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Ethnicity statistics:

Free and Reduced lunch percentage:

Asian Black Caucasian Hispanic IndianPacific

Islander

1% 6.4% 83.3% 6.3% 1% 2%

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

34.5% 38.9% 40.6% 42.8% 43.6% 46%

Number of students: 4777

Early Childhood CenterBlue Hills ElementaryBuckner ElementaryCler-Mont ElementaryElm Grove ElementaryIndian Trails ElementaryFire Prairie Middle SchoolOsage Trail Middle SchoolFort Osage High SchoolLewis and Clark Learning CenterMcCune SchoolCareer Technology Center Entrepreneurial Studies program at the Independence Center

District size in square miles: 132 square miles

STATE – 50.90%

COUNTY – 1.32%

FEDERAL – 6.66%

LOCAL – 41.20%

SALARIES – 60.97%

CAPITAL PROJECTS – .67%MATERIALS & SUPPLIES – 7.28%

BENEFITS – 15.93%

PURCHASED SERVICES– 10.31%

SCHOOL DISTRICTStarting Salary Rank

with aBaccalaureate

Starting Salary Rankwith aMaster’s

Top EndSalary Rank

BLUE SPRINGS $34,000 $37,957 $68,026

FORT OSAGE $35,500 $40,300 $74,740

GRAIN VALLEY $34,000 $37,100 $68,025

INDEPENDENCE $34,700 $37,605 $68,196

LIBERTY $33,668 $38,291 $76,280

Phase 1

Building Our Future

V I S I O N

Baseball Field ImprovementBuckner Site ImprovementsAsphalt Elementary Playgrounds100 ton of Roof Top UnitsElm Grove Window ReplacementsCTC Ag Building and Green House Improved Softball & Baseball fieldsAdditional Card Access Door ControlsFire Prairie MS Playground EquipmentVoice Over IP Phone System

Additional

Completed Projects

Long-Range Facilities Master Plan

1

Phase 2

Building Our Future

V I S I O N

Year 2011


2

Build a new Early Childhood/PAT facility

Construct additional classrooms at Fire PrairieMiddle School

Construct additional classrooms at Osage TrailMiddle School

Construct additional classrooms at the Career and Technology Center

Upgrade facilities at Fort Osage High School

Phase 3

Building Our Future

V I S I O N

Construct a new support services building

Construct an auxiliary gym and weight room atOsage Trail Middle School

Construct a new 2,000-seat field house

Upgrade and expand the Fort Osage High Schoolathletic facilities

Construct a new district office facility

Year 2015


3

Building Our Future

New Programs

•Trailblazer Collegiate Academy

•Tribal Community

Offered 2009-10

Building Our Future

Challenges and Issues

facing our school districtDealing with ever-increasing operating costs (insurance, fuel, utilities, etc.) during a time of economic decline;

An inadequately funded state foundation formula and an inequitable distribution of those state funds;

Retooling and redesigning the teaching and learning processes for an ever-changing culture, economy, and world;

Meeting the proficiency standards prescribed for our students under the current No Child Left Behind act.

Building Our Future

No Child Left Behind

A State-Wide ChallengeEvery district in the Greater Kansas City Area failed to meet the standard.

410 of 523 districts in the state failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2008-09.

Standards increase next yearCommunication Arts

Increases from 59.2% to 67%Math

Increases from 54.1% to 63%

Building Our Future

No Child Left Behind

A State-Wide Challenge

ConsequencesLevel 1 School ChoiceLevel 2 Supplemental Educational ServicesLevel 3 Replace Staff Relevant to FailureLevel 4 Turn Operation Over to DESE

Standards continue to increase until 2014By then 100% of students are to be proficient

Guarantees Failure

School District Revenue

12

%


Including salaries, benefits, and

local purchases, more than 80

percent of total budget spent in

Independence


• Construction $943,000

• Food Vendors $183,000

• General Supply $468,000

• Local Services $767,000 (including school resource officers)

• Utilities $2,437,000

Fuel:

$881,000Food: 3.2 million

Phone: $532,000

Summer School:

5.2 million

Textbooks:

1.1 million

• Concern that the state could reduce the foundation formula

• Prop C sales receipts continue to come in below projections

• Reduction in local valuation means loss of millions

Effect of Local Property Valuation Decrease in 2009-2010

In the

Independence

School

district,

decreased

valuation caused

a drop in revenue

of 2.2

million dollars,

just this year.

• Annual Increase to Honor Salary Schedule

• Annual Increase to Pay Health Insurance

• Annual Increase to Pay Retirement Benefits

Zero-interest bonds, available now as part of the Economic Stimulus package, could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

Bond would build new elementary schools in Eastern and Western Independence, and allow for upgrades in schools throughout the district.

Project would create between 1200-1500 construction jobs, and thousands of supporting jobs (architects, suppliers, manufacturers, etc.)

Would also allow district to pay off lease purchases, putting approximately 2 million dollars a year into operating budget.

Blue Springs School

District

Expenditure Reductions Middle school restructuring

Eliminated 36 positions

Administrative reductions

Program budget cutbacks

Energy savings program

Cooperative purchasing GKCCSD

Textbook purchase deferral

Revenue Reductions Assessments decline

State shell-game

Transportation

Parents As Teachers

Special Education

Bond Issue 2009 February 2009

◦ 89.4% voter approval

◦ $86.5 million

◦ 14 projects

Classroom additions

School renovations

High school improvements

Safety and security upgrades

Transportation Center

◦ Ten projects were done by the first day of school

◦ Four projects remain and will be complete by fall of 2010

◦ Stimulates the local economy and trades

District Growth

Kindergarten 2009 enrollment 1,056

Historically classes get larger each year.

• 93.9% Graduation rate

• 82% Attend college

• Over 300 courses offered at the high school level

• $8 Million awarded in scholarships

• 63% Take AP or Dual Credit courses

• 8 Career Technical Programs

• 13 AP courses offered

• 20 Dual credit courses offered

• 50% of students apply for A+ in our district

• 69% of our college freshman return for a second year

• Safety and Security infrastructure in place

• 82% of staff hold advanced degrees

• State recognized professional development

• Comprehensive K-5 Arts Partners Program sponsored by PTA

• Reading Interventionists at all Elementary Buildings

• Youth Friends provides mentors for over 300 students

District Strengths

Public Education

We educate every child Over 90% of our students graduate Over 80% attend college Our schools are safe Our facilities are exemplary We offer students a comprehensive program of

Academics, Arts, Activities and Athletics Our students are awarded millions in scholarships

Our communities are involved Our communities trust their schools

We use money responsibly We are transparent

Public Education Partnership

International testing comparison

world, take our top 60%

athletes and educational

Schools / Districts Tuition/expenditure per pupil

Pembroke Hill (9-12) $18,335

Barstow (9-12) $16,480

St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School $10,842

Notre Dame de Sion $10,150

Rockhurst $9,950

St. Teresa’s Academy $9,900

Oxford Academy $8,600

Blue Springs School District $8,302

St. Mary’s (non-catholic) $6,650

O’Hara High School $6,500

St. Mary’s (catholic) $5,300

Public/private school cost comparison

Blue Springs R-IV provides the following as a part of the per

pupil expenditure and if we take these out, our expenses

decline.

Summer School

Alternative School Programs

Specialized Staff and Programs

Transportation

Special Education

$8,302

$8,216

$8,044

$7,838

$6,975

$5,465

Services not provided in private schools

Schools / Districts Tuition/expenditure per pupil

Pembroke Hill (9-12) $18,335

Barstow (9-12) $16,480

St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School $10,842

Notre Dame de Sion $10,150

Rockhurst $9,950

St. Teresa’s Academy $9,900

Oxford Academy $8,600

St. Mary’s (non-catholic) $6,650

O’Hara High School $6,500

Blue Springs School District $5,465

St. Mary’s (catholic) $5,300

Public/private school cost comparison

1965 – Top 17 % of the senior class took the ACT in Blue Springs Nationally 20% of all seniors were tested and the average ACT score 23.8 Less than 1% of those tested were minorities Average ACT score for BSHS seniors was 22.9

2008 – 82% of all seniors took the ACT in Blue Springs Nationally 60% of all seniors were tested and the average ACT score 21.2 40% of those tested were minorities Average ACT score for BSHS/BSSHS seniors was 22.3 Top 17% of the senior class average ACT is 29.3 72 seniors scored a 30 or better on the ACT

50% of questions on the 1965 SAT were taught at the 5th grade level or below in 1990

ACT testing comparison

There are 55,394,000 students enrolled in public schools across the nation

Drop-out rate continues to decline◦ 1980 – 14.1%◦ 199 6 – 9.3%◦ 1997 – 8.7%

There are 3.7 million teachers in schools across America

Nationally the teacher/student ratio is 15.3

In 1995, 10% of students reported feeling threatened at school ◦ This has dropped to 5% in 2004

Mobile or portable classrooms are used by 33% of schools in the U.S.

Average school building is 44 years old

Public Education Statistics