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Needs assessment identifies five budget priorities: compensation, curriculum, staff development, facilities and MTSS
Summary
District staff presented a needs assessment identifying employee compensation, curriculum alignment and resources, professional learning, facilities/technology and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) as budget priorities to guide upcoming budgeting decisions.
District leadership presented a district needs assessment that will inform the board’s upcoming budgeting work. The assessment highlights five recurring priorities: employee compensation; aligning curriculum and adopting resources; staff development and professional learning; facilities and technology investments; and multi-tiered systems of support (interventions).
Staff noted the assessment uses data from the previous school year and that more detailed student-performance metrics (state assessments) typically arrive later in the summer. The district leadership team said these five focus areas will be the lens for allocating funds during the August–September budget process and will help staff and board prioritize resources.
The superintendent said instructional coaches are a recurring need raised by principals though a fuller financial and staffing analysis is required before adding positions. Board members asked which group produced the prioritization; staff said the district leadership team — principals and central-office administrators — synthesized Building Leadership Team input.
The presentation did not request immediate board action but served to signal where resources are likely to be directed in upcoming budget proposals.
