Litchfield NH 2016 School District Deliberative Session

WARRANT 1Presenter: Budget Committee

Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately,

the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by the vote at the first session of the annual school district meeting, for the purposes set forth herein,

totaling Twenty-One Million, Thirty-One Thousand, Six Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($21,031,613)? Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be Twenty-One Million, Seventy Six Thousand, Twenty-Three Dollars ($21,076,023) which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Litchfield School District or by law; or the School Board may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13 X and XVI, to

take up the issue of a revised operating budget only.

Estimated Tax Impact: $0.91

Not Recommended by the School Board Vote 0-5-0

Recommended by the Budget Committee Vote 6-2-1

WARRANT 2Presenter: Derek Barka

Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and appropriate

the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand, Five Hundred Thirty-Six

Dollars ($79,536) for the purpose of funding salary and

benefits for a full-time District Technology Database

Administrator position to support the new Student Information

System?

Major Functions

1. Support the implementation and ongoing increase in functionality for the Infinite Campus student information system (SIS)

2. Support increased use of technology, including mobile student technology (laptops/tablets/netbooks) in the teaching and learning process.

Existing Staff

• Director of Technology• Responsible for district technology including budgets and staff• Leads Districts Technology Initiatives• Supports servers and network infrastructure

• One Full Time Employee• End user support, PC Trouble shooting• Infrastructure support

• 200+ Staff, 1500 daily customers, 400+ Servers, Desktops, Laptops

Student Information System: What Is It?• Teacher and Student Schedules• Including Extended Learning Opportunities and alternative courses

• Real-Time Web-based Gradebook• Track Progress towards academic goals including competencies

• Big Data and Reporting• Interim progress reports• Report Cards• GPA• Progress towards graduation• Class Rank• Attendance

Scheduling, Grading and Reporting

Infinite Campus: Enhanced SIS Functionality• Web Portal for students and parents

• View attendance, assignments and grades

• Student achievement data and reports• Special Education reports and 504 status and

program• School Calendars• Targeted to different audience based on preference• Athletics, Extracurriculars, Report cards, etc

Infinite Campus: Learning Management (LMS)

• Faculty posting: class materials including course syllabus, readings, handouts, assignments, videos, links, etc• Student posting: papers and other assignments;• Integrated email for class announcements• Chat tool for real time collaboration• Threaded discussion boards for long-running discussions

Collection of software tools providing a dedicated online environment for course interactions.

Phased Implementation of SIS &1-to-1 Computing Technology

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2019-20 1-to-1 Implement (108) 1-to-1 Implement (100) 1-to-1 Implement (113) 1-to-1 Implement (106) 4272018-19 1-to-1 Implement (100) 1-to-1 Implement (113) 1-to-1 Implement (106) 1-to-1 Pilot (117) 319 + Pilot2017-18 1-to-1 Implement (113) 1-to-1 Implement (106) 1-to-1 Pilot (117) Pilot Teacher PD 219 + Pilot2016-17 1-to-1 Implement (106) 1-to-1 Pilot (117) Pilot Teacher PD <----- 106 + Pilot2015-16 1-to-1 Pilot (117) Pilot Teacher PD Pilot

Pilot Teacher PD

Fall 20142013-14

Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12# of Student

Tablets

Spring 2015

Identify SIS VendorProject planning (reports, work flow, grading and reporting structures, GPA etc.)

PD for SIS Implementation<-----

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Estimated Investment

•Salary $50,000•Heath / Dental $17,093•NHRS (Retirement) $ 5,585•FICA $ 3,825•Other $ 3,033

WARRANT 2District Technology Database

AdministratorRecommended by the School Board

Vote 5-0-0

Recommended by the Budget CommitteeVote 9-0-0

Estimated Tax Impact$ 0.10

WARRANT 3Presenter: Brian Bourque

Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and appropriate

the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) to enhance

exterior video capacity to include main entrance and perimeter

of the building, new call box/system for visitors seeking entrance

to the building during school hours, and exterior audio

annunciators for emergency broadcast at Griffin Memorial

School, Litchfield Middle School and Campbell High School?

PHASE 1 - 2015

LITCHFIELD VOTERS APPROVE SPENDING $36,700

TO PURCHASE SECURITY EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO

UPGRADE EXTERNAL ACCESS CONTROL AND PANIC

ALARMS AT GMS, LMS, AND CHS.

External Access Control

Proximity Card Access

District-Wide Rekeying of Door Locks

Centralized Computer Access Control

PHASE 2 – SECURITY UPGRADESSummer 2015

Upgrade Door Station Security and Access

Outdoor Cameras for Monitoring Perimeter of Buildings

Outside Communication

WARRANT 3Security Upgrades to Buildings

Recommended by the School BoardVote 5-0-0



Warrant 4Presenter: Brian Bourque

Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise

and appropriate the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand,

Three Hundred Eighty dollars ($47,380) to reclaim

and resurface the GMS paved playground area?

GMS PLAYGROUND Reclaim 2,369 Square Yards of

Playground Area

• Full Depth Pulverization

• Fine Grade for Drainage

• Adjust existing utility structures

• 1 ½” Base Coat

• 1 ½” Finish Coat

WARRANT 4Repave GMS Playground




WARRANT 5Presenter: Brian Bourque

Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and

appropriate the sum of Twenty-Two Thousand, Eight

Hundred dollars ($22,800) for the purpose of funding

the salary for a part-time (27.5 hours) Math Tutor at

Griffin Memorial School?

Estimated Investment

•Salary $20,986•Benefits $ 1,814

WARRANT 5GMS Math Tutor




END OF WARRANT ARTICLES

4TH GRADE TEACHER POSITION• Budget Salary Masters Step 7 $48,667• Health and Dental 2 Person $17,093• FICA $ 3,723• NHRS (Retirement) $ 7,626• Life Insurance, Disability, Short• Long Term Disability Insurance $ 2,891• ESTIMATED TOTAL INVESTMENT $80,000

Regular Bus Transportation2014-2015 2015-2016 Ten (10) Regular Buses Nine (9) Regular Buses

Cost to maintain current level of regular bus transportation for GMS, LMS, and CHS students;

number of bus stops and length of each bus route

$49,864