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2022-2023 School Year Building Needs Assessment for 2023-2024 Budget Considerations

Building: David Brewer Elementary

Percentage of students with IEP:

23.60%

Percentage of students identified as Free/Reduced Lunch:

58.40%

Building Identification Number:

7031

*When available, data is from most recently published KSDE Accountability Reports/Report Cards from 21-22 school year or 22-23 unofficial data if necessary*

https://datacentral.ksde.org/acct_rpt.aspx

Specifically Noted Needs (Facilities, Technology, etc.):

  • Continued focus on community partnerships
  • Continued focus on behavior and improving attendance data

Reviewing state assessment data, what steps are you taking for all students to maximize their scores?

Some of our action steps moving into next year will focus on the following areas to maximize scores for students:

  • Guided Reading
  • Intervention
  • SIT Process
  • Shared Reading, Small Group Instruction
  • Tier II Support
  • PAC - After School Program,
  • Structured Phonics Program Implementation

Are there set targets/goals to move students out of proficiency Levels 1 and 2 on state assessments?

Using multiple data points, the building will seek to move students out of level and level 2:

  • Focus on multiple layers of Intervention combined with quality core instruction
  • Students in the SIT Process for specific data tracking and progress monitoring
  • Supplemental Math Program for Math Fact Fluency to support grade level standard mastery

District Chronic Absenteeism Rate

49.0%

District Graduation Rate

89.6%

District Dropout Rate

2.9%

Building Attendance Rate

89%

Building Chronic Absenteeism Rate

44.40%

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Is every child in your school provided at least the following capacities?

Sufficient oral and written communication skills to enable students to function in complex and rapidly changing civilization.

Yes

Sufficient knowledge of economic, social, and political systems to enable students to make informed choices.

Yes

Sufficient understanding of governmental processes to enable the student to understand the issues that affect his or her community, state and nation.

Yes

Sufficient self-knowledge and knowledge of his or her mental and physical wellness.

Yes

Sufficient grounding in the arts to enable each student to appreciate his or her cultural and historical heritage.

Yes

Sufficient training or preparation for advanced training in either academic or vocational fields so as to enable each child to choose and pursue life work intelligently.

Yes

Sufficient levels of academic or vocational skills to enable students to compete favorably with their counterparts in surrounding states, in academics or in job market.

Yes

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Identify the barriers that must be overcome for each student to achieve grade level proficiency on assessments.

There are a number of challenges that should be considered when evaluating student success in a district. Some of the key barriers that impact this school include, but are not limited to: chronic absenteeism, behavior, trauma, and increased mental health concerns.

Identify the budget actions that should be taken to address and remove those barriers.

Allocating budget to focus on prevention, detection and intervention concerning trauma and mental health issues. Currently, we have partnered with The Guidance Center to provide mental health services for our students who are enrolled in their campus programs. Also, we are able to better identify struggling students using our SAEBRs data. As mental health issues continue to grow, it would be beneficial to identify a professional development structure that could help provide staff with strategies when working with struggling students.

Identify the amount of time the board estimates it will take for each student to achieve grade level proficiency on the state assessments if the budget actions would be implemented.

There is no way to accurately predict how children will respond to our interventions because we cannot fix the daily challenges they face. Many factors impact students' academic achievement, such as daily attendance, have students eaten breakfast, is their home life adversely affecting their daily routine, do they have consistent discipline issues, are they able to focus, how many other students are in their class - just for a few examples.

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Based on your needs assessment process, what 5 things would make your school a perfect school?

  1. Transportation for students who qualify to attend the alternative school

  • More guest (substitute) teachers to decrease the need for certified support staff such as interventionists and instructional facilitators to focus on individual student needs

  • Standardized data collection method for student behaviors (non IEP students) so we know what data to collect and when that data would help move them to the alternate school

  • Professional development to help staff when working with students who deal with trauma/foster care, etc

  • Improving building culture and community involvement.