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PHILIP DISTEFANOHOPATCONG BOARD OF EDUCATION

… bring wisdom to our youth

IN A NUT SHELL…• Academic Achievement is going down.• Pupil enrollment is going down• Costs are going UP !• Current Board just Rubber Stamps funding requests!

We Need Better Management of the Educational Process in our town

• Our highest responsibility must be to the education of our young. • Prepare them for higher education • college or vocational

• Best teachers and teaching staff we can afford• Teaching staff must be observed and measured in a fair and

effective manner, but based upon Learning not Teaching!• Staff which excel must be rewarded for their work and

dedication• Ranking and Rating of the staff within their contract boundaries

but established by the Board, the Superintended and school principals utilizing industry and state standards.

• Research and application of modern teaching techniques• Use of specialized teaching staff even if only on a temporary

basis, to teach our educators.

Philip DiStefano

•Manage the education process• Establish a clear vision

• Which induces corresponding goals• And measurable objectives for the entire staff from the superintendent

through the teaching staff.• a clear vision statement which addresses the vision of the board, not just the

superintendent or the principals• The vision statement must include phrases indicating the education of the

town’s youth is the highest priority, but cannot exclude the boards fiduciary responsibilities to the citizens & businesses within it. Budget Accountability.

• Set Clear and unambiguous Goals• The superintendent should participate in the creation of the districts goals

but should be the sole architect. This must come from the board not just approved by the board.

• From Clear goals come detailed Objectives• Objectives must be measureable and assigned to individuals which can then

be held accountable or responsible for its achievement.

SO WHY PHIL DISTEFANO?

• More than 30 years Experience managing highly educated Staffs.• Many years creating and managing Budgets• A thorough understanding of organizational structures and

behaviors. • Many Years Experience in Process Engineering.• Will impart an Entrepreneurial spirt to the Students and Facility• I will ensure that our money is spend on the Students !!!

2013-2014 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

4 out of 5 high schools statewide report higher achievement.

High

Schoo

l

Middle

Schoo

l

Grades

6-8

Duban

Elem

entar

y

Grades

4-5

Tulsa

Trail

Elem

entar

y

Grades

2-3

0306090

20 38 38 42

80 62 62 58

Acamemic AchievementPercentile Statewide

Hopatcong Statewide

2013-2014 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

97 out of 100 of our peers report higher achievement than Hopatcong.

High

Schoo

l

Middle

Scho

ol

Grades

6-8

Duban

Elem

entar

y

Grades

4-5

Tulsa

Trail

Elem

entar

y

Grades

2-3

0306090

3 10 28 3597 90 72 65

Academic AchievementPercentile among Peers

Hopatcong Peers

Student enrollment is becoming less and less each year.

This chart shows only 2012 &2014, but by 2015 the Hopatcong enrollment was down to ~ 1,742 in 2015 with expected decrease to 1,736 in 2016.

Andover

Byram

Frankford

Franklin

Green

Hamburg

Hampton

Hardyston

High Point

Hopatcong

Kittatinny

Lafayette

Lenape

Montague

Newton

Ogdensburg

Sandyston

Sparta

Stanhope

Stillwater

Vernon

Wallkill

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

1917

3644

2035

3769

Pupils per district

Pupils 2011-2012

Pupils 2013-2014

• Costs per student keep going up, but academic achievement has gone down.

• We’re not getting our monies worth !

OgdensburgByram

HardystonStanhope

GreenFranklin

StillwaterNewton

AndoverSandyston

SpartaHampton

LenapeHopatcongKittatinny

VernonHamburgLafayetteFrankfordMontague

WallkillHigh Point

$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000

$19,411

$19,569$20,284

$21,084

2013Cost per Pupil

$/Pupil

APPENDIXAdditional Charts to be used as needed

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Peer Percentile Statewide percentile0102030405060708090

100

12

3035

42

Grades 2-3

2011-2012 2013-2014

Significant improvement but not nearly good enough.

The Objective ought be 60th percentile or better.



20

40

60

80

100

5442

2838

Grades 4-5

2011-2012 2013-2014

Dramatic decrease in academic achievement.

What went Wrong ?



100

13

35

10

38

Middle School

2011-2012 2013-2014

Little change but clearly not acceptable.




20

40

60

80

100

820

320

High School

2011-2012 2013-2014

OMG ! The 3rd Percentile !!!.


We are doing the students, the parents and the community no benefit turning out students which must have such low expectations.