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2022-2023 State Assessments Reviews for 2023-2024 Budget Considerations
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District:506 Labette County
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Based upon your schools Needs Assessment and State Assessment results, please identify the following:
(A) The barriers that must be overcome for each student to achieve grade level proficiency on assessments
(B) The budget actions that should be taken to address and remove those barriers
(C) 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.
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Jessie Foister8/14/2023
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Board PresidentDate
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SchoolGrades Served(A)Barriers Related to Student Needs(B) Budget Actions(C) Time for students to AchieveBoard Rationale/Comments
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Altamont Grade SchoolPreK-81. Increasing levels of social emotional challenges presented to us at earlier ages, (PreK, K, 1,2)
2. High levels of poverty and free and reduced lunch status are on the rise
3. More children coming to school or currently in school with high levels of exposure to trauma (ACES)
4. Lack of appropriate Special Education funding for our most needy children which in return causes us limited support
5. More families and students are considered to be At-Risk.
6. One test does not define how a student's academic success. 		1. Continue to allocate funding, for retaining highly qualified certified staff and classified staff.
2. Consider allocating more funding for Special Education so our most needy children are recieving the supports that they need.
3.Continue to allocate funding, at the current level, for programs and resources that identify the needs addressed
4. Continue to build relationships without outside agencies and organizations that address the barriers and needs identified in this report. 		KSDE Goal for All USD's is as follows:

75% of students will achieve level 3 or 4 by 2030. Seventy percent of jobs require students to obtain post-secondary education.		USD 506 Board of Education has decided to work towards KSDE's goal of 75% or more students obtaining level 3 or 4 on state assessments.
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Bartlett Grade SchoolK-81. A barrier that that must be overcome daily is the individual social emotional needs of the student. This test is a snapshot of their knowledge and depending on their current circumstances that can greatly impact their scores.
2. Adequate staffing of our paraprofessionals in order to meet intervention needs. Our tiered support system only works if we have adequate and well-trained staff.
3. Transient student population plays a role in skewed data as well. Each year we have kids move in and test that we have not had the opportunity to teach adequately.
4. Large population of at-risk families.
 1. Continuing to look for ways to retain qualified staff.
2. Fully funded special education budget from the state in order meet the needs of all kids.
3. Working with outside agencies to help with mental health issues that can overwhelm our students and staff.
4. Continuing partnerships that allow for counselors to work with more students at school.
KSDE Goal for All USD's is as follows:

75% of students will achieve level 3 or 4 by 2030. Seventy percent of jobs require students to obtain post-secondary education.		USD 506 Board of Education has decided to work towards KSDE's goal of 75% or more students obtaining level 3 or 4 on state assessments.
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Edna Grade SchoolPreK-81. The students’ social and emotional needs must be met first before academic learning is possible.
2. We need to be able to hire the best and most qualified teachers and support staff. It has been difficult to hire new staff when staff retire or leave for a better paying job.
3. We have students who enroll in the middle of the school year with learning gaps. It is tough to cover the material, provide support and be ready for state assessment or our benchmark assessment.
4. Speical Education-We need more support for special education students. These students have been identified with needing support. Special education staff need to be trained and supported.
5. Absenteeism- We have a high level of absenteeism. Attendance needs to be a priority with families.
6. Assessment- We can’t continue to measure success with one assessment.
7.Adequate staffing of our paraprofessionals in order to meet intervention needs. Our tiered support system only works if we have adequate and well-trained staff.		1. Counsleors-We need adequate funding for counselors and nurses at every school to support the social and emotional needs of students and student health assessment.
2. Fully funded special education budget from the state in order meet the needs of all kids.
3. Students enrolling in our schools with significant gaps in their learning. We need adequate funding for teachers and staff to be trained and ready to support tier student learning.
4. Our Preschools need adequate funding that allows all Preschool students the opportunity to attend school.
5. Continuing to look for ways to retain qualified staff.		KSDE Goal for All USD's is as follows:

75% of students will achieve level 3 or 4 by 2030. Seventy percent of jobs require students to obtain post-secondary education.		USD 506 Board of Education has decided to work towards KSDE's goal of 75% or more students obtaining level 3 or 4 on state assessments.
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Meadow View Grade SchoolPreK-8Meadow View does very well on the Kansas State Assessments, we are above the state average in every category every year. We can still increase the # of students who reach levels 3 and 4. When we review the assessment scores each school year, we look for trends and needs that need to be addressed. One of the barriers is making sure students take the assessments seriously. We cannot give a grade or any incentives for the studnets to do their best work. Another barrier is that 10% of our students taking the test had not been at our school for even one year, several came for about 3 weeks, just long enough to take the assessment at Our School and then transfer out. We did not have time to do much instruction, before the students take the assessment and the scores are recorded from our school. That does not seem fair.Fully fund K-12 schools and SPED. Our special education students have been identified as having a learning disability. However they are still required to take the regular assessments with no accomodations, even though they are written in their IEP. Teachers feel frustrated, because even if some of their students do their very best, a 1 or a 2 is the top score they can receive. Students have to have such a severe disability to qualify for the DLM, that those are a very few.KSDE Goal for All USD's is as follows:

75% of students will achieve level 3 or 4 by 2030. Seventy percent of jobs require students to obtain post-secondary education.		USD 506 Board of Education has decided to work towards KSDE's goal of 75% or more students obtaining level 3 or 4 on state assessments.
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Mound Valley Grade SchoolPreK-81. Social / Emotional-The students’ social and emotional needs have to be met before achieving academic learning. Students need support for self-regulation.
2. Hire and retention- We need to be able to hire the best and most qualified teachers and support staff. It has been difficult to hire new staff when staff retire or leave for a better paying job.
3. Transient families- We have students who enroll in the middle of the school year with learning gaps. It is tough to cover the material, provide support and be ready for state assessment or our benchmark assessment.
4. Speical Education-We need more support for special education students. These students have been identified with needing support. Special education staff need to be trained and supported.
5. Absenteeism- We have a high level of absenteeism. Attendance needs to be a priority with families.
6. Assessment- We can’t continue to measure success with one assessment.
7. Professional Development-We need continued training in the science of reading and math. Ongoing training and support for staff who work with students during tier interventions.
1. Counsleors-We need adequate funding for counselors and nurses at every school to support the social and emotional needs of students and student health assessment.
2. Special Education-We need adequate funding to support special education students and teachers.
3. Professional Development- We have students enrolling in our schools with gaps in their learning. We need adequate funding for teachers and staff to be trained and ready to support tier student learning.
4. Preschool- We need adequate funding that allows all Preschool students the opportunity to attend school.
5. Funding- We must have adequate funding from outside agencies to address these needs.
KSDE Goal for All USD's is as follows:

75% of students will achieve level 3 or 4 by 2030. Seventy percent of jobs require students to obtain post-secondary education.		USD 506 Board of Education has decided to work towards KSDE's goal of 75% or more students obtaining level 3 or 4 on state assessments.
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Labette County High School9-121. Employing and retaining teachers highly trained in their specific content area at the secondary level.
2. Addressing that a specific score does not define “successful” at the secondary level.
3. Family economic barriers that directly impact the exposure our students have to higher level concepts, discussions and ways of thinking.
4. Drug and alcohol addiction along with a dysfunctional family setting, keep our students under constant high stress mode, directly impacting their functional ability to learn.
1. Keep funding focused on retaining qualified educators
2. Increase opportunity by funding education beyond the classrooms and doors, such as
Trips, concerts and museums.
3. If funding would allow having a community/family liaison for the district to assist in helping families improve in all and meet needs that they may not be aware of.
4. Maintaining relationships with all resources beyond the school buildings and supporting those that our students see as important.
KSDE Goal for All USD's is as follows:

75% of students will achieve level 3 or 4 by 2030. Seventy percent of jobs require students to obtain post-secondary education.		USD 506 Board of Education has decided to work towards KSDE's goal of 75% or more students obtaining level 3 or 4 on state assessments.
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