|
|
|
|
|
Meeting Date:
|
1/23/2018 - 6:00 PM
|
|
Category:
|
ITEMS OF BUSINESS
|
|
Type:
|
Info
|
|
Subject:
|
1. Report with Possible Action Regarding Community Engagement and Outreach Efforts
|
|
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
|
Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement
|
|
Attachments
|
|
|
File Attachment:
|
|
|
Background:
|
The first meeting of the Committee on Strategic Planning and Budget regarding the FY19 budget process was held on November 28, 2017. As a result, the MPS community began the process of defining budget parameters and high-leverage strategies to be used in the planning and development of the 2018-19 (FY19) budget. At that time, identifying methods of getting community input and participation in the budget process was discussed. Because community feedback is a critical piece in further refining the major initiatives that the FY19 budget will include, a number of approaches to engage the community and gather this feedback have been identified. These include, but are not limited to:
• Developing a community survey;
• Canvassing neighborhoods;
• Attending district events/locations with high family and community attendance;
• Implementing Community Conversations;
• Communicating through business partners;
• Social Media Venues; and
• Budget updates provided at the monthly District Advisory Council (DAC), school leader, and parent coordinator meetings.
The Community Survey was designed for online, backpack, and canvassing style engagement. Participation has been steady with more than 4,000 responses recorded as of January 9, 2018. Parent coordinators assisted at the school level by promoting the survey, encouraging parents/community members to take the survey and providing paper copies for those who preferred that format. Canvassers brought the survey to neighborhoods throughout the city and locations with high family and community attendance, such as recreational sites, malls, grocery stores and MPS events. The survey remains open.
To include as many voices as possible in shaping the district's work for FY19 and beyond, the Community Conversations model will be launched in late January. In this model, outreach will be expanded to engage the community in venues where families frequent such as coffee shops, theaters, libraries and community centers. Topics will be broad, but will be facilitated with a fiscal lens. Neighborhoods and community groups will be encouraged to gather input from their members around the topics and share the conversations with the district.
The Administration will provide regular updates on the collective efforts of the MPS community to gather feedback from our stakeholders.
|
|
Fiscal Impact Statement:
|
|
|
Implementation and Assessment Plan
:
|
|
|
Recommendation:
|
|
|
Approvals:
|
|
Recommended By:
|
|
Signed By:
|
|
|
Thomas Conjurski - Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
Signed By:
|
|
|
Dr. Darienne Driver - Superintendent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|