PORTSMOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT PORTSMOUTH, NEW...

PORTSMOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Proposed FY 2011 Budget and District

Performance Measures

Educating all students by challenging them to become

thinking, responsible, contributing citizens who

continue to learn throughout their lives.

March 2010

At the City Council’s “meeting of the whole,” the School Board learned that every

department was facing unsustainable increases in fixed costs. Each department was

asked to present a budget built upon 96% of FY ‘10 and share with the council what

the impact of such a budget would have on services. At this council meeting, every

department was encouraged to address structural changes and consider how we deliver

services moving forward.

On January 25th, a memorandum from the City Manager outlined a change in the

FY ‘11 budget format. First, present a budget that includes a 2% reduction in work-

force and recognizes the difficult economic conditions we are facing. Second, present

a budget at 96% of FY 2010. In short, the delta between the FY ‘11 budget, as recom-

mended, and 96% of FY 2010 is $4,053,508.

On February 11, 2010, the school board adjusted 1.58 million dollars and voted

unanimously to send a $37,258,943 budget request representing a 2.8% increase over

the current fiscal year to the City Manager for his consideration. The school board has

also forwarded the impact of a budget at 96% of this current fiscal year.

This brochure is intended to serve two aims. The first is to share with you the de-

tails on the budget presented to the City Manager for his recommendation to the City

Council. The second aim is to share with you the district’s performance metrics, which

is to say, how this budget is aligned to helping the district achieve its mission. To be

sure, there are a number of key inputs such as maintaining strong student-teacher ra-

tios, attracting and supporting highly qualified teaching staff, providing strong student

support services, and varied opportunities in the arts and athletics that are critical in-

puts as we think about graduating engaged, well-rounded young adults. You will also

view the key output measures such as our performance on the New England Common

Assessment (NECAP), the Advanced Placement (AP) subject tests, the Scholastic Ap-

titude Test (SAT) as well as graduation, drop-out and post-secondary attendance rates,

all key data that illustrate our progress along the way. We hope you will find these ma-

terials helpful in understanding the Board’s proposed budget and enjoy reading about

the good news taking place in the Portsmouth Schools. We thank you for your contin-

ued support of our children.

FY 2011 BUDGET CONTEXT

What’s inside:

• Points of Pride page 2

• Data Snapshots page 4

• Quality Teachers page 6

• Output Measures page 8

• Proposed FY 2011 Budget Details page 12

F Y 2 0 1 1 P R O P O S E D B U D G E T

Por tsmouth School Board

District Mission Statement

Educating all students by challenging them to become

thinking, responsible, contributing citizens who

continue to learn throughout their lives.

The Portsmouth School Board is committed to establishing a shared community vision for the education of all children. It pledges open and honest communication with its educators, parents, students and the public at large.

Mitchell Shuldman, Chair Ann Walker, Vice Chair Carol Chellman Rebecca Emerson Kent LaPage Dexter Legg Tom Martin Leslie Stevens Lisa Sweet

• Early Childhood Education students at PHS have been active in Phones for Soldiers, a community service project providing phones to soldiers overseas.

• Portsmouth Middle School students organized and par-ticipated in a sustainability fair.

• Students have volunteered to team up with younger stu-dents in the elementary schools through the Read Across America Project.

• On May 27th, students throughout the district volun-teered to spend the day to improve their community at Community Service Day.

• The PHS Class of 2010 will leave a gift of an improved entryway complete with engraved memorial bricks.

• RJL Academy students partici-pated in the Pennies for Peace Campaign.

• PHS Student Council contin-ues to raise funds for its en-dowment to aid future gradu-ates; they also collected over $2,000 for families in need over the holidays.

• PHS students donate time to the AMIGOS program, serving as mentors to elementary school students.

• Rick Hugener’s Natural Dis-asters Class at PHS raised over $2,000 for Haiti.

• Elementary students hand made Valentines Day cards to send to overseas soldiers.

• 20+ students and 6 faculty members participated in the PHS Penguin Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics.

• PHS Environmental Change Program Club works hard to cut down on carbon foot-prints.

• Johanna Hartnett and Elle Shaheen, two Little Harbour fifth graders, have spear-headed "Change for Haiti", an effort to collect money for earthquake victims in Haiti.

• Alden and Willow Forbes, students at LHS, will be trav-eling to the Dominican Re-public with their family. With the help of their classmates, they have collected shoes, books, school supplies and other goods to distribute to children while they are there.

PO RTS M O U T H I S PRO U D O F. . .

OU R S T U D E N T S G I V E BA C K….

• All of our teachers, stu-dents and families involved in our summer programming from Book Buddies Reading Program to PHS Clipper Camp. Ports-mouth is dedicated to students learning all year round.

• Eric Jenkins for being awarded Gatorade Cross Coun-try’s Runner of the Year.

• Portsmouth High School being awarded a Rating of Ex-cellent by the National Council for Teachers of English.

• SPLASH! Youth Art Month K-12 Art EXHIBIT - the biggest art event of the year, drawing hundreds to the Portsmouth Public Library in celebration of K-12 visual arts accomplish-ments.

• Athletic teams who have played in 23 Championship games and have won 10 cham-pionships.

• Mike Montville—awarded Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for 2009.

• Anna Nuttal upon receiving a $6,900 grant award from the NH Council on Art to establish ArtWorks, a PMS program to expose students to art careers.

• School cafeterias which received a near perfect score from the Department of Health. (100, 100, 100 and 97)

• The PHS Concert Choir, under the direction of Gwen Baker, who will perform with nationally acclaimed composer Tim Janis in his musical special “Celebrate America” on NHPTV.

• PHS Percussion Ensemble wins 5th NE Championship. Takes Silver medal at World Championship in Dayton, OH.

.

• Sam French and Adam Doyle will compete in the 2010 National Auto Tech Competi-tion in New York later this Spring. Sam and Adam took first and second place in the state! Go Sam and Adam!

• Our dedicated Parent/Teacher Organizations that provide support for our After School Math Enrichment and Artist in Residence programs.

• PMS Band and Choir received Gold and Silver medals at the Great East Music Festival in Agawam, MA.

• 21 teachers and administra-tors attended a 3 day PLC institute in Boston (Funded through Title I) supporting our district PLC initiative.

• Our New Franklin students who tried new and exotic foods through the Cultural Cuisine program with UNH.

POINTS OF

PRIDE

2010

DID YOU KNOW?

US News & World Report analyzed academic and enrollment data from over 21,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country.

Portsmouth High was one of eight identified in the state of NH.

FY 2011 Proposed Budget

Congratulations to Nathan Booth for being selected as a candidate for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.

Scholars are chosen on the basis of their accomplish-ments in many areas—academic and artistic suc-cess, leadership, and involve-ment in school and commu-nity.

For a student to be eligible for selection as one of the 500 semifinalists, and ulti-mately as a Scholar, students must score exceptionally well on the College Board SAT’s. Approximately 20 females

and twenty males are se-lected as candidates from each state.

The United States Presidential Scholars Program was estab-lished to recognize and honor some of our Nations most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 141 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the Nation’s highest honors for high school students.

Scholars represent excellence in education and the promise of greatness in young people.

Congratulations Nathan!

Members of the RJL Academy have worked hard to estab-lish a Business Advisory Council for the Work-Based learning grant awarded from the Department of Education.

Gina Connelly directed High School Musical at the Ogun-quit Playhouse over the sum-mer to rave reviews.

Sophia Piel was invited to display her photography at the Dover Children's Mu-seum.

Dr. Susan Birrell, along with Portsmouth Middle School Math teachers, wrote a pro-posal for a technology grant that resulted in 150K being awarded to the district.

Kyle Harrison teaches English in the 8th grade at PMS and is organizing an opportunity for all staff members to contrib-ute to a professional litera-ture journal.

Little Harbour’s second grade Team creatively brought tech-nology into their classrooms through various grant opportu-nities and sparked district wide collaboration to fully understand and utilize this new technology.

The Association of Portsmouth Teachers participated in the Salvation Army Bell Ringing and gift wrapping at the Fox Run Mall.

C A R E E R T E C H N O L O G Y — G R E A T T H I N G S A R E H A P P E N I N G

PR E S I D E N T I A L RE C O G N I T I O N O F A PHS 2010 GR A D UA T E

S TA F F M E M B E R S GO I N G

• The 1st Annual Career Fair will be held this April and will highlight opportunities for all students in careers and post secondary educa-tion.

• The Clipper News Program is in its second month of broadcasting. TV/Media students are also involved with the NH Dairy Council and the NHIAA to create

and produce a commercial for broadcast.

• Culinary Arts students will compete in February against SNHU at UNH. Members of this team will also compete in March at the NH SkillsUSA competi-tion, defending their GOLD medals earned for the past two years.

• Construction Trades stu-dents are assisting restora-tion specialists with the Moffet-Ladd House project.

• Welding students collabo-rated on a project with the Art Department. Art stu-dents designed a “winged creature” and the welding students constructed it.

Nathan Booth 2010 PHS Graduate

AMY KRAJECK

PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH JOURNAL

AND AWARDED A GRANT

KATHY BIRSE-SIEGEL

RECEIVED THE

HONOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE

YEAR IN PE/HEALTH

FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF

EDUCATION

POINTS

OF PRIDE

2010

Portsmouth Schools can expect to see a significant rise in the next few years at the K-5 level. The

School Board examined the historical trends and enrollment projections prepared by the New Eng-

land School Development Council (NESDEC) for the district through school year 2015-2016. K-5

enrollments are expected to “peak” to

1045 pupils in 2011-12. The last time K-5

enrollment was at 1045 was in 2001, when

Portsmouth underwent redistricting.

Next year’s anticipated kindergarten enroll-ment is 171 students. In March, each ele-

mentary school will have a better under-

standing of whether three or four kindergar-ten classes will be required. Each school

will work to manage the anticipated bubble. The school board will establish a facilities

assessment committee early in 2010.

E L E M E N T A R Y S C H O O L S A N T I C I P A T E D E N R O L L M E N T S A N D C L A S S S I Z E S

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DATA K-5

The table to the right

illustrates the impact of sustaining the same

level of staffing in FY

2011 as we enjoy

today. Class size K-3 remains under 20 and, in a few instances, is

above 20 in grades 4

and 5.

920

940

960

980

1000

1020

1040

1060

'05-'06

'07-'08

'09-'10

'11-'12

'13-'14

'15-'16

“ The two factors at work which will have the greatest impact upon the future of NH en-rollments are a decline in the number of births to local residents and the resumption of in-migration. Neither of these is a major issue in Ports-mouth … where enroll-ments look quite steady.” - New England

School Development Council

K-5 Historical / Projected Trend

Grade Pupils Classes Avg.

Pupils Classes Avg.

Pupils Classes Avg.

Total Pupils

K ? 3 ? 4 ? 3 171

1 63 4 15.7 76 4 19.0 50 3 16.6 189

2 43 2.5 17.2 83 5 16.6 43 2.5 17.2 169

3 62 3.5 17.7 70 4 17.5 50 3 16.6 182

4 52 3 17.3 82 4 21.0 50 3 16.6 184

5 46 2 23.0 69 3 23.0 34 2 17.0 149

Dondero Little Harbour New Franklin

Portsmouth New Hampshire Projected PK-12 Enrollments Year Births School Year PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 11 12 UNGR K-12 PK-12

2004 249 2009-10 19 180 164 183 184 148 149 168 164 209 282 243 269 284 0 2627 2646 2005 245 2010-11 20 171 193 161 184 184 148 149 174 163 324 290 237 269 0 2647 2667 2006 204 2011-12 21 142 183 190 162 184 184 148 154 173 253 333 283 237 0 2626 2647 2007 203 2012-13 22 141 152 180 191 162 184 183 153 153 268 260 325 284 0 2636 2658

2008 227 (prov) 2013-14 3 158 151 150 181 191 162 183 189 152 237 276 254 326 0 2610 2633 2009 226 (est.) 2014-15 24 157 170 149 151 181 191 162 189 188 236 244 270 254 0 2542 2566 2010 221 (est.) 2015-16 25 154 168 167 150 151 181 190 168 188 292 243 238 270 0 2560 2585 2011 216 (est.) 2016-17 26 151 165 165 168 150 151 180 197 167 292 300 237 238 0 2561 2587 2012 219 (est.) 2017-18 27 152 162 162 166 168 150 151 186 196 259 300 293 237 0 2582 2609 2013 222 (est.) 2018-19 28 154 163 159 163 166 168 150 156 185 304 266 293 294 0 2621 2649 2014 221 (est.) 2019-20 29 154 165 160 160 163 166 167 155 155 287 313 260 294 0 2599 2628

PORTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL: 486 PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: 1,120


HI S TO R I C A L EN RO L L M E N T DA TA

MS Grade Level Average Class Size

6th 21

7th 18

8th 22

Portsmouth Middle School expects to have 486 stu-dents next year. The school is divided into two teams (English, Math, Science and Social Studies) at each grade level. The average class size for each one of these “core” classes is roughly 20:1.

HS Department Average Class Size

English 17

World Language 17

Math 19

Social Studies 22

Science 17

Portsmouth High School is expecting 284 students to graduate this June and is expecting to welcome 324

freshmen in September.

The table to the left illustrates the average class size by department, which includes all required and elective offerings. The average class size is just over 18:1.

PHS enrollment is expected to be 1,120.


• The percentage of educationally disabled students has declined over the last three years and is expected to be 389 in 2010-11.

• A variety of services are provided to special needs children that include: evaluation and testing, speech therapy, tutoring, occupa-tion and physical therapy, adaptive physical education, programs for developmentally disabled students, students with Autism, As-perger’s Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorder.

• Special educators generally provide services in collaboration with classroom teachers. There are 30 FTE teachers and 88 parapro-fessionals working with special needs students.

S P E C I A L E D U C A T I O N

O B S E R V A T I O N S

The Portsmouth School District currently provides special education programming for 405 stu-dents. The most recent five-year average is 436 pupils. In addition, the district has 100 students who are provided accommodations under Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The chart above illustrates the steady decline in students who tuition into the district for services. As other districts emulate the district’s program models, PSD has experienced a loss in revenue.

The District received additional federal monies in 2009 under the American Recovery and Rein-vestment Act (ARRA), which has been used largely to improve teaching and learning in mathematics as well as enhance our ability to purchase instructional materials at all grade levels.

Comparative Special Education Student Statistics

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Tuition In Pupils

Portsmouth Resident Pupils

SAU 50 Pupils

School Year Number of Students

% of Total Enrollment

2005-2006 427 16.57%

2006-2007 451 17.12%

2007-2008 463 17.59%

2008-2009 434 16.52%

2009-2010 405 15.30%

Special Needs Pupils By School

Out of District 13

High School 157

Lister Academy 11

Middle School 98

New Franklin 28

Little Harbour 31

Dondero 39

PEEP 31

The second course was de-signed to build building ca-pacity in developing a system of interventions. This “pyramid of interventions” is designed to provide increas-ingly intensive support to students who are not seeing success in their learning.

Close to 50 teachers and administrators have taken part in these courses, pro-vided by Steve Zadravec and

In an effort to find creative and low-cost ways to bring teachers together around critical areas for professional development, the district has organized two in-house courses this year.

One of these courses was designed around building capacity to create and use effective formative assess-ments in the classroom.

Joanne Simons. Both of the course topics are critical to developing system capacity as a professional learning commu-

P R O F E S S I O N A L L E A R N I N G C O M M U N I T I E S

TEACHER EXPERIENCE & DEGREE DATA

I N - D I S T R I C T C O U R S E S

ments to measure progress, and develop a coordinated system of interventions to respond to students who struggle or who need addi-tional challenge.

The work is core to our mis-sion and has many implica-tions for measuring success, school scheduling, and coordi-nating critical resources.

Teachers have been using the district’s planned delayed openings to effectively en-gage in this work.

They have also set clear and measurable goals for student achievement in their area and are collaborating as PLC teams to reach them.

The Portsmouth School Dis-trict has been engaged in a restructuring effort focused on improved student learning.

Teachers have been organ-ized into Professional Learn-ing Communities (PLCs) and are collaborating to clarify essential learning for stu-dents, craft common assess-

Over the past two

years, the

Portsmouth School

District has invested

in Professional

Learning

Communities (PLCs)

as the lever for

increased student

achievement.

Rick DuFour, an

educational

consultant, notes:

“the best professional

development is in the

workplace, not a

workshop” and urges

schools to create learning

conditions for staff to

grow and learn as part

of their regular routine.

Degree 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-24 25+ TOTAL

BACHELORS 32 22 2 1 2 13 72

MASTERS 77 59 24 5 17 23 205

2MASTERS/CAGS 4 3 2 1 0 1 11

PHD 3 2 1 0 0 0 6

TOTAL 116 86 29 7 19 37 294

The Portsmouth Schools enjoy a

highly qualified and dedicated staff.

76% of professional

staff have advanced degrees.



PMS EXTRA CURR/ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

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90

110

117

322

102

TEEN LIBRARYCONNECTIONTRACK & FIELD

ART CLUB

DRAMA CLUB

FALL INTRAMURALS

HOMEWORK CLUB

SPORTS CLUBS

ACADEMIC CLUBS

PHS MUSICAL CLUBS

10 1520

22

30

33

7779

111Acoustic Music Jam Club

Color Guard

Madrigal Singers

Men's Ensembles

Percussion Ensembles

Treble Choir

concert band

marching band

Choir

PHS EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS

4575

150

152

19535

40

1037

PEER LEADERSHIP

FRIENDS OF RACHEL

STUDENT COUNCIL

DRAMA

AMIGOS

ATHLETIC CLUBS

ACADEMIC CLUBS

SOCIAL CLUBS

Key Input

Opportunities for Participation and Engagement Beyond

School Day One of the key measures identi-fied by the district is the degree to which students participate in ac-tivities beyond the school day. Research is clear that students who participate in extra-curricular activities typically perform better academically in school. Offering students a wide range of activities is a “protective” factor, which is to say, these activities are often a key link to a child’s overall suc-cess. Activities appeal to student interests, encourage peer interac-tion, promote cooperation, build student-adult relationships, pro-vide structure and challenge and connect students to school. The charts to the left identify the numbers of students who partici-pate in athletics, drama, music and a host of clubs and activities after school in grades 6-12.

After School Programs

“The verdict? A decade of re-search and evaluation studies

confirm that children and youth who participate in after-

school programs can reap a host of positive benefits in a

number of interrelated outcome areas– academic, social-

emotional, prevention, health and wellness. These are the skills that many suggest are

necessary for youth to succeed in the 21st Century global

economy and world.”

-Harvard Family Research Project

P H S D R O P - O U T R A T E S T E A D I L Y D E C L I N E S

SC H O O L AT T E N DA N C E A V E R A G E D A I L Y M E M B E R S H I P 2 0 0 3 - 0 4 T H R U 2 0 0 7 - 0 8

P O S T S E C O N D A R Y E D U C A T I O N R A T E S

Very consistent

high attendance

rates have been

achieved at all

levels in the PSD

ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH

2003-04 96.0 95.1 93.8

2004-05 95.9 95.6 94.0

2005-06 95.8 95.7 94.4

2006-07 95.4 95.5 94.2

2007-08 95.3 95.7 95.0 Portsmouth’s

drop-out rate is

significantly lower

than the NH state

average.

The PSD’s

2008-09 rate is

1.1%

Portsmouth State of New Hampshire

2003-2004 2.0% 3.8%

2004-2005 2.7% 3.4%

2005-2006 2.1% 3.1%

2006-2007 1.7% 3.2%

2007-2008 1.4% 2.5%

PHS NH

2004 76.8% 72.0%

2005 71.8% 71.8%

2006 74.9% 71.9%

2007 78.1% 74.5%

2008 76.7% 73.0%

Percentage of Students Enrolled in 2 or 4 year

Colleges

PHS students attend some of the finest institutions of higher education, for example:

American University Arizona State University Barnard College Bates College Boston College Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bucknell University Clark University Connecticut College Cornell University Denver University East Carolina University Florida State University Full Sail George Washington Univ. Hobart & William Smith James Madison University Keene State Lesley College Mass. Inst. Of Tech. McGill University Middlebury Mt. Holyoke College New York University Northeastern University Plymouth State Princeton University Quinipiac University Rensselaer Polytechnic Rochester Inst.Tech. Roanoke College Roger Williams University St. Lawrence University St. Michael’s Temple University Tulane University U.S. Naval Academy Virginia Tech Wellesley College Wesleyan University Wheaton College Wheelock College University of California University of Chicago University of Colorado Univ. of Conn. University of Delaware University of Massachusetts University of Maine Univ. of Miama University of NH University of Richmond University of Vermont

Portsmouth has had very high attendance rates at all three levels. To be sure, there is a direct correlation between student attendance and achievement. The average daily mem-bership over the past five years meets or exceeds the state average in all three categories.

Portsmouth High School has been proud of the percentage of students who continue their education beyond high school. The per-centage of students who enroll in two and four year colleges is above the state average. The five year average for students in Ports-mouth is 75.7% vs. the State five year average of 72.6% .


Portsmouth High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English 12, Modern European History, American History, Calculus, Biology, Physics, Statistics, Spanish, French and Com-puter Science.

Scores on AP exams range from 1 to 5. While each col-lege decides which AP exam grade it will accept for credit, most abide by the recom-mendation of the American Council on Education which is to accept a score of “3” or better.

ADVA N C E D PL A C E M E N T CO U R S E S SAT scores for

PHS students are

consistently above the national avg.

The most recent

class of 2009

scored significantly higher than the

NH average.

Year # of AP courses offered

# of pupils enrolled

# of pupils taking AP

exam

% scoring “3” or above

2004-05 10 62 60 50%

2005-06 9 66 58 75%

2006-07 9 89 77 59%

2007-08 9 109 101 55%

2008-09 9 126 122 60%

PHS NH US

2005 524 525 520

2006 525 524 518

2007 534 521 515

2008 518 523 515

2009 539 523 515

PHS NH US

2005 524 525 508

2006 523 520 503

2007 514 521 502

2008 506 521 502

2009 535 523 501

SAT Math Scores

SAT Verbal Scores

480

490

500

510

520

530

540

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

SAT Verbal Scores

PHS

NH

US

500

505

510

515

520

525

530

535

540

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

SAT Math Scores

PHS

NH

US

DRA EN D O F T H E YE A R RE P O RT…. The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) provides a method for assessing and documenting elementary students' development as readers over time. Its purpose is to identify students’ individ-ual reading level.

Additional purposes include such things as identifying students’ independent reading strengths and areas for further instruction, monitoring reading growth, and providing information to teachers, schools, and the district regarding read-ing achievement. The DRA evaluates the major aspects of reading that are critical to independence as a reader such as pre-viewing and predicting, accuracy, flu-ency, and comprehension.

Students in grades 1 through 5 are as-sessed with the DRA each September. Those students that fall below the begin-ning of year grade level benchmark are reassessed mid-year and again with their peers in the spring. Kindergarten stu-dents are given the DRA for the first time mid-year and reassessed in the spring to measure growth as a reader. It is through the careful analysis of DRA data that the schools are able to provide

students with instruction based on their individual needs. In addition, the district is able to evaluate the effects of full day kindergarten as well as interventions and programming used to support literacy K-5.

The district is currently in the fourth year of collecting DRA data from our three elementary schools. The chart below shows a consolidation of data from New Franklin, Dondero and Little Harbour. This data reflects a transition from the original DRA during the 2006-2007 school year to the revised DRA 2, which contains a written component for stu-dents beginning in second grade. Based on the information gathered below, the following has been discussed at the classroom, building and district level:

• Kindergarten continues to see in-creasing number of students meeting the end of year benchmark, a testa-ment to the success of our full day program which allows for increased opportunity for students to be ex-posed to print and an increased amount of time for Writer’s Work-shop.

• At the first grade level, teachers and specialists are looking at the de-crease of students making bench-mark and addressing the literacy needs of students who haven’t had the advantage of a full day kinder-garten program focused on literacy.

• From the second grade data there is a large percentage of students who are one level away from benchmark. A focus of this year has been to pro-vide more opportunities for students to respond to reading through writ-ing, a required component of the DRA.

• Buildings have been developing tools for progress monitoring stu-dents and providing teachers with professional development around such things as Running Records.

• As a district, there has been a focus on developing a systematic approach to reading interventions so that stu-dents below benchmark are receiv-ing high quality supplemental in-struction beyond their 90-minute Reader’s Workshop.

PORTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DRA Data ~ End-of-the-Year Report

SPRING 06-07 SPRING 07-08 SPRING 08-09

Total # of stu-dents assessed

% of students above bench-

mark



mark



mark

K - Level 2 180 79% 160 86% 160 91%

1 – Level 16 149 71% 177 69% 184 67%

2 – Level 28 167 73% 154 75% 177 59%

3 – Level 38 172 69% 154 54% 153 64%

4 – Level 40 154 68% 154 77% 153 77%

5 – Level 50 139 68% 136 75% 171 81%

CLASS OF 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 652011 59 742012 74 76 732013 74 70 71 722014 70 71 71 67 622015 77 69 71 69 652016 68 73 76 712017 81 83 742018 81 742019 79

NECAP MATH PROFICIENCY OVER TIMETESTING YEAR

New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) The tables above illustrate the percentage of students who attained proficiency in reading and math on the State of NH’s annual NECAP assessment.

Some key observations:

First, the numbers of student who attained proficiency in grades 3-8 has increased from 2005 to 2009 and is more pronounced in reading than math. This is a direct result of the focused work the PSD has dedicated to reading instruction over the past few years.

Second, the need is clear and the district has undertaken a similar collective focus in math. Modeled after the success we have had in reading, interventions for students have been put in place this year to address the needs of students in math.

A final important observation is the strength and growth of student performance in the early elementary grades. Through smaller class sizes and early interventions at those grade levels, student learning has shown progres-sive gains over time.

CLASS OF 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 722011 68 662012 68 75 772013 66 73 88 672014 71 72 78 84 782015 71 69 72 73 772016 71 76 77 722017 75 77 822018 77 782019 842020

NECAP READING PROFICIENCY OVER TIMETESTING YEAR


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REALIZING OUR MISSION

The FY 2011 Proposed School Budget presented herein represents the district’s plan of action and priorities to achieve the Portsmouth School Dis-trict’s mission to “educate all stu-dents.” In short, it represents the re-sources the district requires to ensure the continuous growth of every learner in our schools.

To be sure, the district boasts high proficiency levels as measured by New Hampshire’s assessment measures. A copy of the the PSD’s Progress Report can be found at cityofportsmouth.com/school. Most significantly, the District i s co mmi t t e d t o d ev e lo p i n g “professional learning communi-ties” (PLC) model as the means to en-sure all children learn at high levels.

On the last page of this brochure, you will note the goals established by the school board. We remain commit-ted to working in teams, setting student achievement goals, and developing interventions to assist those children who have not met benchmarks.

Next year we will continue to look closely at individual student achieve-ment data and will use resources to have every child, K-2, reading at grade level by year’s end.

SEEKING EFFICIENCIES

The School Board has asked and the City Council will establish a Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Operation Efficiencies in the hopes that combin-ing services in the area of fields and maintenance may result in not only better efficiencies, but long term sav-ings.

THE PROCESS

In late October, the School Board held a workshop to establish budget priorities to help inform budget devel-opment. While all were cognizant of the tough economic climate we con-tinue to experience, the school board provided administration the following

guidance to help inform the budget.

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

During the months of November and December, principals and directors worked with staff to develop their re-spective budgets, and just prior to the holiday recess, presented their budgets to Central Office. In short, we pre-sented a budget that addressed main-taining strong class size and upgrading technology and maintenance areas. The headline when we presented our recommended budget to the School Board on January 19th noted that this was a budget that attempted to maintain our current levels of service.

To be sure, the key drivers in the FY ‘11 budget are attributable to fixed sal-ary and benefit costs. The proposed increase was 7.2%. Over 88% of the $2,603,727 increase is due to those fixed costs. Our budget as presented reflects the challenge faced when health insurance increases 11.7%, re-tirement costs increase 7.5% and the 10-year rolling cost of living adjust-ment increases by 2.82%.

JANUARY 14, 2010

At the City Council’s “meeting of the whole,” the School Board learned that every department was facing un-sustainable increases in fixed costs. Each department was asked to present a budget built upon 96% of FY 10 and share with the council what the impact of such a budget would have on ser-vices. At the council meeting, every department was encouraged to address structural changes and consider how we might deliver services moving forward.

In short, the delta between the FY 11 budget as presented and 96% of FY 2010 is $4,053,508. In order to quickly illustrate and communicate the impact of this request, we noted that this was the equivalent of losing 50 teachers. We were never proposing an adjust-ment of fifty teachers. Since that time, we have been informed that we will be asked to essentially submit two budg-

ets. The first, as described above, at 96% of FY 10. The second, a budget that, at a minimum, reflects a 2% re-duction in the workforce and one that keeps in mind the difficult economic budget conditions we are facing.

JANUARY 2010

In January, the school board heard presentations from each of the princi-pals and directors in order to under-stand their needs. As workshop ses-sions unfolded, there was considerable discussion about what a “reasonable” budget might be. The administrative team met as a group to look closely at areas where adjustments might be pos-sible and on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, presented those recommenda-tions to the School Board for their con-sideration.

The administrative team approached this task with three key factors in mind. First, we sought to protect the instruc-tional core, which is to say, maintain appropriate teacher-student ratios of core instruction at all levels. Second, we wanted to continue to sustain all programs and extra-curricular arts and athletic activities for students. Third, students. When possible, we looked to re-allocate resources or miti-gate the impact of any adjustments.

FEBRUARY 2010

The School Board held a 2nd public hearing on the budget February 9th. In short, it adopted a budget that allows us to maintain high performance quality schools, yet is fiscally responsible.

The key elements of the proposed budget are highlighted on the next page. We hope you will support our proposed budget .

We thank you in advance for your con-tinued support of our schools.

FY 2011 School Budget Process

What’s included in the 2.8% recommended budget? We protect the instructional core:

• Elementary class sizes of below 1:20 in Grades K-3 • K-5 reading staff, special education case managers and paraprofessionals remain at current levels of support • All K-5 programs in art, music, library, physical education, and integrated computer classes are maintained • Middle school grade level teams and all unified arts programs are sustained • All elements of high school’s comprehensive program of studies remain; all 2-year Career and Technical Education

programs are retained • Technology equipment increases by $57,000 to upgrade computers at PHS are included

Student Support Services remain strong: • All special programs such as PEEP, KIDS, OPTIONS and LISTER ACADEMY remain. • Appropriate staffing levels of student support to include nurses, guidance and special education teachers and para-

professionals, as well as specialized services such as speech and OT are included.

We sustain a wide range of extracurricular programs in arts and athletics: • All band programs ranging from 5th grade band to PHS marching band , all drama productions and athletic offerings

to develop the whole child are maintained.

What adjustments have been made?

Staff has been reduced by 13.13 FTE (Full Time Employed) positions: At PHS:

• 1 Technology Integrator • 1 English Instructor • 1 SPED Teacher • 4 SPED paraprofessionals

At PMS: • 1 Behavior Interventionist • 2 SPED Teachers

At Elementary: • 1 Computer Teacher • 1 SPED Teacher • 1 Paraprofessional @ PEEP • .625 FTE Custodian

Other: • Reduced 1 Clerical position; added 1 Computer Technician • Loss of funding for School Resource Officers.

What is the impact of a budget @ 96% of FY 2010?

In order to achieve a budget at 96% of FY 2010, another $2,464,220 will need to be adjusted. This level of adjustment would have a profound impact on programs.

Further reductions would include: • 2 Administrators • 18.73 Teachers • 2.8 Paraprofessionals • 2.5 FTE Clerical Staff • Eliminate funding for K-12 Athletics • Eliminate funding for K-12 Music and Drama programs


KEY BUDGET DRIVERS

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HEALTH INSURANCE BUDGET FOR FY11

FY10 FY11 Budget Budget

Municipal 1,652,469 1,845,808 Police Department 1,409,250 1,574,132 Fire Department 921,692 1,029,530 School 5,502,811 6,146,640 Total 9,486,222 10,596,110

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - CPI-U (NOV. TO NOV. BOSTON-BROCKTON-NASHUA)

FY 02 4.58%FY 03 2.82%FY 04 3.99%FY 05 3.04%FY 06 2.52%FY 07 3.26%FY 08 2.06%

FY 09 3.40%FY 10 0.72%

FY 11 1.82%

10 Year Average 2.82% for FY 2011 salaries

School Board Forwards Budget with 2.8% Increase to City Budget Adjusted by 1.58 million from Original Recommendation

On Thursday, February 11, 2010, the Portsmouth School Board voted unanimously to send a budget request of $37,258,943 to the City Manager for his consideration. The budget represents an increase of 2.8% over the current fiscal year budget.

The School Board has met regularly over the past five weeks to adopt a budget that is educationally sound and fiscally responsible. The Board was directed by the City Council to present a budget with a 2% workforce adjust-ment and that recognized the economic environment, as well as illustrating the impact of a budget at 96% of FY 2010. The proposed budget adjusts the workforce by 3.5%.

The school department, like other city departments, is faced with ever increasing fixed salary and benefits costs. Next year, health insurance will increase by 11.7%, retire-ment costs will increase by 15% and the ten-year rolling cost of living adjustment increases by 2.82%. Salary and benefits account for all of the increase in the proposed budget.

BUDGET COMPARISON IN 3 CHUNKS

FY ‘10 FY ‘11 (+/-) Salaries 20,562,480 20,983,949 (+421,469) Benefits 9,972,479 10,667,866 (+695,387) All Other 5,709,544 5,607,127 (-102,417) TOTAL 36,244,503 37,528,943 (+1,014,439)

Over the next month, members of the School Board and administration will visit with various organizations to detail the elements included in the budget.

Please check the “all schools activities calendar” for upcoming dates of meetings between parents, the superin-t enden t and Schoo l Boa rd me mber s @ www.cityofportsmouth.com/school. These meetings are scheduled to answer any questions/concerns that parents and community members may have regarding next year’s budget proposal.

New Hampshire Retirement System Fiscal Year Employer Contribution Member Rate 2002 2.64% 5.00% 2003 2.64% 5.00% 2004 2.64% 5.00% 2005 2.64% 5.00% 2006 3.70% 5.00% 2007 3.70% 5.00% 2008 5.80% 5.00% 2009 5.80% 5.00% 2010 7.49% 5.00% 2011 8.02% 5.00%

There is much to be proud of and cele-brate regarding the Portsmouth Schools. We can boast of high daily attendance, a low drop-out rate, above average test scores, high levels of post-secondary enroll-ment, quality teachers and support staff, championship teams and extraordinary mu-sic and drama programs. As part of my entry process, I heard repeatedly that Ports-mouth takes tremendous pride in and pro-vides unusually strong support for its public schools.

However, we live in challenging eco-nomic times. We all recognize that taking a year-to-year approach to the school budget is unsustainable. Annual incremental reduc-

tions in services will no longer suffice. The School Board is committed to looking for solutions from within.

Five weeks is too compressed a time frame in which to craft a budget that en-compasses significant structural changes. However, the School Board did adopt a budget that adjusts the workforce as re-quested, maintains all programs and in-creases due to fixed costs only. Further cost savings will most certainly mean pro-grammatic changes.

The School Board has signaled its desire to address long-term structural changes and will begin a five-year strategic planning process to address these issues. The School

Board will partner with the City to address operational efficiencies in terms of building maintenance. The Board will also look to examine those areas of transportation, en-ergy and other operating costs such as food service and technology to achieve savings. Finally, the Board will work to address cost saving options in collective bargaining agreements.

Districts across the country are con-fronted with the issues Portsmouth must address. The budget presented herein be-gins the process of taking a long-term look at how to strategically restructure and does reduce some services, but protects the dis-trict’s value of educating the whole child.

ACTUAL 2004-05

ACTUAL 2005-06

ACTUAL 2006-07

ACTUAL 2007-08

ACTUAL 2008-09

BUDGET 2009-10

TEACHERS 13,961,785.00 14,470,921.00 14,499,309.00 15,386,030 16,063,033.00

SALARIES 16,862,297.00 3,339,403.00 3,443,990.00 3,541,830.00 3,795,695 3,644,182.00

PART-TIME SALARIES 405,147.00 740,695.00 744,550.00 871,540.00 774,697 730,381.00

OVERTIME 81,445.00 93,028.00 90,797.00 117,054.00 88,121 69,778.00

RETIREMENT 542,796.00 750,398.00 770,919.00 1,154,255.00 1,211,302 1,474,766.00

HEALTH INSURANCE 3,742,656.00 4,229,240.00 4,821,333.00 5,327,573.00 4,973,000 5,542,409.00

DENTAL INSURANCE 274,324.00 300,674.00 313,079.00 314,324.00 329,232 335,236.00

LEAVE AT TERMINATION 605,001.00 604,999.00 605,000.00 604,999.00 912,634 500,000.00

WORKERS COMPENSATION 113,378.00 110,084.00 137,572.00 103,571.00 115,792 90,000.00

OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS 1,626,690.00 1,706,577.00 1,765,880.00 1,846,661.00 1,983,421 2,051,255.00

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 24,253,734.00 25,836,883.00 27,164,041.00 28,381,116.00 29,569,924 30,501,040.00

TUITION 895,555.00 864,853.00 1,472,231.00 1,342,736.00 1,453,057 1,321,655.00

TRANSPORTATION 578,407.00 597,133.00 776,431.00 802,277.00 861,264 913,321.00

UTILITIES 997,039.00 1,074,909.00 829,234.00 855,096.00 929,485 1,061,433.00

REPAIR/MAINTENANCE 294,897.00 304,948.00 313,555.00 415,530.00 400,011 344,280.00

OTHER OPERATING COSTS 2,018,518.00 2,072,268.00 1,916,641.00 2,148,762.00 2,289,692 2,149,464.00

OPERATING 4,784,416.00 4,914,111.00 5,308,092.00 5,564,401.00 5,933,510 5,790,153.00

TOTALS 29,038,150.00 30,750,994.00 32,472,133.00 33,945,517.00 35,503,433 36,291,193.00

Historical Summary of School Department Expenditures


A Note from the Superintendent

FY 09 ACTUAL FY 10 BUDGET FY 11 BUDGET

100 SALARIES 20,042,518 20,562,480 20,983,944 200 BENEFITS 9,525,591 9,972,475 10,667,872 300 PURCHASED SERVICES 659,025 612,540 505,457 310 RUBBISH-RECYCLE-PLOWING 69,704 71,152 71,200 320 GENERAL FUND SPED SUPPORT 400,000 400,000 400,000 410 WATER & SEWER 44,886 51,230 52,581 420 UNIFORMS-CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 9,282 12,380 10,380 430 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 400,011 345,080 371,689 440 RENTALS 73,702 74,141 82,656 519 TRANSPORTATION 841,909 896,733 865,992 520 INSURANCE 103,872 110,222 97,031 531 TELEPHONE 30,137 34,975 34,975 532 DATA 29,792 27,621 45,290 534 POSTAGE 20,863 22,298 21,282 540 ADVERTISING 3,372 8,065 6,050 550 PRINTING 20,007 30,934 28,864 560 TUITION 1,053,057 921,655 815,927 580 TRAVEL-CONFERENCE 34,274 36,980 36,290 610 GENERAL SUPPLIES 495,160 469,318 497,747 621 NATURAL GAS 418,979 436,847 450,263 622 ELECTRICITY 496,480 514,354 529,784 623 FUEL OIL 400 827 850 626 GASOLINE 13,625 11,200 11,200 641 BOOKS 207,073 220,073 222,286 642 SOFTWARE 27,234 39,510 48,585 644 PERIODICALS 11,105 16,473 17,953 720 CIP 143,976 78,000 77,750 730 EQUIPMENT 262,152 213,191 242,311 810 DUES & FEES 30,017 25,818 35,779 840 CONTINGENCY 8,324 16,076 15,100 890 OTHER 26,906 11,855 11,855

35,503,433 36,244,503 37,258,943

SCHOOL BUDGET BY OBJECT CODE

A cursory examination of the pro-posed budget finds 85%, or some $31,651,816, is attributable to salary and benefits. The remaining 15% is categorized as operating costs and examining the proposed budget by object code cost illustrates how the remaining $5,607,127 is allocated.

Just over 50% of these operating costs ($3,061,896) comes from en-ergy (natural gas, electricity), trans-portation (object code 519) and out of

district tuition (object code 560).

Major decreases in the proposed budget occur in purchased services (300) as funding for school resource officers has been removed from the budget changes in student population result in anticipated lower out-of-district tuition (560) expenses. Also, transportation (519) declines as part of a two-year renewal with the bus contractor and insurance costs (520) decrease largely because of improved

claims experience.

Major increases include: repairs and maintenance (430) due to increases in maintenance contracts and inspec-tions; data (532) as we have had to increase bandwidth to accommodate technology needs; general supplies (610) for the schools and software (642) and equipment (730) which in-creases to fund the technology re-placement plan for the high school.

STAFFING LEVELS FY 2011 Proposed Budget

PORTSMOUTH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 2009-20010 Budget FTE

GENERAL FUND Teachers ELEM DO Peep LH NF PMS PHS C/O SYS TOTAL Classroom Teachers 17.50 23.00 16.00 28.60 54.83 139.93 Art, Music, PE, Computer 1.75 4.00 4.00 3.07 8.47 11.43 1.00 33.72 Tech Careers 4.00 6.74 10.74 Health Instruction 1.24 1.24

Regular Ed Subtotal 185.63 Special Education 1.00 4.00 3.17 4.00 3.00 6.00 7.30 28.47 ESL 2.00 2.00

Sped Subtotal 30.47 Total Classroom Teachers 2.75 25.50 3.17 31.00 22.07 47.07 81.54 0.00 3.00 216.10 Other Professionals ELEM DO Peep LH NF PMS PHS C/O SYS TOTAL Guidance Counselors 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 10.00 Nurses 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 6.00 School Librarians 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 Athletic Trainer 0.00 Psychologist 1.00 1.00 Speech 1.80 0.80 1.00 0.80 0.50 0.50 5.40 Physical & Occ Therapists 1.30 0.60 1.90 Reading & Math Specialists 2.00 2.00 1.50 0.80 1.00 7.30 Behavioral Specialist 1.00 1.00 Total Other Professionals 2.30 5.80 1.40 5.00 4.30 6.30 9.50 0.00 1.00 35.60 Teacher's Contract Total 5.05 31.30 4.57 36.00 26.37 53.37 91.04 0.00 4.00 251.70 Administrators ELEM DO Peep LH NF PMS PHS C/O SYS TOTAL Superintendent 1.00 1.00 Asst. Superintendent 1.00 1.00 Business Administrator 1.00 1.00 Principals 1.00 1.00 0.96 2.00 2.84 7.80 Directors 0.88 1.44 1.00 3.32

Total Admin 14.12 Paraprofessionals ELEM DO Peep LH NF PMS PHS C/O SYS TOTAL Regular Ed Classroom Paras 5.64 5.36 2.51 1.00 14.51 Sped Paras 4.58 2.72 4.93 2.86 5.79 4.00 24.88 Library Paras 1.00 1.43 0.93 0.86 4.22 Support Paras 1.00 1.00 1.88 3.88

Total Para 1.00 11.22 2.72 11.72 6.30 8.65 4.00 0.00 1.88 47.49 Clerical ELEM DO Peep LH NF PMS PHS C/O SYS TOTAL Admin Clerical 0.89 0.89 0.89 2.00 5.39 7.37 17.43 Sped Clerical 0.82 0.82 Support Clerical 0.83 0.78 3.00 4.61

Total Clerical 0.83 0.89 0.00 0.89 0.89 2.78 9.21 7.37 0.00 22.86 OTHER ELEM DO Peep LH NF PMS PHS C/O SYS TOTAL Security 1.00 1.00 Tech Support 7.00 7.00 Custodians 3.00 3.00 2.50 4.00 11.25 0.50 24.25 Maintenance 5.00 5.00

Total Other 0.00 3.00 0.00 3.00 2.50 4.00 12.25 0.50 12.00 37.25 General Fund TOTAL 373.42

Regular Ed Classroom Special Education - All Educational Support Administration Other

Additional Revenue Sources to Support

Year Budget Actual Difference Percent

2003-04 3,500,000 3,737,271 237,271 6.78%

2004-05 3,700,000 3,577,285 (122,715) -3.32%

2005-06 3,800,000 3,928,236 128,236 3.37%

2006-07 3,900,000 4,663,144 763,114 19.57%

2007-08 4,400,000 4,654,994 254,994 5.80%

2008-09 4,500,000 4,861,391 361,391 8.03%

2009-10 4,600,000 5,238,490 638,490 13.88%

2010-11 5,100,000

SAU # 50 Tuition - General Fund

Year Allocation

2005-06 $558,930

2006-07 $560,871

2007-08 $606,006

2008-09 $577,288

2009-10 $529,824

Title I: Reading & Math Federal Allocation

Year IDEA Allocation

IDEA Pre-School Allocation

2005-06 498,974 14,892

2006-07 576,907 26,062

2007-08 508,023 14,892

2008-09 504,371 22,667

2009-10 540,672 13,835

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Special Education IDEA Federal Grant

America’s Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Two Year Stimulus Funds (FY 2010 & 2011)

ARRA IDEA

ARRA IDEA

PRE-SCHOOL

ARRA TITLE I

Two Year Allocation

Two Year Allocation

Two Year Allocation

625,109 19,870 431,258

Catastrophic Aid Reimbursement

Year Total Expended Entitlement

2004-05 764,155 297,599

2005-06 639,758 316,629

2006-07 691,742 335,347

2007-08 551,186 257,425

2008-09 544,924 206,444

Title II, III, IV & V Entitlement Funds Teacher Quality, English as a Second Language,

Drug-Free Schools and Technology

Year Title II Title III Title IV Title V

FY 06 224,364 N/A 30,083 22,084

FY 07 211,211 N/A 20,235 5,181

FY 08 212,511 5,926 15,962 4,461

FY 09 203,012 6,474 19,882 Discontinued

FY 10 201,272 5,428 14,276 Discontinued

The Portsmouth District is supported in its mission with both tuition and federal funds. The district has a revised agreement with SAU # 50 who send approximately 400 students to PHS. Next year, we expect to gain an additional $500,000 in

tuition revenue. There are five key entitlements that enhance our budget. In sum, in FY ‘10 we received $750,800 to support reading instruction, professional development and teacher quality. In special education, we received

$554,507 in support. Use of federal monies requires the district supplement, not supplant existing programs. Finally, stimulus dollars, with the same requirements, are used to hire coaches to improve teacher practice and interventionists to support learners.

PORTSMOUTH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND DETAIL COMPARISON AND INDEX

2009/10 2010/11

Cost DRAFT Total Budget Salaries Benefits Operating Positions Total Proposed Salaries Benefits Operating Positions

Benefits 6,950,724 6,950,724 0 0.00 7,412,447 7,412,447 0 0.00

School Instruction 102 DONDERO 1,675,588 1,424,194 202,175 49,219 29.03 1,749,740 1,478,186 222,335 49,219 28.53 104 LITTLE HARBOUR 2,114,510 1,806,534 248,599 59,377 34.25 2,283,283 1,940,254 283,652 59,377 35.25 105 NEW FRANKLIN 1,477,840 1,258,830 180,880 38,130 23.86 1,595,675 1,352,721 204,839 38,115 24.97 108 MIDDLE SCHOOL 2,906,107 2,426,167 354,982 124,958 42.24 2,878,460 2,414,970 375,552 87,938 40.64 109 SENIOR HIGH 5,731,614 4,807,562 710,671 213,381 82.20 5,940,287 4,984,692 780,235 175,360 81.37

Total 13,905,659 11,723,287 1,697,307 485,065 211.58 14,447,445 12,170,823 1,866,613 410,009 210.76

Other

110 ART 585,502 464,079 67,802 53,621 8.13 635,071 502,680 78,770 53,621 8.13 111 MUSIC 529,104 443,689 64,823 20,592 6.92 579,184 482,919 75,673 20,592 7.25 112 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 696,470 598,819 86,061 11,590 10.42 752,962 642,471 98,901 11,590 10.42 113 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 173,803 121,386 17,560 34,857 1.75 180,448 123,706 19,385 37,357 1.75 114 TECHNICAL CAREERS 994,070 803,503 118,117 72,450 12.48 1,032,294 839,640 131,979 60,675 12.62 115 ATHLETICS 595,159 258,383 38,531 298,245 1.00 613,514 269,421 42,648 301,445 1.00 116 DRAMA 27,739 10,068 1,471 16,200 0.00 27,846 10,068 1,578 16,200 0.00 117 K-12 COMPUTER 658,664 524,642 77,646 56,376 10.50 411,976 284,684 44,881 82,411 5.00 119 HEALTH INSTRUCTION 88,610 73,592 10,752 4,266 1.24 93,938 77,524 12,148 4,266 1.24

Total 4,349,121 3,298,161 482,763 568,197 52.44 4,327,232 3,233,113 505,962 588,157 47.41

Instruction Support Budgets

130 ENRICHMENT 11,886 3,890 568 7,428 0.00 11,928 3,890 610 7,428 0.00 131 DISTRICT-WIDE ASSESS- 0 0 0 0 0.00 8,100 0 0 8,100 0.00 132 MATHMATICS ELEMEN- 41,626 0 0 41,626 0.00 41,626 0 0 41,626 0.00 134 HEALTH 448,670 385,111 56,265 7,294 6.00 467,094 401,187 58,613 7,294 6.00 135 LIBRARY ELEMENTARY 182,238 129,307 18,313 34,618 5.16 215,745 156,184 24,943 34,618 3.93 136 MEDIA SERVICES 67,150 45,251 7,574 14,325 0.88 78,354 52,974 8,905 16,475 1.00 137 SYSTEM - WIDE PSY- 89,368 68,631 10,027 10,710 1.00 93,023 71,162 11,151 10,710 1.00 138 INTERDISCIPLINARY CUR- 24,405 0 0 24,405 0.00 24,405 0 0 24,405 0.00 139 READING 599,555 502,022 73,347 24,185 7.74 695,538 580,403 90,949 24,185 8.74 140 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 145 PUPIL ENTITLEMENT 3,255 0 0 3,255 0.00 3,255 0 0 0.00

Total 1,468,153 1,134,212 166,095 167,846 20.78 1,639,068 1,265,800 195,171 178,096 20.67

Special Education Budgets

150 PEEP 313,183 268,725 40,475 3,983 5.89 323,043 271,979 43,081 7,983 4.89 151 SPED/ ELEMENTARY 1,218,211 1,049,418 155,411 13,382 25.37 1,034,606 885,178 136,046 13,382 22.37 152 SPED/ MIDDLE SCHOOL 622,523 540,373 77,685 4,465 11.79 519,316 447,390 67,461 4,465 10.29 153 SPED/HIGH SCHOOL 716,932 612,912 91,474 12,546 12.12 639,797 541,932 85,319 12,546 8.12 156 SPEECH 457,547 371,760 54,314 31,473 5.40 561,701 477,821 74,875 9,005 7.20 157 OCCUPATIONAL THER- 153,583 127,980 18,698 6,905 1.90 175,166 145,466 22,795 6,905 2.00 159 ESL 164,455 141,406 21,070 1,979 2.86 172,147 146,917 23,251 1,979 2.86 160 ADAPTIVE SERVICES 79,553 53,076 8,886 17,591 1.00 80,431 53,797 9,043 17,591 1.00 165 OUT OF DISTRICT TUI- 1,476,404 0 0 1,476,404 0.00 1,370,676 0 0 1,370,676 0.00

Total 5,202,391 3,165,650 468,013 1,568,728 66.33 4,876,883 2,970,480 461,871 1,444,532 58.73

System Support Budgets

170 CENTRAL OFFICE 964,068 693,199 114,300 156,569 10.87 1,005,662 730,254 120,207 155,201 10.75 171 SCHOOL BOARD 25,573 17,000 1,573 7,000 0.00 25,575 17,000 1,575 7,000 0.00 173 RESEARCH & DEVELOP- 4,024 0 0 4,024 0.00 4,024 0 0 4,024 0.00 174 ADULT EDUCATION 13,139 9,233 706 3,200 0.17 13,139 9,233 706 3,200 0.17 177 TECHNOLOGY PLAN 484,748 284,203 47,718 152,827 6.00 559,769 299,434 50,335 210,000 5.80 178 DATA PROCESSING 38,665 0 0 38,665 0.00 103,483 52,948 8,901 41,634 1.00 179 LARGE EQUIPMENT 34,704 0 0 34,704 0.00 34,704 0 0 34,704 0.00 180 TRAVEL IN DISTRICT 31,266 0 4,329 26,937 0.00 31,535 0 4,598 26,937 0.00 182 WELLNESS 2,258 0 0 2,258 0.00 2,258 0 0 2,258 0.00 183 INSURANCE 110,222 0 0 110,222 0.00 97,031 0 0 97,031 0.00 184 TELEPHONE 42,475 0 0 42,475 0.00 42,475 0 0 42,475 0.00 187 ATHLETIC FIELDS 85,584 9,079 1,488 75,017 0.25 57,202 0 0 57,202 0.00 188 MAINTENANCE 662,397 228,456 37,464 396,477 5.00 707,652 234,859 39,480 433,313 5.00 189 ENERGY 997,000 0 0 997,000 0.00 1,027,222 0 0 1,027,222 0.00 190 CIP 78,000 0 0 78,000 0.00 58,000 0 0 58,000 0.00 195 PUPIL TRANSPORTATION 739,198 0 0 739,198 0.00 722,872 0 0 722,872 0.00 197 55,135 0 0 55,135 0.00 63,260 0 0 63,260 0.00

Total 4,368,456 1,241,170 207,578 2,919,708 22.29 4,555,862 1,343,728 225,801 2,986,333 22.72

36,244,503 20,562,480 9,972,479 5,709,544 373.42 37,258,943 20,983,949 10,667,866 5,607,127 360.29 1,014,439 2.80%

SPACE RENTAL

Portsmouth School Board Goals 2009-2010

1. Support the Portsmouth School District’s mission to educate all stu-dents by:

• Supporting our efforts to build professional learning communi-

ties (PLC’s) by reviewing and evaluating not only PLC imple-mentation, but most importantly, the results of building level student achievement goals (SAG).

• Providing teachers focused professional development in the use of student data to inform instructional practice (data-wise).

• Monitoring the implementation of the Curriculum Revision Plan developed by the Curriculum Council, including development of power standards and a system of student assessment.

• Supporting our efforts to build systemic, school-specific pyramid of interventions to ensure progress in learning for every student.

• Providing necessary supports for all teachers to be able to more fully integrate technology into classroom instruction and expec-tations for student learning.

2. Implement policies, procedures and practices that will allow the Ports-

mouth School District to continuously improve its organizational sys-tems and structures by

• Establishing a coherent supervision and evaluation system that

1. provides a formal annual summative evaluation process for all employees in the Portsmouth School Department;

2. documents supervision for professional staff aligned with PLC work;

3. establishes an induction process for new teachers that as-sures only the highest quality teachers are retained in the Portsmouth School District;

4. enables administrators to better monitor instruction. • Examining Portsmouth School District expenditure structures to

analyze resource use patterns, alignment with intended strategies and communicate with clarity to the public how we use our dol-lars, organize our people and structure our time to achieve in-tended results.

• Recommending a course of action for redistricting Portsmouth’s K-5 schools.

• Exploring conversations with city departments to discuss possi-ble efficiencies and sharing of resources.

• Completing a facilities assessment overview of the district’s buildings.

3. Develop specific strategies for improving communication and commu-

nity relations including frequent communication about the Portsmouth Schools and opportunities to engage the community in conversation about school related issues.

• Publishing an annual district progress report that tracks student

performance results. • Developing a quality educational metrics index including, but

not limited to per pupil ration, class size, drop out rates, student assessments and budget allocations as a way of creating a clear criteria for spending priorities.

• Communicating via quarterly School Board updates the work of the board in monitoring the 2009-10 school district goals.

• Investigating options to better disseminate information, educate

the community and provide advocacy for the schools.

Back Left to Right: Ann Mayer (SAU 50 Rep.), Lisa Sweet, Rebecca Emerson, Tom Martin, Kent LaPage, Ed McDonough (Superintendent), Leslie Stevens, Linda Briolat (Employee Rep.), Phil Boynton (Student Rep.) Front Left to Right: Carol Chellman, Amy Noble (Secretary), Mitch Shuldman (Chair), Ann Walker (Vice Chair), Steve Zadravec ( Asst. Superintendent) and Steve Bartlett (Business Administrator)

School Board Forwards Budget with 2.8% Increase to City Budget Adjusted by 1.58 million from Original

Portsmouth School Board

All School Board meetings, located at City Hall, are televised on Channel 22

Important Budget Meeting Dates

February 9 2nd Public Hearing

February 12 Budget Submitted to City

March 9 School Board Meeting @ City Hall

April 14 Public Hearing at Portsmouth HS School Dept. Presentation on FY 2011 Budget

April 21 City Council reviews School Dept. Budget.

May 10 Second Public Hearing

May 11 City Council Final Budget Review

June 7 City Council - Final Budget Adoption

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