Barnstable Public Schools

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Barnstable Public Schools

• Designing for the Future

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Core Values

• All children have the right to every opportunity
  to achieve their highest potential.
• Each person deserves to be treated with dignity
  and respect.
• Integrity and personal responsibility are the
  hallmarks of our daily interactions.

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Designed with the following considerations

• Declining enrollment
• Challenging economic times
• Changing demographics
• Barnstable as a Town
• Future facility needs
• Future expansion possibility

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Technical vs Adaptive Leadership

• Technical - Knowledge and skills
• Adaptive - Heart Soul

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Change Its a lot like Heaven

• Everyone agrees that its a good idea
• But no one wants to begin the process.

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CBAM
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ASSUMPTIONS

• 6 million dollar reduction
• Full Day Kindergarten
• K-3 Class Size 22
• Grades 4-7 Class Size 22-23
• Classrooms First
• Breadth of Offerings
• Intervention Programs
• Maintaining as many programs and services as
  possible.

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Closure Considerations

• Condition of Building
• Past 5 years of Maintenance
• Cohesiveness to SBA Building Plan
• Demographics
• Cost of Operation
• Student Performance
• Buses Serving School
• District Special Education Programs
• Alternate Use /Resale
• Choice Students

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CHANGES
Two classrooms yet to be assigned
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CHANGES
Applied math eliminated 3/5 teacher
reduction
Recommend Renaming
Develop educational concept of grades 8-9
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IMPLICATIONS

• Loss of 35-40 Professional Positions
• Loss of 2 Administrative Positions
• Loss of 30-40 Support Positions

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IMPLICATIONS

• Larger Class Sizes in High School
• Fewer AP Courses
• Reduction of Professional Development, Student
  Supports, Stipends for Extracurricular
• Reduction in Supplies and Materials
• Reduction in Summer Guidance, Saturday
  discipline, security _at_ HS and MS
• Reduction in Number of Athletic Events
• No Administrative Performance Increases

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Financial Impacts

• 3 million closing schools
• 1 million reduction BHS
• 1 million reduction BHMCS
• 600,000 reduction BMS
• 400,000 combined from other departments

ESTIMATES
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Next Steps

• Design Programs
• Identify Staffing
• Confirm Student Placement
• Plan for Moves
• Orchestrate Transitions
• Develop Budgets