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Local  Control  Funding  Formula  (LCFF)    Community  Engagement  Mee@ng   1

Purpose  of  Today’s  Mee@ng  Redwood  City  School  District  (RCSD)  cares  about  what  the  community  believes  will  have  the  greatest  impact  on  student  achievement.    

Today’s  mee@ng  is  the  first  round  of  RCSD’s  community  outreach  plan  to  gather  feedback  on  priori@es  for  the  Local  Control  Accountability  Plan.      

The  goal  today  is  to  LISTEN  and  to  hear  community  feedback  on  some  target  ques@ons.  We  will  not  come  to  any  firm  decisions  today.  

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RCSD’s  Community  Engagement  Plan  for  LCFF  LCAP  Ac'on   Timing  

Provide  informa@on  to  community   November/December  

Gather  community  input   January/February  

Develop  Local  Control  Accountability  Plan  (LCAP)   February/March  

Solicit  wriSen  comments   March/April  

Present  to  parent  advisory  commiSee  for  comments   March/April  

Respond  to  comments  in  wri@ng   April  

Adopt  plan  in  public  hearing   June  

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Specific  Ac'vi'es:  •  Mee@ng  with  DELAC  on  January  13,  2014  •  Mee@ng  with  staff  and  parent  community  on  January  23,  2014  •  District-­‐wide  electronic  and  paper  survey  end  of  January  

Agenda  for  Mee@ng  

  Introduc@ons    Provide  a  brief  review  of  the  

Local  Control  Funding  Formula    Review  process  for  gathering  

feedback      Small  group  discussion    Priori@ze  feedback    Discuss  next  steps  for  

engagement  

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Norms  for  Mee@ng  

  Listen    Respect  points  of  view    Express  needs  and  priori@es  that  

best  support  student  learning    District  Staff  Role:  

  Listen  

  Facilitators’  Role:    Guide  discussion  to  keep  on  topic    Assure  all  voices  are  heard  

  Pivot’s  Role:    Take  notes    

   

   

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What  is  Local  Control  Funding  Formula  (LCFF)?  •  New  law  signed  by  Governor  Brown  in  June  2013  •  Changes  alloca@on  •  Greater  weight:  

–   High  numbers  of  students  in  poverty  –   English  Language  Learners  –   Foster  students  

•  Requires  Districts  to  align  budget  with  LCFF  priori@es  •  Local  Control  Accountability  Plan  (LCAP)  •  Opportunity  to  define  values  •  Other  budget  considera@ons     6

LCFF  Reality    Does  not  increase  overall  level  of  spending    Does  not  restore  schools  to  2007-­‐08  spending  un@l  at  least  2021  

  Affected  by  California  economic  performance  (impacts  path  to  target)  

  Prop  30  expires  before  target  spending  is  reached  in  2021  

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Local  Control  Accountability  Plan  (LCAP)  Priori@es  

Student Engage-ment

CCSS Imple-menta-tion

Other Student Outcomes

Parental Involve-ment

Course Access

School Climate

Student Achieve-ment

Basic Services

LCFF  is  a  Mul@-­‐Year  Reform  that  Requires  a  Mul@-­‐Year  Approach    

Listening  and  Feedback  Process  for  Today  

 Small  groups   Facilitators  at  each  table   Priori@es   Recorders  

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Ques@ons  to  be  Discussed  Today   Student  Achievement   Student  Engagement   School  Climate   Basic  Services   Common  Core  State  Standards  

Process  for  the  Discussion  

  Facilitators  will  ask  each  ques@on  and  provide  @me  for  individuals  to  provide  their  ideas  

  Recorders  will  take  notes  of  the  discussion    Time  will  be  bounded  for  each  ques@on  to  ensure  that  all  ques@ons  are  addressed  

  Following  a  discussion  of  the  ques@ons,  each  par@cipant  will  be  asked  to  rank  which  areas  are  of  highest  priority  to  them  

Where  will  this  feedback  go?  

February/March  

DRAFT  LCAP  

DELAC  Mee@ng    

Staff  and  Community  Mee@ngs  

District  survey  

District  Priori@es  and  Goals  

Next  Round  of  Community  mee@ngs  to  review  and  refine  the  LCAP  

Let’s  Get  into  Groups    Break  into  groups  and  discuss  the  ques@ons.      Please  try  to  have  the  same  number  of  people  in  each  group.  

  Spanish  transla@on  will  be  available  at  one  table.  

Small Group Discussion

 We  will  be  in  small  groups  for  60  minutes   Please  spend  about  10  minutes  per  ques@on   There  will  be  @me  at  the  end  to  rank  your  priori@es  

Let’s  Priori@ze  the  Feedback  Each  one  of  you  will  have  a  chance  to  priori@ze  the  feedback  that  your  group  provided.     Each  person  will  have  FIVE  red  and  blue  s@cky  dots     Please  place  a  red  s@cky  dot  next  to  the  general  LCFF  priority  area  you  feel  is  most  important—priority  areas  are  bolded.     Please  place  a  blue  s@cky  dot  next  to  the  strategies  below  each  priority  area  that  you  feel  are  most  important.     You  can  place  all  of  your  s@cky  dots  on  one  area,  spread  them  across  five  areas,  or  any  combina@on  you  choose  

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