understanding the school budget
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UNDERSTANDINGTHE SCHOOL
BUDGET
Wanaque Public Schools2021-2022
THE 2021-2022 BUDGET: Expanding learning opportunities and preparing studentsfor the future
School Year PlansThe intention and expectation of the Wanaque School District is to return to the 2021/2022 school year with all students attending full days of school every day. The budget reflects this.
There may still be requirements for virus mitigation.
Budget Guidelines
● Continue to improve the quality of our educational programs● Continue to improve student achievement● Continue to provide professional development opportunities to
increase teacher expertise● Create a fiscally responsible budget while attaining our objectives● Continue to fund programs ensuring for the future educational
needs and changes in the law● Respond to the pandemic for students
Budget Planning - A Collaborative Process● Additional Staff Members
○ Superintendent○ CST Director○ ESL Teacher
● Completion of our 1:1 Chromebook initiative ● Increase of social emotional and mental health support ● Celebrates diversity in programming and professional
development that supports inclusion● Completion of boiler replacement at both schools through an
Energy Saving Improvement Plan
Curriculum & Instruction
Curriculum & Instruction
● Continue to complete curriculum projects preK-8 that foster learning opportunities for appropriate challenge, developmental growth, and access for learning in an inclusive and accelerated environment.○ Relationship building; emotionally ready to learn○ Identify where students are academically
■ Meaningful assessments● Continue to update curricula, and infuse the mandated revisions of
the Student Learning Standards.
Curriculum & Instruction
● Continue to identify appropriate STEM opportunities across the K-8 world.
● Continue to create opportunities to engage students in exploring their interests, participate in real world challenges, and focus on critical thinking, creativity and independent learning. ○ Implementing our updated Library Curriculum--Project-Based
Learning○ Interdisciplinary opportunities○ Genius Hour
■ Middle schoolers select what activity/experience they would like to be apart of
Curriculum & Instruction
● MATH○ Ready Classroom (K-5)
■ Basic Facts ○ i-Ready (Diagnostic, intervention, acceleration)
■ Reports; Groups students based on skills needed○ Adopting EnVision by Pearson Grade 6
■ Piloting EnVision Grade 7
● SCIENCE○ Mystery Science; Generation Genius; Defined Learning ○ Adopting Elevate by Pearson Grade 6
■ Piloting Elevate Grade 7
Curriculum & Instruction
Curriculum & Instruction● ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
○ Fountas & Pinnell Classroom (K-5)○ Explicit, systematic phonics instruction○ Writing Units of Study○ Scholastic Magazines ○ Vocabulary ○ Handwriting Without Tears ○ Diversity into classrooms through articles & novels
● SOCIAL STUDIES ○ Adoption of updated United States History text (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
■ Partnership with History Channel; Google Expeditions Field Trips○ Updating standards
Curriculum & Instruction
● LANGUAGE & VPA ○ World Language
■ Culture aspect■ Que Tal Magazine
○ Music/Band Department ■ Music stands and carts
○ Visual Arts ■ Flex Subscription
● Standard align curriculum & resources● Specific art professional learning
■ ipads for Artsonia & Media Art
Technology ● 1:1 Student Devices
○ Grades 1 - 8● Software Subscriptions
■ PDQdeploy:● Software deployment tool to keep Windows 10 apps up to date
■ PDQinventory: ● System management tool to collect hardware, software and windows
configuration data■ BitDefender - Endpoint Threat Protection■ Microsoft Volume Licensing
● Windows Server - Client (Windows 10) ● Office Professional 2019 Suite of Applications
○ Word - Excel - PowerPoint - Outlook - Etc■ Veeam Backup and Replication
● Achieved 3,2,1 Backups - Three Copies of our Data
Technology ★ Go Guardian
○ Beacon
■ Identifies student`s in need of help.
○ Screens View■ Enables teachers to see exactly what students are doing on their devices in
real-time.
○ Timeline View/Activity Timeline■ Shows the time students spend on one browser tab.
○ Scenes■ Teachers can set a specific group of tabs to open on each chromebook at the start
of class or whenever a teacher chooses.
○ Tab control■ Allows teachers to open tabs remotely on a student’s browser and direct a single
student or all student devices to a webpage
★ Security Updates - 99% Automated
Resident Enrollment Figures Resident Enrollment
Oct-20 868
Oct-19 881
Oct-18 877
Oct-17 887
Oct-16 932
Oct-15 926
Oct-14 968
Estimated State Aid Reduction According to Chapter 67 (S2)
Revenues
ProposedExpenditures
ProposedExpenditures Ctd.
Tax Impact
QuestionsRobert Mooney--Interim Superintendent
Nancy DiBartolo--Business Administrator