District

2019-2020 Goals
 

FINANCE:

1. Explore the development and potential implementation of a self-insured medical benefit program for the district in May 2019.
2. Increase the number of parents who submit free and/or reduced lunch applications as evidenced by a 25% increase in the number of submitted applications by potentially eligible parents as compared to 2018-19.

 FACILITIES:

1. Submit for approval to the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) by February 29, 2020 a BOE approved bond referendum that was developed collaboratively with the district architect of record and the school community for an election in September 2020.
2. Submit for approval to the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) by July 1, 2020 a BOE approved Energy Savings Improvement Project (ESIP) that was developed collaboratively with the district architect of record and a NJDOE qualified Energy Service Company (ESCO).

 TECHNOLOGY:

1. Develop, budget for, and implement a sustained device lifecycle plan for replacing district technology hardware, security hardware, and end user devices, inclusive of classroom devices, during the 2020-2021 budget cycle as well as future budget cycles. 
2. Purchase and install security cameras for the purpose of ensuring complete internal and external video surveillance coverage in all district buildings by the end of August 2020.
3. Budget for, purchase, and install security cameras for the purpose of ensuring complete video surveillance coverage in all new and existing busses and vans by the end of August 2020.
4. Collaborate with administration and faculty to develop and implement an efficient system for evaluating the effectiveness of purchased software solutions district-wide by September of 2020.
5. Explore, develop, and implement technology systems for the purpose of safely streaming on the internet BOE, district, and building-based activities and events by September of 2020.

 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:

1. Students in Pre-K – 12^th Grade will show improvement in their overall literacy skills as evidenced by:
   1. 70% of the students in grade 10 meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment - ELA (2018-2019 baseline is 66.2%).
   2. 61% of the students in grade 4 meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment - ELA (2018-2019 baseline is 55.2%).
   3. 60% of the students in grade 6 meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment - ELA (2018-2019 baseline is 55.2%).
2. Students in Pre-K – 12^th Grade will show improvement in their overall mathematic skills as evidenced by:
   1. 60% of the students enrolled in Middle School Algebra I meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment - Algebra I. (2018-2019 baseline is 54.4%).
   2. 49% of the students enrolled in grade 6 meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment – Math (2018-2019 baseline is 36.6%).
   3. 58% of the students enrolled in grade 5 meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment – Math (2018-2019 baseline is 48.6%).
3. Improve college and career readiness by developing a STEM Academy at Sayreville War Memorial High School for implementation in September 2020.
4. Increase preschool education opportunities for over 500 preschool children with and without disabilities in the Sayreville Community by September 2020 using PEA funding through the leasing and preparation of an appropriate facility, the contracting with private vendors, and through the development and implementation of a program plan and budget approved by the NJDOE.
5. Enhance the functional academic, vocational, independent living, social and emotional, and self-advocacy and determination skills and competencies of students with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities eligible to be educated from 18 years of age until 21 by January of 2021 through the renovation of an appropriate facility, partnerships with applicable community organizations and agencies, and the development of an appropriate program and curriculum.

 CULTURE AND CLIMATE:

1. Enhance the culture of the school district by identifying in collaboration with the entire school community and incorporating into the vision and mission of the Sayreville Public Schools the core values and principles that define a Sayreville Bomber by January 1, 2020.
2. Ensure the safety, security, and physical and psychological well-being of the students and staff in the school district by collaboratively developing for potential implementation a cooperative and coordinated multiple borough, state, and federal agency reunification plan for students and staff displaced from their location for emergency purposes by March 1, 2020.
3. Improve the climate of each school by implementing collaboratively researched and developed macro and micro strategies for reducing the number of student behavioral infractions resulting in out of school suspensions and the number of students who are identified as being chronically absent from school, as evidenced by a reduction in both by the end of the 2019-20 school year.

2018-19 District Goals

FINANCE:

1. Increase the catering revenue in food services by 9% from $29,200 in 2017-18 to $32,000 by the end of the 2018-19 school year.
2. Secure funding in the 2019-20 Budget to purchase enough technology devices (iPads, Chromebooks, etc.) to ensure a 1:1 student to device ratio in grades 6-12.
3. Secure funding in the 2019-20 Budget to purchase 3 additional busses for the purpose of reducing out-of-district contractor costs and eliminating all remaining single bussing routes in the district.
4. Increase the amount of money in Capital and Maintenance Reserve accounts by January 1, 2019 in order to fund all existing building renovation projects, including but not limited to the refurbishing of the Boys and Girls Locker Rooms at the SMS, the purchase and installation of new hot water heaters at SWMHS and SUES, reparations to the SUES roof, and the installation of the Truman School Partition in Room C-7.

 FACILITIES:

1. Complete the renovation of the SWMHS athletic complex by replacing the track and repairing the multisport field used for baseball, field hockey, and marching band practice by the end of August 2019.
2. Construct the remaining secure retention vestibules at the Eisenhower, Wilson, Arleth, and Truman Elementary Schools by the end of August 2019.
3. Develop an approved BOE plan to install solar panels across the district.
4. Utilizing the data from the Master District Facility Assessment Report, develop a plan for the continued use of the Selover School.

 TECHNOLOGY:

1. Increase the number of instructional classroom devices in order to implement them on 1:1 ratio in grades 4-5 by end of the 2018-2019 school year.
2. Continue to upgrade the virtual server infrastructure, wireless access point infrastructure, and the network switch infrastructure by the end of the 18-19 school year.
3. Deploy a single sign-on solutions to all compatible software packages by the end of the 18-19 school year.
4. Increase unified security camera coverage to all exterior walls and doors by the end of the 18-19 school year.
5. Budget for funding to provide district staff with access to a staffed technology district helpdesk for the purpose of providing immediate support or routing of support by the start of the 2019-20 school year.
6. Budget for funding to hire an additional Technology Engineer, and to increase the number of dedicated technology coach positions to one per building using certificated teaching staff by the start of the 2019-20 school year.
7. Form a unified technology, professional development, curriculum, operations and facilities technology training committee by the end of the 18-19 school year.

 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:

1. Students in Pre-K – 12^th Grade will show improvement in their overall literacy skills as evidenced by 63% of the general education students in grade 10 meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment – ELA. (2017-2018 baseline is 57.5%)
2. Students in Pre-K – 12^th Grade will show improvement in their overall mathematic skills as as evidenced by 43.2% of the students enrolled in Algebra I meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment - Algebra I. (2017-2018 baseline is 33.2%)
3. Students in Pre-K – 12^th Grade will show growth in their overall literacy and mathematical skills as evidenced by a 2% increase in the number of students who meet the multiple criteria to exit the Elementary Academic Support program by June 2019. (Baseline for 2017-2018 school year was an exit rate of 27%)

 CULTURE AND CLIMATE:

1. Increase employer retention rate by developing hiring pipelines through Frontline Central to recruit and hire the most credentialed, proficient, and principled candidates with tangible and intangible qualities and characteristics that are in alignment with a Sayreville Bomber, and to improve and expedite the hiring process for all new personnel, including substitutes.
2. Increase the proficiency, competency, and efficacy of staff by offering more choices in selecting training options for professional development in-services, in addition to stress reduction offerings, and by providing building specific professional development as requested by building ScIP committees and/or administrators/supervisors.
3. Increase career advancement opportunities for staff by implementing Cohort 2 of the Aspiring Administrator branch of the Leadership Academy and by creating and implementing a Teacher Leader branch by the end of the 2018-19 school year.

1. Promote student-led school climate changes that result in the cultivation of more inclusive, safe, and connected school communities; and the potential decrease in incidences of harassment, intimidation, and bullying by expanding the SWMHS Career Academy, and by implementing the Responsive Classroom character education program at SUES, the Medal of Honor character education program at SMS, and the Playworks structured recess character education program in grades K-5.

2017-18 Sayreville Goals

FINANCE:

1. Increase catering revenue in food services by 4%.
2. Add funds to the maintenance reserve account annually by generating advertising revenue through the district website and other mediums.
3. Increase the amount of money in capital reserve by June 30, 2018 in order to fund the following capital improvement projects: Refurbishing of Boys and Girls Locker Rooms at the Sayreville Middle School and the completion of the Truman School Partition C-7.

FACILITIES:

1. Complete Phase 2 of the Arleth Window Project.
2. Resurface the high school turf athletic field by August 1, 2018.
3. Investigate solutions to renovate the multi-sport area baseball and field hockey field) adjacent to the War Memorial High School Stadium and adopt a recommendation by June 2018.

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Increase the number of instructional classroom devices in order to implement them on 1:1 ratio in grades 1-3 by end of 2018-2019 budget cycle.
2. Implement a stakeholder driven annual evaluation, review, and approval process of software systems used in the district by the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
3. Continue to make upgrades to Virtual Server infrastructure so that it will be complete by the end of the 2018-2019 school year.
4. Increase targeted technology training programs aligned to district initiatives within Sayreville University starting in the 2017-2018 school year.
5. Purchase and implement a new district student information software, which includes the successful migration of student data and the development and coordination of effective training for staff and parents.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: 

1. Students in Pre-K through tenth grade will show improvement in their overall literacy skills as evidenced by 62% of the students in grade three meeting or exceeding expectations as measured on the ELA PARCC assessment. (2016-2017 baseline is 54%)
2. Students in Pre-K to ninth grade will show improvement in their overall mathematic skills as evidenced by 56% of the students in grade five meeting or exceeding expectations on the Math PARCC assessment. (2016-2017 baseline is 51%)
3. Increase academic achievement of English language learners (ELL) as evidenced by the percentage of ELL students meeting or exceeding standards on the WIDA Access 2.0 as measured by the overall composite score.
4. Increase the academic achievement of all students through effective instruction, a challenging rigorous curriculum, and multiple pathways for students to meet their individual needs by:
   1. Developing curriculum maps to enhance the district math and science (STEM) curriculum guides to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment.
   2. Improving the college and career readiness of students by establishing career academies at the high school for implementation in September 2018.

CULTURE AND CLIMATE: 

1. Increase student engagement in the “whole school program” district-wide by creating additional clubs and activities related to student interests in preschool through 12^thgrade and by implementing Career Academies in grades 10-12.
2. Increase the percentage of parents and community members that participate in school functions through the creation of Family Nights and Unified Sports designed to engage community members and students in collaborative activities.
3. Increase staff retention by conducting exit interviews for all employees who resign from the district in order to determine reasons for their departure and to develop strategies to address them.
4. Increase career advancement opportunities for staff by implementing Cohort 1 of the Leadership Academy and by providing other building and district-wide opportunities for certificated and non-certificated staff to expand their leadership skills, as measured by interest demonstrated in formal and informal internal leadership positions and promotions.
5. Promote student-led school climate changes that result in the cultivation of more inclusive, safe, and connected school communities; and the potential decrease in incidences of harassment, intimidation, and bullying by exploring and eventually implementing a variety of new preventative resources, school activities, and projects.

2014-2017 Sayreville BOE Goals

By June 30^th, 2017, The Sayreville Board of Education will define Sayreville’s Vision 2030 by:

1. Describing our current customer (i.e. the 2014-15 first grade student who will enter the workforce as a 2030 college graduate).
2. Defining the expectations of what Sayreville graduates must achieve to successfully enter the workforce in 2030.
3. Defining a district culture which will enable us to create an environment where such achievement is possible.

2016-2017 Sayreville Public Schools Goals

1. To promote the academic success of all students as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Increase the percentage of students who meet or exceed expectations on the 2016-17 Grades 3-8 PARCC Language Arts Assessment as compared to the 2015-16 PARCC Language Arts Assessment results of 53.4%.
   2. Increase the percentage of students who meet or exceed expectations on the 2016-17 Grades 6-8 PARCC Math Assessment as compared to the 2015-16 PARCC Math Assessment results of 25.1%.
   3. Increase the percentage of students who meet or exceed expectations on the 2016-17 Grade 11 PARCC Language Arts Assessment as compared to 2015-16 PARCC Language Arts Assessment results of 30%.
   4. Increase the percentage of students who meet or exceed expectations on the 2016-17 PARCC Algebra 1 Assessment as compared to 2015-16 PARCC Algebra 1 Assessment results of 30.1%.
   5. Increase the combined 2016-17 AP Science Test mean score as compared to the 2015-16 combined mean score of 2.60.
2. To promote the future academic success of all students as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Develop an effective block schedule for SWMHS.
   2. Explore Career Academies at SWMHS.
   3. Adopt character education programs and curricula in grades K-8.
   4. Implement RTI in special education and related services.
   5. Implement a science program continuum designed to increase the number of students successfully completing Physics after 9^th grade, Chemistry after 10^th grade and biology after 11^th grade.
3. To develop an efficient and fiscally responsible budget as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Inclusion of advertising revenue for the 2016-17 school year.
   2. Increase in total district revenue from SEMI, facility usage, and tuition for the 2016-17 school year as compared to revenue produced during the 2015-16 school year.
   3. Generation of revenue from receipt public and private competitive non-entitlement grants.
4. To improve school culture and climate, as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Decrease student code of conduct infractions that result in out of school suspensions.
   2. Increase the student average daily attendance rate.
   3. Build leadership capacity in middle school and high school through the creation of Curriculum Coordinating Leader and Dean of Discipline/Attendance stipend positions, and through the development and implementation of a Leadership Academy for non-administrator staff members.

2014-2017 Sayreville BOE Goals

By June 30^th, 2017, The Sayreville Board of Education will define Sayreville’s Vision 2030 by:

1. Describing our current customer (i.e. the 2014-15 first grade student who will enter the workforce as a 2030 college graduate).
2. Defining the expectations of what Sayreville graduates must achieve to successfully enter the workforce in 2030.
3. Defining a district culture which will enable us to create an environment where such achievement is possible.

 

2015-2016 Sayreville Public Schools Goals

1. To promote the academic success of all students as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Increase the percentage of students who achieve proficiency on the 2015-16 Grades 3-8 PARCC Language Arts Assessment as compared to the 2014-15 PARCC Language Arts Assessment results.
   2. Increase the percentage of students who achieve proficiency on the 2015-16 Grades 3-8 PARCC Math Assessment as compared to the 2014-15 PARCC Math Assessment results.
   3. Increase the percentage of students who achieve proficiency on the 2015-16 Grade 11 PARCC Language Arts and Math assessment as compared to 2014-15 PARCC Language Arts and Math Assessment results.
   4. Increase the total average students SAT Language Arts and Math score for student who take the assessment in 2015-16 as compared to 2014-15.
   5. Increase the performance of advanced placement students as evidenced by a composite increase in assessment results in 2015-16 compared to 2014-15 results.
2. To promote the future academic success of all students as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Develop effective block or modified block schedules for the middle school and high school.
   2. Develop a new grades K-8 gifted and academically talented program.
   3. Development of a grades K-1 classroom looping system.
   4. Development of a science program continuum designed to increase the number of students successfully completing Biology after 9^th grade, Chemistry after 10^th grade and Physics after 11^th grade.
   5. Effective implementation of the new Grades 6-12 Math Course Continuum designed to increase the number of students successfully completing Algebra 1 prior to the 9th grade by the end of the 2016-17 school year
   6. Effective Implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) Methodology in I&RS Program.
   7. Effective Implementation of RTI in special education programs.
3. To develop an efficient and fiscally responsible budget as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Inclusion of advertising revenue for the 2015-16 school year.
   2. Increase in total district revenue for SEMI, facility usage, tuition, and advertising for the 2015-16 school year as compared to revenue produced during the 2014-15 school year.
   3. Submission and approval of public and private non-entitlement grant (IDEA and NCLB) revenue.
4. To improve communication with staff, parents, and the community, as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Creation and distribution of a district newsletter.
   2. Meet with parents and faculty in each school in person at least once during the school year during a PTO/faculty meeting.
   3. Creation of a monthly live web chat or electronic open forum.
5. To enhance school climate for students, staff, and parents as evidenced by pre and post school climate survey ratings.

2014-2017 Sayreville BOE Goals

By June 30^th, 2017, The Sayreville Board of Education will define Sayreville’s Vision 2030 by:

1. Describing our current customer (i.e. the 2014-15 first grade student who will enter the workforce as a 2030 college graduate).
2. Defining the expectations of what Sayreville graduates must achieve to successfully enter the workforce in 2030.
3. Defining a district culture which will enable us to create an environment where such achievement is possible.

 

2014-2015 Sayreville Public Schools Goals

1. To collaboratively develop a strategic action plan for Vision 2030, as evidenced by the Board adoption of said action plan.
2. To promote the academic success of all students as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Increase the percentage of student who achieve proficiency on the 2014-15 Grades 3-8 PARCC Language Arts Assessment as compared to 2013-14 NJ ASK.
   2. Increase the percentage of student who achieve proficiency on the 2014-15 Grades 3-8 PARCC Math Assessment as compared to 2013-14 NJ ASK.
   3. Increase the percentage of student who achieve proficiency on the 2014-15 Grade 11 PARCC Language Arts and Math assessment as compared to 2013-14 HSPA.
   4. Increase the total average student SAT Language Arts and Math score for student who take the assessment in 2014-15 as compared to 2013-14.
3. To promote the future academic success of all student as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Develop a plan to integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) into multiple disciplines of study, including existing curriculum and new courses.
   2. Implementation of Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop.
   3. Development of a math program designed to increase the number of students successfully completing Algebra 1 prior to the 9th grade by the end of the 2016-17 school year.
   4. Inclusion of Response to Intervention (RTI) Methodology in I&RS Program.
   5. Reorganize the current special education program continuum in order to provide greater opportunities for students with disabilities to be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE).
4. To develop an efficient and fiscally responsible budget as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Increase in "new revenue" (transportation, advertising, etc.) for the 2014-15 school year.
   2. Increase in total revenue for facility usage, tuition, and food services for the 2014-15 school year.
   3. Decrease in energy and utility expenditures during the 2014-15 school year as compared to 2013-14.
5. To increase staff morale as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Increase in teacher and administrator retention
   2. Increase in staff satisfaction as evidenced by pre and post survey comparisons.
6. To enhance School Climate as evidenced by the achievement of the following objectives:
   1. Reduction of confirmed HIB incidences
   2. Reduction of out of school suspensions