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North Clackamas budget committee hears plan to scale literacy, mental-health supports; district announces $950,000 summer-school grant
Summary
District leaders told the budget committee they direct roughly 5% of the budget to targeted programs—Measure 98 and the Student Investment Account—to expand counselors, coaches and tutoring. Assistant Superintendent Yvonne Dibley said the district was awarded $950,000 for summer school and will keep next-year staffing ratios consistent.
Assistant Superintendent Yvonne Dibley told the North Clackamas School District budget committee that the district allocates a small, targeted portion of its budget to programs intended to drive student outcomes and equity, and announced the district had been awarded a $950,000 state grant for summer school.
"This is the opportunity'one of many'that [educators] have to show the really excellent and exciting things that are going on in the district," Dibley said, introducing the district's instructional leadership team.
The presentation framed spending around three questions—what funds exist, what we use them for, and how that work changes outcomes. District leaders said targeted streams such as the Student Investment Account (SIA) and Measure 98 (High School Success) make up about 5% of the district's total budget but are held to a rigorous return-on-investment review.
Dr. Patricia Ahrens, executive director of elementary programs, said elementary priorities are literacy and school-improvement funds used to sharpen school plans and focus on reading, math and…
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