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Chancellor Avenue School

Core Values:

Respect, Responsibility, Reflection, and Resiliency

Mr. Kashon Lopes, Principal

Dr. Shelly Caldwell, VP

Mrs. Angela Larwa-Sussner, VP

Ms. Kelly Mitchell, VP

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February 15, 2024

March 7, 2024

CHANCELLOR AVENUE SCHOOL

School Budget Community Meeting

FY 2024-25

Kashon Lopes, Principal

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After completing NPS Clarity 2020, a one-year strategic plan designed to assess the learning of the past twenty-three years under state operation, we launched our ten-year strategic plan under local control – The Next Decade 2020-30. This is the nation’s first ever ten-year strategic plan.

As a result of this work, the district created the following Mission Statement, “Our mission is to deliver an academically rigorous and culturally responsive instructional program that prepares every student for success and builds knowledge, strengthens character, cultivates ingenuity, and fosters leadership”, Vision Statement, “Our vision is to build a new educational ecosystem that provides a world-class education for every child in Newark.”

The District’s 5 Core Values are:

Children at the Center

Every child is a genius and it is our responsibility to keep their dreams and needs at the center of all decisions.

Commitment to Excellence

We commit to continual, strategic, innovative, and research-based improvement in order to demonstrate excellence at all levels of the organization.

Reciprocal Relationships

We provide opportunities for impactful collaboration within and beyond the organization resulting in student success.

Cultivating Agency

We empower students to become advocates for themselves and for others.

Equity

We disrupt and rebuild every practice, policy, resource distribution, and system that may act as a barrier to opportunities for all.

Describe the District’s Logic Model:

List the twelve keys. Highlight the key “Parent, Families, Students, Community” and let everyone in the room know how important they are to the strategy. The game changers are listed on the right hand side of the logic model. They are designed to provide opportunities and experiences for your child to always be two steps ahead. While a lot is underway to set a new course of education reform in Newark for the next ten years, here is where we are now in our school to get there.

The ultimate goal of the ten-year strategic plan is create a new educational ecosystem in Newark. We will become an organization that researches, reflects, and responds based upon needs. As your child progresses through our school system, incredible opportunities will equip him or her with the necessary skills to reinvest, reinvigorate, and return to Newark transforming this city in the next decade and beyond. The Next Decade 2020-30 Strategic Plan has two distinct highlights. The first occurs before each child enters school. While it is required in Newark to begin school at age 3, the ten-year strategic plan emphasizes that our work needs to begin when the child is in the womb. Partnerships are underway with the Health Department and local hospitals to provide this new service to families. The second highlight takes place after graduating from high school. Each graduate will be assigned a mentor who will monitor their progress until they secure a career, whether after high school or college.

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Where does the revenue come from & where does it go?

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Where does the money come from?

How is it spent?

Salaries

Benefits

Non-Salary

Out of District

Charter Aid

Schools and Student Support

Central Office (Admin/Ops)

<8% of Expenses

State Aid

Local Tax Levy

Other Rev.

How much of it directly supports schools?

$1,332.3M

Centralized student / schools supports; such as Facilities, Transportation, CSTs, Special Ed Services, etc.

Amount Allocated Directly to Schools and Controlled by Principals

$978.5M

$1,332.3M

$935.7M

[Read the title of the slide and reference the columns as outlined in these notes]. It is important to note that the fiscal budget for the district is approximately $1 Billion. Student enrollment is the driving force behind receiving more funds. The more students in our schools, the more money allocated to better serve students in our schools. The column to the far left represents the total revenues that the district received for this current fiscal year. [Read all three sections and the amount allocated to each]. The second column is the General Fund Expense, which breaks down how the money was distributed or spent. [Read all five sections and the amount allocated to each]. The third column represents what the Charter Schools are receiving, which is approximately one-third of the district’s entire budget. The gray color represents less than 8% of the expenses cover the central office staff. The orange section is the total portion of funds that go directly to supporting the students of this district. The last column breaks down the funds that directly support the students. The yellow section represents dollars that supports the functioning of the schools like facilities and transportation, but is not controlled by the schools. The green section is the actual money that goes directly to the schools. Based on projected student enrollment for next school year, how much money was directly allocated to our school?

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Based on projected student enrollment figures for school year 2024-25:

$6,221,880

is allocated to fund our school.

Chancellor Avenue School

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Mission & Vision

Mission: Chancellor Avenue School ensures all students (leaders) the opportunity to succeed in ways that will allow them to choose their life’s path and desired occupation with an equitable opportunity to attend college. We will achieve this by implementing the CAS pillars that include fostering a school-wide college-going culture, focusing on 21st Century themes, skills, and applications, creating a motivational and supportive environment, and modeling as well as developing the core values of respect, responsibility, reflection, and resiliency.

Vision: Chancellor Avenue School inspires our community to be respectful, responsible, reflective, and resilient leaders with the power to choose their life’s path.

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Facts About Our School

Enrollment: 470 students (K-8) and 149 (PK3/PK4).

Attendance: Currently our year to date attendance is 90.68%

Student Achievement:

School moved from COMPREHENSIVE to TARGETED on the state’s focus list.
This means that our school is on a positive trajectory but we just need to focus on a key population or group of students.

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Successes This Year

Added new furniture to the science lab.
Added new furniture to the library.
Added new furniture to classrooms:
Redesigned several classrooms: 106, 205, and 302.

Lower Level Classrooms (001, 002, 003, 004)
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 205, 206, 306, 314, 304, 314, 313, 306, 305, 304, 303, 302, 309, 310, 301
Painted the back and front hallways

Installed 8 new high definition cameras and 1 monitor.
Fixed several infrastructural issues including leaks in the building.
Installed new energy efficient lights throughout the building/hallways.
Ordered over $100,000 worth of books for our classroom libraries.
Brought back our school library and stocked it with books/resources for students and staff.
Laundry Room

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Goals for School Year 2024-25

Increase average daily attendance to 93% or higher.
Increase our Literacy scores in Reading according to the NWEA MAP assessment and NJSLA Assessment.
Increase our mathematics scores according to the NWEA MAP assessment and NJSLA Assessment.

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These are the number of General Education classroom teachers we budgeted based on projected student enrollment for each grade for school year 2024-25:

Grade Level	Number of Teachers
PK	10
K	4
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2

General Education

*Every Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Classroom will be assigned a teacher aide

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These are the number of ESL teachers we budgeted based on projected student enrollment for each grade for school year 2024-25:

Grade Level	Number of ESL Teachers
K-4	1
5-8	1

Bilingual Education

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These are the number of Special Education classroom teachers we budgeted based on projected student enrollment for each grade for school year 2024-25:

Grade Level	Number of Teachers	Type of Programs
K/1	1	LDM
2/3	1	LDM
4	1	LDM
5	1	LDM
6	1	LDM
7	1	LDM
8	1	LDM
PK	1	RCI
K-2	1	RCI
3-5	1	RCI
6-8	1	RCI

Special Education

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Specialty Teachers

These are the Specialty Teachers we budgeted for school year 2024-25:

Specialty Teacher	Number of Teachers
Art	2
Music	2
Physical Education	2
STEAM	1
World Language	1

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��Salaries��The salaries for my administration, all of our teachers and support staff, stipends for every club, sport, and co-curricular activity before, during and after school, as well as substitute teachers at our school are:

$5,942,169

This leaves our school with $279,711 for all other expenses.

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These are the dollars allocated for all other expenses for school year 2024-25:

Category	Amount
Supplies	$81,618
Stipends	$67,271
Before Care	$27,200
Educational Services	$53,000
Other Purchased Services	$10,593
Transportation/Travel	$14,700
Other Goods & Services	$10,593
Textbooks	$2,000

*All is subject to the final budget approval.

All Other Expenses

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Election Day�April 16, 2024

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Additional Thoughts for Consideration