Funding Summary 2023-2024

Financial Proposal and Report

This report is automatically generated from the approved School Plan (entered in spring of 2023), Amendments, and the LEA's data entry of the School LAND Trust expenditures coming from the Utah Public Education Finance System (UPEFS).

Goal #1

State Goal

Ensuring students' academic success by providing engaging and relevant experiences through the implementation of high-quality instructional and learning opportunities for all students. Increase the percentage of students who obtain proficiency on Rise/ Aspire testing results by 1% and reduce the number of students with failing grades by 5% school-wide during the 2023-2024 school year.

Academic Areaclose

• College and Career Readiness (secondary schools only)
• English/Language Arts
• Fine Arts
• Graduation Rate Increase (secondary schools only)
• Health
• Mathematics
• Physical Education
• Science
• Social Studies
• World Languages

Measurements

Measurements

This is the measurement identified in the plan to determine if the goal was reached.

Data collection and analysis of student digital portfolios, RISE/ Aspire summative testing during the 2023-2024 school year to track academic progress.  Increase the percentage of students who obtain proficiency on Rise/ Aspire testing results by 1% and reduce the total number of failing grades by 5% during the 2023-2024 school year.

Please choose one of the following two options to complete the Measurements section:

1. Explain how academic performance was improved or not, and describe how the before and after measurement data supports the improvement.
2. Explain how academic performance was improved or not, and attach measurement data from before and after plan implementation in the Attachments Section below. (If you choose this option, please put a note in your explanation to "see attached document").

Action Steps

This is the Action Plan Steps identified in the plan to reach the goal.

1. . Two Student Advocates to  support students academically, and help them create a plan for success.   2 X $22,000 ($44,000)
2. Funding a school Website Committee that will add and maintain content/links to our website, with relevant and timely resources specifically for improving instruction and student learning ($2000). 
3. Provide students with extra support, mentoring, and tutoring by teachers before and after school ($5,000).
4. Two Buyouts for English teachers to reduce class sizes $12,500 X 2 ($25,000)

Were the Action Steps (including any approved Funding Changes described below) implemented and associated expenditures spent as described?

Yes

Digital Citizenship/Safety Principles Component

No

Goal #2

State Goal

Create a school-wide system of learning and growth, by creating a comprehensive, consistent, responsive, engaging, and empowering learning environment for all students. This will be accomplished by delivering high-quality instruction through leadership, modeling, advocacy, technology, and collaboration (PLC's). Using specific data from the Utah Aspire Plus and RISE assessments with a focus on increasing student proficiency by 1% in English language arts, math, and science and reducing the total number of failing grades by 5% school-wide during the 2023-2024 school year.

Academic Area

• College and Career Readiness (secondary schools only)
• Educational Technology/Library/Media
• English/Language Arts
• Fine Arts
• Graduation Rate Increase (secondary schools only)
• Health
• Mathematics
• Physical Education
• Science
• Social Studies
• World Languages

Measurements

Measurements

This is the measurement identified in the plan to determine if the goal was reached.

We will use end-of-level RISE/Utah Aspire Plus scores and school pass/fail data to measure and track progress towards an increase in the percentage of students who obtain proficiency on Rise/ Aspire testing results by 1%.

We will collect monthly Collaborative Team agendas to show departmental progress as well as evidence of collaboration and growth.

Teachers will present new information and strategies learned through conferences and collaboration in Collaborative Team Meetings and incorporate those strategies into current practices, lesson plans, assessments, and engagement activities.

Please choose one of the following two options to complete the Measurements section:

1. Explain how academic performance was improved or not, and describe how the before and after measurement data supports the improvement.
2. Explain how academic performance was improved or not, and attach measurement data from before and after plan implementation in the Attachments Section below. (If you choose this option, please put a note in your explanation to "see attached document").

Action Steps

This is the Action Plan Steps identified in the plan to reach the goal.

1. Improve reading comprehension by getting more books into the hands of students through increased printed copies of books, online and mobile devices ($4,000) for additional library books).
2. Provide additional reading curriculum for English Classrooms that align with the core standards. ($4,000)
3. ALEKs licenses will be purchased ($8,000) to help fill in the learning gaps of students who need additional support in math as well as supplement daily instruction. Data will be kept on ALEKs to see improvement in math benchmark and RISE scores.
4. We want to continue being a One to One Chromebook school providing every student with a device. This will continue to improve proficiency in reading, writing, and math by providing access to resources, information, and curriculum to all students. These devices also increase student use of technology, improve, and increase practice/preparation for benchmark and end-of-level tests.  ($38,000)
5. One to One technology supplies and replacement for the continual support and replacement/repair of Chromebooks ($5,000).
6. To increase effective instruction and teacher efficiency, we want to provide 5 Audio Enhancement Systems. $2000 X5 ($10,000)
7. We will use Land Trust money to pay for substitutes for every department to have 2 days (1 day at the beginning of each semester) to collaborate, revisit essential standards, and success criteria, and revise common formative assessments as a department without distractions or interruptions ($6,000). 
8. We will also pay for teachers to attend PLC conferences, content-specific conferences, workshops, and training.  ($10,000).

Were the Action Steps (including any approved Funding Changes described below) implemented and associated expenditures spent as described?

Yes

Digital Citizenship/Safety Principles Component

No

Summary of Estimated Expenditures