Annual Report to the Public

October 12, 2015

The Beebe School Community, Preparing Every Student

for Success!

The mission of the Beebe Public School District is to utilize all resources in providing learning opportunities, tools, progressive technology and guidance to enable all students to become productive citizens and life-long learners.

School funding is based on the three quarter average enrollment from the previous school year. The three quarter average enrollment for the 2014-2015 school year was 3,245. The current active enrollment in eSchool is 3,284.

The District’s new master plan will be presented in November of 2015.

All projects listed on the 2014-2015 plan have been completed.

All board members fulfilled their training requirements for the 2014-2015 school year. New board members are required to obtain nine hours and veteran board members are required to obtain six hours annually.

The contract with Coca Cola was renewed in October 2013 and will last for five years. The Coke contract began in 2013 and will end in 2018. During the length of the contract, the total received will be approximately $49,475.00.

The athletic expenditures in 2014-2015 were $1,003,019.57. This includes everything coded to athletics: Salaries, benefits, transportation, utilities, and supplies.

The amount required to be spent on the G/T Program in 2014-2015 was $156,575.40. The gifted and talented expenditures were $209,140.74.

The amount required to be spent on Maintenance and Operations in the

2014-2015 was $1,878,904.86. The District

expenditures totaled $2,653,750.31.

The annual accreditation report, the Statement of Assurances report, the G/T report, the Minority Recruitment report, and the Equity Compliance report will be submitted to the Arkansas Department of Education for review by Thursday, October 15.

Beebe Early Childhood (Accredited) Beebe Elementary School (Accredited) Badger Elementary School (Accredited) Beebe Middle School (Accredited-Cited)

Special Education on ALP 2nd Year; the current teacher has all certification requirements.

Beebe Junior High (Accredited) Badger Academy (Accredited) Beebe High School (Accredited-Cited)

Library Media Specialist on ALP 2nd Year; the current teacher has all certification requirements.

Beebe Early Childhood – Needs Improvement

Beebe Elementary School – Needs Improvement

Badger Elementary School – Needs Improvement

Beebe Middle School – Needs Improvement

Beebe Junior High School – Needs Improvement

Badger Academy – Needs Improvement

Beebe High School – Needs Improvement

District – Needs Improvement

(ACSIP Plans) have been submitted for the 2015-2016 school year. The priorities for the six school plans and the district plan include improvement in the areas of mathematics, literacy, ELL, and wellness.

Funds are used to support Title I Programs in:

Beebe Early Childhood

Beebe Elementary

District/Pre-K

These funds provide supplemental services to improve student achievement in pre-kindergarten through grade 4. Students who are in need of extra help to reach grade level academic standards are provided assistance by federally funded, highly qualified teachers and highly qualified instructional assistants. Title I funds also provide additional professional development and professional materials for teachers, student materials and supplies, technology hardware and software for students and teachers, tutoring, parent involvement activities and materials, and assistance to homeless students.

Five percent (5%) of the total Title I budget has been set aside to meet the requirement for professional development activities.

Funds were set aside for student welfare (homeless students) as required by Title I guidelines.

Districts that receive over $500,000.00 in Title I allocations must designate 1% for parent involvement activities. Of this year’s allocation ($623,479.90) 95% of the 1% must be placed in the building budgets. The district exceeded the required set aside amount placing nearly 2% in parent involvement.

Funds may be used district-wide. Funds provide training to assist teachers and administrators in becoming highly qualified, or to provide supplemental training opportunities to further enhance instructional practices.

Teachers and administrators are encouraged to pursue college coursework toward advanced degrees. In return, employees receive tuition reimbursement from Title II-A funds up to 10 successfully completed courses.

A district literacy specialist assists K-12 staff with continuous and current literacy curriculum training throughout the school year and during the summer.

Title II-A funds are also used to recruit teachers for our district, especially in high-need areas where there are a limited numbers of applicants.

Funds are used to address the educational needs of low performing students. Instructional assistants provide support for students below grade level and offer the use of technology as an instructional strategy for addressing their needs. Funds will also be used to provide student materials.