DARAJA
Appendix A: Budget History and Impact
Audience: Budget Committee, PRBC,and Administrators
Purpose: This analysis describes your history of budget requests from the previous two years and
the impacts of funds received and needs that were not met. This history of documented need
can both support your narrative in Section A and provide additional information for Budget
Committee recommendations.
Instructions: Please provide the requested information, and fully explain the impact of the budget
decisions.
Category
Classified Staffing (# of positions)
Supplies & Services
Technology/Equipment
Other
TOTAL
2011-12
Budget
Requested
16000
1000
17000
2011-12
Budget
Received
16000
1000
17000
2012-13
Budget
Requested
16000
16000
2012-13
Budget
Received
0
0
8000
8000
1. How has your investment of the budget monies you did receive improved student learning? When
you requested the funding, you provided a rationale. In this section, assess if the anticipated
positive impacts you projected have, in fact, been realized.
Our Admin asst in 11-12 did a ton of work for the program. She kept track of all the students and shared
with the faculty. No doubt this impacted student success and retention.
2. What has been the impact of not receiving some of your requested funding? How has student
learning been impacted, or safety compromised, or enrollment or retention negatively impacted?
With only 8k and no admin assistant and a one-day per week counselor-coordinator, we are always
scampering to keep up. We have used our two student assistants (one paid for through our 8k budget)
to do all the legwork—student tracking, 25 Year celebration (a massive amount of work trying to locate
alumni, arrange facilities, invites, decorations, catering, themes, etc.), family night, and participation in
statewide Umoja events. Our students were the keynote at the Spring 13 Norcal Umoja Symposium and
that was coordinated through the faculty and the two student assistants, with some help from the
coordinator. We are most compromised in terms of maintaining a presence and timely follow up with
our students and the myriad of issues they present.
Appendix A:
Budget info
1. This year Daraja was awarded monies and the little that was given helped keep our program
running. We specifically used the monies for office supplies, a family night, planning our End of
the Year Graduation, and the hiring of a student assistant. This has improved student learning
on many levels.
Our student assistant, who serves as a tutor, helps our Daraja students with essays and projects,
while also taking care of office duties. Our students are very appreciative to have her as a tutor
because they need help and our program focuses on support and community. This has kept our
students from dropping our class and out of school.
Daraja was able to purchase food for our EOY graduation; unlike previous years, where we
would ask for donations. Also, with the monies given we purchased decorations and gifts for our
graduating class. This may not have much to do with learning, but presentation is important. We
feel that our students should receive an award for their hard work and dedication to our
program.
For the first time in about five years, Daraja hosted a family night. This event was a huge success
for our program. Our students invited important individuals in their lives who support them in
their education. Family night not only gave our students the opportunity to showcase what they
have been working on for the semester, but gave their support system the ability to see why
their student/child is in our program and why education is important to them.
2. Daraja did receive funds and we are very appreciative of that, however, the funds given are not
enough to cover the operation costs to run a fully functioning program. Daraja is the least
funded learning community on campus despite being on campus for 25 years and offering three
class sections each semester (Fall- two English 102 classes and one English 4 class, Spring- two
English 1A classes and one History 20 class).
Not being fully funded does have a negative impact on retention. Daraja needs a full time
counselor and coordinator. We have a counselor who only works one day for our program.
Students need support five days a week and we cannot provide that for them with our small
budget. Until we hire a full time counselor/coordinator Daraja cannot effectively serve our
students personal needs.