2013-2014 Board of Education Proposed Budget Book

MATH – GRADES K-12 (CONTINUED)
BUDGET NOTES
The Mathematics budget recognizes the need to comply with federal and state education mandates adopted by the Connecticut State Department of
Education. As such, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics require major adjustments to our current K-12 mathematics
programming. Hence the need for a continuation of our new elementary math program for grades 3 and 4. These text resources also include
multiple enriching web-based technologies for both student use in school and at home and teacher’s daily instruction.
Tier II and Tier III math will be supported with professional development and professional texts that continue our data-driven approach to math
intervention in grades K-12 as well as clear and consistent math intervention protocols, collaboration and communication across all schools.
The increase in the elementary personnel budget is due to hiring a teacher at a higher than anticipated salary, which was partially offset with a
decrease at the middle school level due to the hiring of a teacher at a lower than anticipated salary. Although the high school personnel budget
shows an increase, it does include the reduction of 1.0 FTE.
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