LSAT Meeting Minutes – January 2024

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Attendees:

LSAT

  • Principal Byrd
  • Josh Smith
  • Becky Cook Shyovitz
  • Aaron Schumacher
  • Tiffany Brown
  • Tim Gordon
  • Rebecca Hunt
  • Stacy Larracey

Agenda

  • Scheduling budget feedback meeting
  • Budget priorities and possible scenarios

Notes

  • Budget inputs from Payne community?
    • Becky: There was a board conversation re: aftercare. Advocate for more DCPS aftercare spots? Or out of our control?
  • Josh shares budget documents from last year
    • mid-Feb, schools will get their initial school education, in a doc similar to last year
    • Enrollment figure will come from projection, adjusted by Principal’s input: 402
    • Previous years have included extra “stability funds” – may or may not have this year
    • 3 types of funding: Enrollment-based, targeted support, stability funding
    • Some roles funded based on school size, number of students
    • Includes 21st Century grant for aftercare (for Title 1 schools) – expect at least some (unclear how much)
    • Most flexibility in use of enrollment-based and targeted support funding (also depends on contract requirements, etc.)
    • Title 1 funding
    • Principal Byrd will have some time to allocate all funds into specific budget, then she’ll submit it, leading to publicly available budget document
      • LSAT should advise this process
      • Expected to be submitted before end of Feb
    • LSAT chair has access to DCPS app to submit LSAT comments
      • Can see what Principal Byrd has put into working budget
      • (Not available yet)
    • Next LSAT meeting may need to be moved due to short time available for preparing the budget (to week before Feb 22?)
  • Principal Byrd: Hope to keep things the same, as a starting point
    • Priorities based on student performance, to determine what’s most needed
    • Started two weeks ago: mid-year data collection
    • Will look at trends and what positions are needed to support student growth
  • Josh: What did PTA support that would otherwise have been from budget?
  • Get your auction tickets!
  • Process for inducing snow day: Wear pajamas inside-out, flush three ice-cubes down the toilet, and do a snow dance
    • Very strict adherence required.

Actions

  • Stay flexible for the February budget meeting!