Muncie Community Schools Update for
Muncie Rotary
Delivered to the Muncie Noon RotaryAugust 9, 2016
“Schools are the bedrock of our Democracy”
Dale Basham at MCS United Way Breakfast, 10/2/2015
Major Goals for 2017• Implement our community-based Strategic Plan
Move towards a more personalized and digitally-rich instructional program
Improve the variety and rigor of our curriculum Create and strengthen the partnerships necessary to ensure our
students are ready to learn each day and families are able to be supportive of learning
Address our fiscal and facilities issues Better engage the public Begin to develop a coherent corporation-wide professional development
program • Improve student achievement• Ensure all students and staff are safe and secure
Improve student achievementEncourage more instructional leadership at the department level
Investigate additional areas for partnership with Ivy Tech and BSU
Encourage computer science opportunities at all levels
Continue to work to reduce absenteeism and discipline issues
Investigate ways to reduce failures and retention
Encourage extra-curricular participation
Ensure all students and staff are safe and secure
Try to identify grant funding to provide more full time law enforcement officers on site
Continue to review plans and practice for potential emergencies
Expand PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports); ties in nicely with JDAI
2016-2017 The Year of Partnerships?
• Building relationships with Meridian and Centerstone Mental Health providers to provide more in school support for children and their families
• Muncie Public Library, to provide one unified community-wide library catalog
• Looking for grant funding to partner more effectively with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office
• Beginning to develop a partnership with MPL and BSU to reconstitute the MCHS broadcasting program
• Providing office space for TeenWorks’ academic support person at MCHS• Providing space for a weekly Whitely Community Food Pantry at the
MACC beginning in September
Some Nuts & Bolts Goals for 2017•Upgrade our infrastructure • Review our administrative procedures•Develop an accurate line item budget for all funds • Select new financial and HR management software • Clean up our student data and improve our reporting and student records management
Preschool Programming• Trying to build a partnership local pre-school to
double pre-school seats
• Working with Sue Errington, BY5, BSU and others to get Pre-K legislation
• Proposing new programs at Storer and Grissom by January 1, 2017
• Hoping to have pre-school in all elementary buildings before 2020
Universal Breakfast• In partnership with Chartwells, our food service provider
ALL children may eat breakfast for free at Grissom, Longfellow, Sutton and Southside Middle School
• Plan to expand the pilot to other schools after Labor Day
• Ultimately, all children in grades K-8 will have access to a free breakfast every day Day 1 Day 2 Day 30
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Minority Employment
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Delaware Co. Ave.
6.5
6.7
6.9
7.1
7.3
7.5
7.7
7.9
7.1 7.2
6.9 6.9
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7.7 7.8
Dual Credit
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20170
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
153194 214
278
438
631
# of Students
# of Students
Student Discipline Issues
2014 2015 20160
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1162 1169
9699371010
517
133201
11893 59 62
Discipline Issues CPS ContactsProbation Referrals Arrests
Overall MCS discipline incidents were down over 20% last year
First decrease in several years
Probation referrals were down 42% for the same period
MCS Kindergarten and First Grade Retention Data
2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017
0102030405060708090
100
41 41 6027
43 44 35
19
Kindergarten First Grade
Finances: Calendar Year; General Fund Revenue v. Expenses
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015$40,000,000.00
$42,000,000.00
$44,000,000.00
$46,000,000.00
$48,000,000.00
$50,000,000.00
$52,000,000.00
$54,000,000.00
$56,000,000.00
$58,000,000.00
$60,000,000.00Operating Revenue
MCS will need to reduce costs by at least $11.5 million
$5.7 million completed
Many collectively bargained items left to address
Looking for additional revenue streams
Indiana Department of Education and State Board of Accounts have requested that MCS develop and
implement a deficit reduction plan in April 2016
Health Insurance Benefit Costs as % of State Funding
Blackford County
Cowan Daleville Delware Community
Kokomo Marion MCS Richmond Wes-Del Yorktown0
5
10
15
20
25
9.7
12.9
8.8
13.7 13.6 12.7
20.6
12.9
7.7
10.8
2015
Failure Rates at the Secondary Level
Semester 1, 2014 Semester 2, 2015 Semester 1, 2015 Semester 2, 20160
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10
15
20
25
30
35
19.5
13.4 14.3 14.4
24 24
13 1414.8
31.5
11 10.9
NMS SMS MCHS
2015 Tax Cap LossesCircuit Breaker As % of Total Levy
Muncie Yorktown Wes-Del Delaware Daleville Liberty-Perry Cowan0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
4543.66
13.59
4.282.45 1.43 0.85 0.1
Areas of Concern from 2016 State of the School Address
• Kindergarten Readiness• Failure rates at the secondary level are too high• Graduation rate isn’t 100%• Graduates need to have a career path and a plan to get there• Need for more support services; particularly mental health support for our
children and families• Long term facilities planning & renovation needs; rebuild our technology
infrastructure • Need for a strong digitally-based curriculum• Need to hire and retain the best possible educators and support staff who are
reflective of our community• Need to live within our budget
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