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Preparing for

FY27 Budget Development

Maynard Jackson High School

GO Team Business Meeting January 21, 2026

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  • Action Items (add items as needed)
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Previous Minutes
    • 2025-2030 Strategic Plan (After discussion)
    • Ranked Strategic Plan Objectives (After discussion)
  • Discussion Items (add items as needed)
  • Finalize 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
  • 2026-2027 Strategic Objectives Ranking

cation Agenda

  • Information Items (add items as needed)
    • Principal’s Report
    • Cluster Advisory Team Report
  • Announcements (add items as needed)
  • Public Comment (if applicable)
  • Adjournment

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Action Items

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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

2025-2030 STRATEGIC PLAN (AFTER DISCUSSION)

RANKING STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES (AFTER DISCUSSION)

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Discussion Items

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Proposed Program Changes (If needed)

Finalize the 2025-2030 Strategic

Plan

2026-2027 Strategic Objectives Rankings

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Finalizing the 2025-2030

School Strategic

Plan

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In Our Last Meeting We…

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Reviewed Our Proposed Mission and Vision for 2025-2030

Reviewed Our Proposed Goals for 2025-2030

Identified Our 2025-

2030 Strategic Objectives

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Review Data

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Identify 2025-2030 Strategic Objectives

  • Reflect on 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
  • Review and Discuss Additional Objectives Going Forward

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Approve Your Strategic Plan & Rank Your

Strategic Objectives for FY27

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Confirm 2030 Goals

  • Create CIP Goals to 2030
  • Identify Additional Goals

Sample GO Team Business Meeting Cadence

Business Meeting 1:

  • Review Data (MAP, GMAS, Graduation Rate, CCRPI, etc.)

Business Meeting 2:

  • Review Data (School KPIs)
  • Align Mission/Vision/ Purpose
  • Confirm 2030 Goals

Business Meeting 3:

  • Identify 2025-2030 Strategic Objectives

Business Meeting 4 :

  • Approve Your Strategic Plan & Rank Your Strategic Objectives for FY27

Align Mission/Vision/Purpose

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5. Approve Strategic Plan & Rank Strategic Objectives for FY27 Budget Development

One District. One Goal. Every Child.

  • Review and Discuss your school's 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
    • Action on your 2025-2030 Strategic Plan

  • Review and Discuss your 2026-2027 Strategic Plan Objective Rankings
    • Action on the 2026-2027 Strategic Plan Objective Ranking

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Before Presenting to your GO Team: Insert the School’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan Use this form to submit the components of your plan into a form that will populate a template customized with your school’s 2025-

2030 Strategic Plan information.

See email from the GO Team Office for additional information.

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Action on the

2025-2030 Strategic Plan

The GO Team needs to TAKE ACTION (vote) on its new 2025-

2030 Strategic Plan.

After the motion and a second, the GO Team may have additional discussion. Once discussion is concluded, the GO Team will vote.

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Discussion

Strategic Plan Objectives Ranking

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The GO Team ranked its Strategic Plan Objectives in preparation for the 2026-2027 Budget Development Process (January–March 2026).

The ranked objectives will serve as budget parameters during FY27 budget discussions.

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2026-2027 Strategic Plan Objectives Ranking

  • Insert the school’s objectives from Higher to Lower

Higher

1. New Objective ABC

2. New Objective DEF

3. New Objective GHI

4. New Objective JKL

5. New Objective MNO

6. New Objective PQR

Lower

Before Presenting to your GO Team: Insert the School’s Ranked Strategic Objectives:

**See email from GO Team Office with tools to help your GO Team rank your

objectives.**

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Action on the

Strategic Plan Objectives Ranking

The GO Team needs to TAKE ACTION (vote) on its ranked Strategic Plan Objectives. After the motion and a second, the GO Team may have additional discussion. Once discussion is concluded, the GO Team will vote.

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Principals

If you would like to discuss your FY27 Budget Allocation with your GO Team insert the “Optional Budget Allocation” slides from the section at the end of the deck here and update them with your school’s information.

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What’s Next?

FY26 Budget Allocation

  • February
    • GO Team Feedback Meeting(s) February
      • GO Team Takes Action (votes) on draft budget before the

principal’s staffing conference

    • Cluster Superintendent Review
    • HR Staffing Conferences (February 23– February 27)
  • March
    • Final GO Team Approval Meeting- AFTER your school’s

Staffing Conference and BEFORE Friday, March 13

      • GO Team Takes Action (votes) on final budget recommendation before March 13

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Questions?

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Information Items

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Principal’s Report

CCRPI

Results (if not previously discussed)

Cluster Advisory Team Report (if not previously discussed)

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Principal’s

Report

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Principals

Add slides as necessary to cover your school's 2025 CCRPI results with your GO Team, if you haven’t previously shared the information.

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Before Presenting to your GO Team: Insert as many slides as necessary to highlight items pertinent to your school and community as part of the principal report; or use this time to speak to items specific to your stakeholders

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Cluster Advisory Team Report

  • Charter System Renewal
  • FY27 Budget Preparation
  • Attendance

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Announcements

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Thank you

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FY27 Budget Development Process:

FY27 Budget Allocation

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FY 27 GO Team Budget Development Process Timeline

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Step 1 Finalize Strategic Plan & Rank Objectives

Step 2 District-wide Budget Allocation Meeting

January 2026

Step 3 Principals & Assoc. Supt. Discussions

Step 4* GO Team Feedback Mtg.

Completed February 2026 (BEFORE STAFFING CONFERENCE)

Step 5 Associate Supt.

Review

Step 6 Principals HR Staffing Conferences Begin

February 23-27

Step 7* GO Team Budget Finalization Meeting

Budgets finalized by March 13th

GO Teams are encouraged to have ongoing conversations

* GO Teams will need to take ACTION on the budget at these meetings.

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Budget Allocation Meeting

What

During the this GO Team meeting the principal will provide an

overview of the school's budget.

Why

This meeting provides an opportunity for the principal and GO Team to ensure alignment on the school’s key strategic priorities, gain a deeper understanding of the budget and position allocations, and gather input to drive the development of the draft budget.

When

January 2026

FY26 Budget Allocation

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FY27 Budget Development Process

FY26 Budget Allocation

Principal’s Role

  • Design the budget and propose operational changes that can raise student achievement
  • Formulate strategies, implement and manage them at the school

level

  • Focus on the day-to-day operations
  • Serve as the expert on the school
  • Hire quality instructional and support personnel
  • Collaborate with the GO Team on the use of school-level

flexibility for position allocations

The GO Team’s Role

  • Focus on the big picture (positions and resources, not people)
  • Ensure that the budget is aligned to the school’s mission and vision and that resources are allocated to support key strategic priorities
  • Collaborate with the Principal on the use of school-level flexibility for position allocations

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Before Presenting to your GO Team: Insert the School’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan Use this form to submit the components of your plan into a form

that will populate a template customized with your school’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan information.

See email from the GO Team Office for additional information.

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2026-2027 Strategic Plan Objectives Ranking

  • Insert the school’s objectives from Higher to Lower

Higher

1. New Objective ABC

2. New Objective DEF

3. New Objective GHI

4. New Objective JKL

5. New Objective MNO

6. New Objective PQR

Lower

Before Presenting to your GO Team: Insert the School’s Ranked Strategic Objectives:

**See email from GO Team Office with tools to help your GO Team rank your

objectives.**

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FY 27 Budget Parameters

FY26 Ranked School Priorities

Rationale

Maintain lower class sizes in the primary years by funding parapros in 1st and second grade

47% mobility rate requires a great deal of teacher attention to students who enter our school throughout the

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year – many of which are below level

aximize wrap around services ie: This continues to be a need for our Nurse, SSW, Counseling students, but we need to look closely

at maximizing our budget to make this work.

rease Reading/Lexiles and writing Data indicates that students who have

f 3rd – 5th grade students. How can been with us for more than one year we restructure our program to have greater performance levels than

achieve this? students who are transient. With 47%

of our students coming and going, there is a need to target these students.

Before Presenting to your GO

Team:

Update with Your Team's

Priorities and Rationale

o Use as many slides as necessary

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FY26 Budget Allocation

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FY 27 Budget Parameters

and/or enrichment.

Utilize data to meet the Ensure that students are

individual needs of students. receiving maximized

opportunities for achievemen and remediation daily

FY26 School Priorities

Rationale

Maximize the intervention block

daily

Dedicated time for students to

receive specific interventions

Before Presenting to your GO Team:

Update with Yo Priorities and

ur Team's Rationale

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Use as many slides as necessary

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FY26 Budget Allocation

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Discussion of Budget Allocation

FY26 Budget Allocation

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Executive Summary

This budget represents an investment plan for our school’s

students, employees and the community as a whole.

The budget recommendations are tied directly to the school’s

strategic vision and direction.

The proposed budget for the general operations of the school

are reflected at $

This investment plan for FY27 accommodates a student population that is projected to be students, which is a increase/decrease of students from FY26.

Before Presenting to your GO Team: Update with the Your School's Information

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School Allocation Tab Overview

The Allocation Tab has 3 tables that show the allocations for FY27, FY26, and the Change in each area. This helps you understand how our school earned funds and positions for FY27 in comparison to FY26, and how changes in each line impact our overall school budget.

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(School name) SSF Allocations

FY26 Budget Allocation

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(School name) Additional Earnings

FY26 Budget Allocation

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Where We’re Going

During our next meeting the principal will present the proposed FY27 Budget for feedback and discussion.

Let the principal or the Chair know of any additional information you need for our next discussion.

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