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Dr. Steven Stephanoff Superintendent since May, 2007

Organizational Chart

Demographics

• Students– Enrollment K-12 7636– Free and Reduced 14%– ENL 120– Ethnic 93%

Caucasian– Special Needs 1,086– Attendance Rate 96.6%

Enrollment Data

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Demographics

• Certified Staff - 417– Average age 41– Average experience 15 years– Average salary $50,800

• Certified Administrators - 28

• Support Staff – 446

Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest!

K-12K-12

Curriculum Instruction, Curriculum Instruction, Assessment and Professional Assessment and Professional

DevelopmentDevelopment

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K-12 Curriculum

Grades K-5Reading Social Studies

Language Arts Health

Math Art

Science Music

Physical Education

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Additional Curriculum

Grades 6-12World Languages

Family and Consumer Science

Technical Education

Business

All disciplines are now guided by the

Indiana Academic Standards

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Academic Initiatives

• Literacy

• Response to Intervention

• Technology

Literacy

Response to Intervention

TECHNOLOGY

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Professional Development

SoftwareHardware

Infrastructure

Current Technology Initiatives

• Multi Media Classrooms – 222 in last 2 years

• One to One Computer Classrooms– initiated in spring, 2009

• Early College – laptops 2009

• 2nd Grade Laptop Project – North Grove 2009

• Middle School Grant – later this fall

• Epsilen - 2007

Professional Development

• Early Release Wednesdays

• District PD Day (September 21)

• Administrators

• New Teachers

• Support Staff

3 6 8 10

2008-09 88.00% 84.40% 82.50% 82.70%

2007-08 92.60% 84.90% 86.30% 85.70%

2006-07 88.90% 82.90% 83.40% 83.70%

2005-06 87.90% 86.40% 85.60% 84.20%

2004-05 88.40% 86.90% 82.00% 84.10%

ISTEP+ ResultsEnglish/Language Arts

ISTEP+ ResultsMathematics

3 6 8 10

2008-09 81.00% 88.40% 85.60% 84.80%

2007-08 88.30% 90.50% 87.40% 87.30%

2006-07 87.80% 87.50% 83.80% 86.50%

2005-06 89.30% 85.40% 89.40% 84.80%

2004-05 87.80% 82.30% 84.90% 83.90%

ISTEP CORPORATION RESULTS MATHEMATICS

Specialized Programs• High Ability (Gifted & Talented)

– Grades 4 – 12

– Expanded in 2008

• ENL – (English as a New Language)

– Expanded in 2008

• Special Education

• Alternative High School – Expanded in 2007

• Middle School Alternative Program– This is the first year

• Small Learning Communities (High School)

HS Expansion•Preceded by three Facility Advisory Committees’ recommendations and commissioned enrollment studies

•Directed by superintendent and school board to first design the programming needed at the high school, and then design the building renovations

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HS Expansion then becameHS Redesign (2005-06)

• HS Expansion Task Force recommended we use 4 guiding principles in our planning:

– Globalization is requiring us to change our instructional model

– We must focus on the new 3 R’s: Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor

– Our model must embed technology and the 21st Century Skills

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Community Coalitionof Visioneers (2006-07)

• 4 Focus GroupsPersonalization &

TransitionsCommunity

ConnectionsSmall Learning

Communities and Program Models

Campus Master Plan and Facilities

• Each focus group made recommen-dations

• All recommendations were distilled into a master list of Coalition recommendations

• The Coalition also embraced the initial guiding principles from the HS Expansion Task Force

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HS Redesign (2007-10)

• Small Learning Communities proposed

Early College (open in fall 2009)

New Tech High (open in fall 2010)

STEM—Science, Technology & Math (Project Lead the Way)

Business – (Academy of Finance)

Health Sciences

Humanities

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Curriculum revision is tied to

TEXTBOOK CYCLESIX YEAR ROTATION

• Math (09-10)

• Science/Health (10-11)

• Misc.- Art, Music, PE, Business, FACS, Tech. Ed. (11-12)

• Reading (12-13)

• Language Arts, World Languages (13-14)

• Social Studies (14-15) 04/20/23

Local education is impacted by

LocalK-12 education State Federal

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Some waysState Impacts…

• Indiana Academic Standards

• ISTEP+

• PL221

• Textbook adoptions

• Rules and regulations

• Data collections

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Some waysFederal Impacts…

• NCLB (No Child Left Behind)

• Grants– Title I Remediation

Reading/Math – Title II Professional Development

– Title III English as a New Language

– Title IV Drug Free Schools

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Operations & Student Services

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Nursing Services

• First Aid and Emergency care for students and staff• Chronic illness management and treatment• Medication administration and delegation• Vision Screening for 1st, 3rd, 8th grades and new

students• Immunization compliance• Staff & student wellness (Flu Shots)• Healthy Smiles of IN – Dental outreach

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Food Services

• 86 Employees: Each school has a manager and prepares food on-site

• Last year, served 615,212 lunches and 48,085 breakfasts for 9 schools

• Free/reduced lunch is 14% of students (2009-10)

– Increased approximately 7% in past 10 years

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School Resource Officers

• CGSPD established in February 2008. Department has primary law enforcement jurisdiction over all corporation controlled properties and the public roadways adjacent to and running through school property.

• Officers are graduates of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.

• Department seeking accreditation through the Indiana Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. (Upon completion will be the only school PD in the state so accredited.)

• John Cox appointed as Chief of Police. John has 25 years of law enforcement experience and is a FBI National Academy graduate.

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School Resource Officers cont’d.

Some of the duties/responsibilities of CGSPD officers:

• Patrol schools on foot – maintain high visibility throughout the corporation via foot/mobile patrols.

• Enforce laws and corporation policies and rules.

• Investigate crimes, make arrests, complete appropriate reports, transport prisoners to JC jail and JC Juvenile Detention Center.

• Perform security/safety checks of all corporation facilities and make recommendations for improvement.

• Function as an information-gathering source for law enforcement, juvenile justice, and other social services agencies.

• Act as liaison between school corporation and outside public safety agencies.

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Transportation• Sixty-two (62) full-time drivers, eight (8) subs – two currently

on route, two (2) field trip drivers, three (3) mechanics, one (1) secretary, and one (1) director.

• Sixty-four (64) Routes – 3,900 miles per day, approximately 702,000 miles per year

• 1,099 Extra-curricular/Field trips, 61,000 miles (does not include mini buses)

• In 2007-08, only three (3) at-fault accidents (Relatively no significant damage to the bus)

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Transportation cont’d.

• 6,056 students every day for a total of 1,090,080 for the school year (2,180,160 morning and afternoon total transported).

• Budget - $4 million ($2.1 operating)

• For the past four years, championship bus driver team, the top individual driver three of the four years, and the top mechanic in the state the last three years.

• Moved to a new facility at the end of 2007

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Facilities, Operations and Maintenance

• Total building area of 1,575,300 sq. ft. situated on land area of approximately 475 acres.

– Six (6) elementary schools totaling 467,000 sq. ft– Two (2) middle schools equaling 407,000 sq. ft– One (1) high school at 554,000 sq. ft.– Education Service Center at 19,000 sq. ft.– Maintenance and Transportation Center at 38,000 sq. ft.– Alternative (old) Maple Grove, Athletic outbuildings and miscellaneous

structures totaling 191,000 sq. ft.

• Maintenance Personnel:– Eight (8) Maintenance technicians across all disciplines including

two (2) building supervisors; – Six (6) full-time and two (2) part-time grounds crew, and one (1)

grounds supervisor;– One (1) Director, one (1) purchasing agent and one (1) secretary

• Sixty-one (61) Custodians. 04/20/23

Facilities, Operations and Maintenance

(cont.)

• Twenty (20) licensed vehicles including pick-up trucks, vans, dump truck and box truck for maintenance, grounds, athletics and corporation operations. Fourteen (14) trucks are fitted with plows and/or salt spreaders for winter snow removal.

• Four (4) tractors and six (6) large-area riding mowers for grounds maintenance.

• Additional powered equipment for maintenance and grounds including skid steer, excavator, fork truck, scissors lifts, boom lift, air compressor and multiple pieces of specialty grounds equipment.

• Annual Budget for Buildings, Equipment, Vehicles and Grounds of $3.0 million.

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20-YEAR FACILITY MAINTENANCE PLAN

Each of our nine schools and other district-owned buildings were thoroughly analyzed and evaluated in 2007 regarding the life cycles for each of the following categories:

• Building Structures and Roof• Interior Finishes• HVAC Systems • Technology Infrastructure• Kitchen Equipment• Plumbing • Electrical and Life Safety Systems• Exterior Improvements, Facilities

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BUILDING MAINTENANCE/ CAPITAL EXPENDITURES PLAN

Annual Maintenance Expenses

Estimated for all Facilities through 2020.

Corporation total for years 2008-2020= $24,536,950

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Overview of Long Range Facilities Plan

Renovation• 20-year cycle for updating each school• Every building will be renovated, beginning with the following:

High School, 2009 Center Grove Elementary, 2010 Pleasant Grove Elementary, 2012

Proposed Construction• Build a new elementary school in 2010• Sixth elementary school in 2014 (or later, as determined by

enrollment growth)• Seventh elementary school in 2007 (or later, as determined by

enrollment growth)

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Overview of Long Range Facilities Plan(cont’d)

Removal

• Raze the old maintenance and transportation buildings

• Raze two residential houses on Morgantown Road

• Raze the old Maple Grove Building

• Sell West Grove and North Grove properties

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North Grove and West Grove Restrictions

• Load-bearing concrete block construction restricts changes in floor plan configuration such as widening corridors and changing classroom layout, and prevents substantial modifications to existing building structure (i.e. adding 2nd Floor).

• Lot sizes are the smallest in District restricting the size of any addition without substantially reducing green space and impacting playground areas.

• Restrooms are not fully ADA compliant.04/20/23

North Grove and West GroveRestrictions (cont)

• Poor traffic flow for buses and parent drop-off.• Area traffic conditions limit access in and out of

sites.• Aging infrastructure (plumbing, electrical,

technology) restricts building modifications and additions.

• Limited cafeteria and gymnasium space.• Classroom unit ventilators provide less control and

more noise than newer HVAC systems.

North Grove and West Grove Restrictions (cont.)

West Grove Elementary

• Current Septic System undersized requiring costly tie-in to Greenwood sewers.

• No building-wide fire suppression system.

• I-69 Expansion and future interchange will impact site.

• Lays fully in floodplain.

North Grove

Elementary

• No building-wide fire suppression system.

• Smallest site at ll.26 acres.

• Poorest traffic flow and most limited site access.

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Renovate or Build?Cost Comparison

Renovate North Grove and West Grove

• Estimated Cost:$16-17 Million

• Annual Savings to the General Fund:

$0

• This approach does not allow expanded programs in the classroom.

Build New Elementary School

• Estimated Cost

$18-24 Million

• Annual Savings to the General Fund:

$500,000

• This solution allows us to operate more efficiently and expand academic programs.

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Business Office

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The Budgeting Process

• Largely controlled by the State

• On a calendar year schedule (this will

change by 2011)

• Partly driven by property tax timing

• Usually planning 18 months in advance

• Based on “Fund Accounting” 04/20/23

Six Tax-Supported Funds

• General Fund (no longer tax supported)

• Capital Projects Fund

• Debt Service Fund

• Severance Bond Fund

• Transportation Fund

• Bus Replacement Fund

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Typical Budget Cycle For 2009-10

• Apr-Jun: Construct budget

• Jul-Aug: Public review

• Sept: Approved - School Board

• Oct-Dec: Reviewed & approved by

State

• Jan: Official budget notice04/20/23

Summary of the Six Funds

GENERAL FUND• USED FOR most operating expenses: salaries, fringe benefits, supplies, utilities & insurance• REVENUE controlled by the state formula

DEBT SERVICE FUND• USED FOR all payments of debt incurred by the corporation• REVENUE comes from local property taxes

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND• USED FOR equipment, maintenance construction & repair of buildings, land acquisition; and fees for professional services• REVENUE capped by the state; comes from local property taxes

PENSION DEBT FUND• USED FOR payment of pension debt incurred by the corporation• REVENUE comes from local property taxes

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Six Funds (Continued)

TRANS. OPERATING FUND• USED FOR operating expenses of transporting children to and fromschool and school events • REVENUE capped by the state; comes from local property taxes

BUS REPLACEMENT FUND• USED FOR purchase of school buses.• REVENUE comes from local property taxes

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Estimated 2010 Budgets and Tax Rates

General Fund $43,240,000 $0.0000

Capital Proj. $7,115,000 $0.2728

Transportation $3,190,000 $0.1240

Bus Replace. $875,000 $0.0330

Debt Service $12,800,000 $0.5474

Bond Severance $1,058,000 $0.0450

Total $68,278,000 $1.0222

2010 Budget Rate

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Review of Existing Data

• Temporary Loans

• General Fund Cash Balance

• Total Outstanding Bonds

• Tax Information, Assessed Value

• Enrollment Data

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Temporary Loans

• 2001 $1,601,635

• 2002 $2,462,215

• 2003 $9,066,936

• 2004 $3,655,358

• 2005 $4,641,022

• 2006 $3,197,286

• 2007 $23,535,930

• 2008 $29,723,565

• 2009 $12,681,985

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These temporary loans are necessary to meet our daily cash needs, since our property tax revenue is received only twice a year.

General Fund Operating Balance % 2000-2009

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Total Outstanding BondsOriginal Issue Original Amount Current Amount Last Payment

1996 – Common School $1,500,000 $755,000 Dec 2021

1999 – High School $37,835,000 $15,280,000 Dec 2014

2001 – Elem. Energy $3,195,000 $950,000 July 2011

2003 – Pension Bonds $8,400,000 $4,205,000 Jan 2014

2005 – CGMSN $37,340,000 $33,180,000 Jan 2026

2005 – MG, others $34,935,000 $33,800,000 Jan 2028

2008 – C-9 Voc. Center $1,287,368 $1,183,105 Jan 2018

2009 – C-9 Voc. Center $1,275,327 $1,275,327 July 2020

2008 – MSC Energy Loan $2,700,000 $2,700,000 July 2018

2009 – G.O. CPF Bonds $1,900,000 $1,445,000 Jan 2011

2009 – T. A. W. $12,681,986 $12,681,986 Dec 2009

Totals $143,049,681 $107,455,41804/20/23

Tax Rates 1997 to 2009

Tax rates for 1997 – 2000 have been divided by three to reflect the change to true tax value that took place in 2001. 04/20/23

2009 Tax Rates For All Johnson County Schools

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Clark Pleasant Franklin Edinburgh Nineveh Greenwood

Center Grove

General .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000

CPF .3415 .3355 .3892 .1912 .3411 .2857

Transp. .2566 .1374 .0869 .1669 .1185 .1193

Bus Repl.

.0380 .0402 .0881 .0294 .0074 .0313

Debt Serv.

.9980 .9867 .3415 .4133 .3065 .5599

Pension .0673 .0000 .1810 .0254 .0580 .0460

Pre-Schl .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000

Total $1.7014 $1.4998 $1.0867 $0.8262 $0.8315 $1.0422

History of Assessed Value

Year Assessed ValueIncrease

2004 $2,059,118,680 2.9%

2005 $2,168,245,180 5.3%

2006 $2,295,503,980 5.9%

2007 $2,520,158,190 9.8%

2008 $2,623,539,190 4.1%

2009 $2,087,882,638 -20.4%04/20/23

Funding Building Projects

• Hold a “1028 Hearing” and sell bonds

• Subject to a referendum

• Pay back from the Debt Service Fund

• Comes from local property taxes04/20/23

Potential Tax Impact of Building Projects

• We are fortunate to have an increasing tax base

o Never decreased in the last 30 yearso Average increase of about 12%

• We are fortunate that some existing bond payments ended in 2008 and 2009

• We can afford about $80,000,000 without increasing the Debt Service Tax Rate 04/20/23

Teacher Negotiations

• Teacher contract negotiations typically begin in early spring.

• The United Teachers’ Association of Center Grove (UTACG) is the exclusive representation for the teachers.

• The administration forms a team that represents the interests of the school board.

• The two sides negotiate a teacher contract.

• Tentative agreements are brought to the board and to the teachers for a vote to ratify.

• In the past, the contracts have usually been one year in duration.

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Center Grove Education Foundation

Not-for-profit Corporation founded in 1998

• Works collaboratively with the Administration

• Meets monthly

• Raises money through fundraisers and donations

• Provides student scholarships

• Provides funding for special teacher projects

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Wishes for Center Grove

• Prepare each student for the 21st Century– Relationships, Relevance, Rigor, – 21st Century Skills

• World Languages for each student beginning in elementary school

• Further expansion of High Ability program• Science teacher for each elementary school• State of the art facilities and technology

Challenges for Center Grove

• Improve student achievement

• Limited financial resources

• Managing enrollment growth

• Best use of facilities

Thank You

Want more information?

Or just can’t fall asleep at night?

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• Go to our website• www.centergrove.k12.in.us

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