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Levies 2019 Community Meetings

September 12, 13, 20, 24, and 25, 2018
Levies 2019 Community Meetings
Agenda
Welcome/Introductions/PowerPoint presentation
– Operations Levy planning
– Building Excellence V (BEX V) Capital Levy planning including
technology

Staff answers attendees’ questions from Question

Cards
Questions/Comments by attendees at the Microphone
– (1 minute each)

Poster board stations/individual time with staff

members
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Levies 2019 Community Meetings
Meeting Outcomes
Operations Levy
• Provide you with better understanding of how school funding has changed
and key priorities that are funded by the Operations Levy

BEX V Capital Levy

Capital building projects:
• Inform you of the current situation and how we determine projects under
consideration
• Ask what other priorities the community has that should be used in
recommending projects to the School Board
Technology:
• Inform on how capital levy supports technology
• Ask what your priorities for technology funding are

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Operations Levy Planning

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 Is K-12 Fully Funded?
• NO. While good progress was made, schools are not yet
fully funded.

• Much of the funding for the increase came from reducing

local levies and increasing state property taxes.

• Seattle taxpayers will see higher taxes beginning in 2018,

with lower taxes in 2019.

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 Where does the money come from?
Five major resource categories: Five major resource categories:

• State, • State,
• Local Levy • Local Levy
• Federal • Federal
• Other Revenue, and • Other Revenue, and
• Other Resources • Other Resources

Totaling $1.0 billion for the 2018- Totaling $1.0 billion for the
2019 budget. 2018-2019 budget.

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Direct Services and Support Services

The entire district budget is

dedicated to advancing the
strategic goal of providing
educational excellence and
equity to every student.

We recognize that some portions

of the budget provides direct
services to students in the school
building, while other services
provide support to the people
working in the schools.

The district is committed to

ensuring that the majority of the
budget should provide direct
services to our students.

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 Seattle Public Schools and
City of Seattle Education Levies

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Budget Outlook Summary for School
Years 2018-19 through 2021-22

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 SPS Levy under HB2242
$2,500 per pupil cap beginning in calendar year 2019

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 Special Education
Remaining Gap in State Basic Education Funding

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Basic Education is NOT Fully Funded
Here are some (not all) areas that are not fully
funded
• Special education, $2,500 gap per pupil statewide
• Gap in classified and certificated admin (i.e. principal) compensation
• Nurses — state allocates 9
• Family Support Workers — state allocates 6.5
• Counselors — state allocates 39 for grades K-6
• Social workers — state allocates 3.7
• Psychologists — state allocates 1.5
• Lower class sizes for grades 4 through 12 — state allocates 27:1 for
grades 4-6
• Principals/Asst. Principals — state allocates for 163
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Building Excellence V (BEX V)
Capital Levy Planning

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 BEX V Capital Levy Planning
Current Situation
Seattle Public Schools continues to grow
• 8,000 additional students in past 10 years
• 104 school buildings
• Opened 15 new or modernized schools since 2014 (BEX IV)
• Have modernized and opened most closed buildings
• Using non-classroom space for classrooms in many schools
• Projections for continued growth
• Need to add more classroom and support space by
renovating, building additions or building new schools

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 BEX V Capital Levy
Planning Process
• Collect and review enrollment data and projections
• Review and evaluate facilities conditions
• Community input/feedback
• School Board sets priorities specifically for BEX V Capital Levy
• Review and collect additional data; review community input
• Develop initial list of potential projects and cost projections
• Refine project list and cost projections
• Community feedback on recommended projects
• Submit recommendations and community feedback to School Board
• School Board votes on final levy package (projects and amount) 15
 BEX V Capital Levy
Planning Update
• April through September 2018 — community meetings
and home language focus groups; levy and contact
information posted on district website
• May 2018 — School Board adopted BEX V Guiding
Principles
• June 2018 — School Board created a task force to review
elements of the district’s Facilities Master Plan update in
order to guide the levy planning
• August 2018 — School Board work session to discuss the
proposed levy projects, Facilities Master Plan Task Force
recommendations, and potential levy rates

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Facilities Master Plan Task Force
• Task force of 20 community members met 5 times
in July and August
• Currently preparing final recommendations for the
School Board on:
– Capacity analysis and future capacity needs
– Validation of scoring criteria to prioritize potential BEX V
levy projects

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Scoring and Relative Ranking of
Proposed Projects
Task Force evaluated the scoring criteria for proposed
projects using the Board Guiding Principles:
– Equity Tier
– Health, Safety, and Security
– Educational Adequacy
– Building Conditions
– Right Size Capacity
• Scores have been developed for each category based on the
criteria from the task force
• The Seattle School Board is determining how to best combine the
scores while considering racial and educational equity
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 School Board Work Session on
BEX V Levy Planning
• The facility and technology needs are greater than
the dollar amount that can be requested for BEX V
• The Board will use the final scoring criteria to
refine the project list for the levy
• Details of the information presented at the Work
Session on August 22 are provided on the district
website: http://bit.ly/Board-BEXV-Aug22

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 BEX V Capital Levy
Facility Needs Under Consideration
Elementary School Capacity/Condition Projects
Capacity Projects
– John Hay ES — John Muir ES — Olympic View ES
– West Seattle ES — West Woodland ES

Condition Projects
– John Rogers ES — McGilvra ES — Monroe (Salmon Bay K-8)
– Sacajawea ES
Capacity & Condition Projects
– Alki ES — Lafayette ES — Kimball ES
– Montlake ES — North Beach ES — Northgate ES
– Roxhill ES — Viewlands ES — Wedgwood ES

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 BEX V Capital Levy
Facility Needs Under Consideration
Secondary School Capacity/Condition Projects
Capacity Projects
– Madison MS — 12th HS

Condition Projects
– Aki Kurose MS — Washington MS — Whitman MS
– Rainer Beach HS — Ingraham HS — Lincoln HS

Capacity and Condition Projects

– Mercer MS

Interim Site Projects

– Old Van Asselt
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 BEX V Capital Levy
Facility Needs Under Consideration
Building Systems Repairs and Replacements

– Security systems - Plumbing improvements

– Seismic improvements
– Playground equipment
– Fire suppression systems
– Fire alarm systems
– Roofs
– Exterior windows
- Site improvements
- Intercom systems
- HVAC
- Exterior doors
- Exterior cladding

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 BEX V Capital Levy
Facility Needs Under Consideration

Property acquisition
Major preventive maintenance
One-off projects
Academics/athletics needs
• Athletic field replacement
• Student assessment licenses

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BEX V Levy Planning
Information Technology

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Technology aligns to…

District goals
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 Engagement Drives Priorities
• Department Leaders
• Senior Staff
• Teachers/Principals
• School Visits
• Board Work Sessions
• Community Meetings
• Language Groups
• IT Advisory Committee
• Polling
• New Superintendent

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Technology in Capital Funding
• Part of BEX Capital Levy since 2002
• 85% of Department of Technology Services (DoTS)
is funded by Capital Levy funds
• 88.3 DoTS Staff (FTE) funded by Capital Levy funds
at $12M annually
• $12M annually for licensing and maintenance
• Capital Levy funds annual technology operations
on a 3-year cycle
• Capital Levy funds projects and equipment in
schools
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Infrastructure and Systems Projects
• Data Center • Business Systems
• Data Security Upgrade
• Network Modernization • PowerSchool Upgrade
• Physical Security • Digital Transformation
• Staff Computers • Professional Learning
System
• Data Governance and
Visualization

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 Student Learning Input
• Align to Teaching and Learning
• No “1 to 1 program” or ratios but a baseline for all
• Allow for innovation with variety of technology
• Give some autonomy to schools
• Address need Assistive Tech, CTE, STEM, Arts, PE
• Use an Equity lens: More resources where more need
• Don’t have libraries and labs used for testing
• Address classrooms in schools not modernized
• Have a Tech Plan and Research
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 Student Learning Plan
• Maintain baseline of computers with 4-year
replacement cycle centrally managed and funded
• School tech budgets with ITAC and Teaching and
Learning setting guidelines with accountability
• Technology for schools linked to CISP goals and
“Principles of Effective Technology Enabled Learning”
• Address Special Education, assistive tech, ADA
accessibility, CTE, STEM, ELA, and Arts
• Funds for Equity with professional learning focus
• Bring classrooms up-to-date with A/V technology
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 Student Learning
• Student Computers baseline 5,000 annually - $2M
• School Technology Grants
o Elementary - $30,000/school
o Secondary - $100,000/school
• Assistive Technology and CTE - $1M
• Technology at High Need Schools - $3M
• Digital Resources for equity - $1M
• Modernize 625 Classrooms - $15,000/classroom

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BEX V Levy Planning
Next Steps

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 Levies 2019 Planning
Timeline
April – Sept. 2018: Collect community feedback
• April community meetings
• June/September home language focus groups
• September community meetings
• Email feedback
Sept. 26, 2018: School Board Work Session on Levies - refining project
list and costs
October 2018: School Board weighs community feedback and staff
recommendations to develop final levy proposals
November 2018: School Board votes final levy proposals and
authorizes putting them on the February 2019 ballot
February 2019: Special election for the 2019 Operations Levy and the
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Share Your Thoughts and Learn More
• For the BEX V Capital Levy,
email: capitallevy2019@seattleschools.org
• For the Operations Levy, email: budget@seattleschools.org
• For information on the district budget process,
visit: www.seattleschools.org/budget
• For information the 8/22/18 School Board Work Session,
visit: http://bit.ly/Board-BEXV-Aug22
• For information on previous BEX Capital Levies,
visit: bex.seattleschools.org
• For information on Levies 2019 Planning,
visit: www.seattleschools.org/levies2019
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