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April Superintendent Newsletter

Winchester CUSD #1 Monthly Newsletter

April 1, 2015

The PARCC Performance Based Assessment (PBA) has been completed.  The PARCC End-of-Year (EOY) testing will begin on April 20th.  A schedule of grade-level testing dates will be determined by mid-April.

The Illinois General Assembly has passed a budget to get the state of Illinois through the rest of the 2015 fiscal year which ends June 30th.  They cut General State Aide by 2.25% which is about half of one GSA payment.  This means we will see about $40,000-$50,000 less in GSA for this year.

The new school funding formula model being proposed at the capital would mean an additional $124,000 in GSA for our district.  However, this will only occur if $500 million in new funding is added to GSA for FY16.  Other models with less new funding would mean a loss in GSA for us.

We received a letter from ISBE concerning the high number of our students with specific learning disabilities.  We are required to complete a disproportionality self-assessment with completion by April 17th. 

The calendar committee has met and has a proposed 2015-16 school calendar for the board to consider at the April meeting.

The Morgan-Scott CEO Program has selected 18 students to become members of the 2015-16 CEO class.

Our emergency day used on March 3rd will be made up on Friday, May 15th.  This leaves us with April 2nd – 6th for Easter Break.

The following motions were approved at the March 10th School Board Meeting:

  1. Adoption of Harassment Policy #394 and Retention Policy #304

  2. Renewal of IHSA & IESA membership

  3. Use of facilities by 6th grade volleyball & summer youth baseball/softball

  4. Personnel actions – 8 teachers RIF’d, 3 teachers reduced in current positions, 7 support staff RIF’d, 12 certified aides RIF’d, 3 teachers granted tenure, 5 non-tenured teachers re-employed (the complete list has previously been posted)

  5. Granted administration permission to employ a part-time student worker

  6. Mike Cockerill as WGS volunteer track coach

  7. Resignation of Laura Dukett as student council advisor