good . Students will possess personal
motivation, skills and resiliency necessary for success in life and
the workplace. VISION: All students will graduate as caring,
competent and critical thinkers, fully informed, engaged and
contributing citizens, prepared to succeed in college and career.
BOARD PRIORITIES BOARD PRIORITIES 7. Our Challenges
- We continue to under-serve our African American, Latino,
Pacific Islander and English Learner students, resulting in an
opportunity and achievement gap that we must close.
- Our high schools need additional support to increase student
achievement, reduce truancy, and increase graduation rates
- 80% of local school district budgets come from the State
8. Our Priorities going forward
- College and Career Readiness
- Focus on reading, writing, speaking, critical thinking and
mathematical reasoning for 21 stcentury success
- Family access to early literacy in pre-school
- Individual plans, progress monitoring and early intervention to
keep all students on track
- College prep writing for all students, with culminating Senior
Project
- Career education options, technology literacy, work-based
learning and community college course access for all students
- Recovery options that help, drop outs, non-completers and
juvenile justice students graduate
- Safe & Supportive Schools
- Secure campuses and violence reduction
- Mandatory extended student learning after school, Saturdays and
summer
- Restorative practices that enhance school culture and improve
discipline systems to address equity
- Truancy reduction and engaged families
- Engaged civic and community partners to reduce violence in the
community and at schools
- Integrated student and family services at school that address
the needs of the whole child
- Proven, rigorous standards-based curriculum and assessments for
all students
- UC/CSU a-g course curriculum in high school for all
students
- Training and coaching that improves teacher instructional skill
and content knowledge
- Schools ensure regular teacher collaboration to plan
instruction for success of each student
- Principal training that provides effective support and feedback
to improve instruction
- Cultural competency training for teachers to better meet the
needs of diverse learners
- Improved working conditions and support that increases teacher
retention
9. Total Budgeted Expenditures $616.6 M Other Restricted Funds
$188 M General Fund $428.6 M 4,344 FTE Unrestricted Resources
$252.3 M 2,890 FTE Restricted Resources $176.3 M 1,454 FTE School
Site Budgets $184.5 M 2,145 FTE Centrally Funded Svcs for Schools
$22.0 M 155 FTE Central Operations $37.2 M 224 FTE OUSD 2009-2010
Budget Breakdown Elementary $104.8 M 1,220 FTE Middle $33.9 M 400
FTE High $45.8 M 525 FTE School Climate $5.6 M 95 FTE Extended Ed
Svc. $6.3 M 48 FTE Pro/Currc Devel $10.9 M 61 FTE Alt Ed. $0.8 M 8
FTE Facilities, Maint $3.0 M 271 FTE General Ed $4.0 M 38 FTE Dist.
Lead, Other $7.9 M 59 FTE Bus, HR, Data, etc. $29.3 M 165 FTE
Centrally Funded Site-Based Svcs $8.6 M 366 FTE Construction - $120
M Child Development - $21 M Self Insurance - $18 M Food Serv. - $15
M Adult Ed. - $12 M Debt Services - $2 M 20102011 Budget Challenge
$27 million cuts from General Fund Unrestricted 10. Unaudited
Actuals Base Revenue Limit (BRL)2002-2010 Summary Graph $4,739
$4,825 $4,961 $5,172 $5,538 $5,790 $6,119 $6,380 11. Fiscal
Challenges/ Opportunities
- Enrollment and Attendance
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- How can we help families learn more about the many great
schools in Oakland?
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- How can we partner with families, schools and community to
raise attendance?
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- How do we address the challenge that our teachers do not make
as much as most teachers in the Bay Area?
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- What are the benefits and costs to maintaining school and class
sizes? How do we maintain these benefits and manage costs?
- Safety and School Climate
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- How do we increase the funding and further engage community in
keeping our schools safe and centers of support for our students
and families?
12. Next Steps
- Board of Education and Superintendent continue to gather input
from students, families, staff.
- Superintendent prepares proposed budgets for central office
that reflect the Boards direction. (Dec/ Jan)
- Principals and School Site Councils develop School Plan and
Budget (Dec- Mar)
- Personnel reductions approved (March)
- Final budget for 2010-2011 adopted (June)