Arcadia Unified School
District
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
2016
What You Should Know
● What If…
● Current Challenges
● AUSD Under New Funding Formula
We Believe...
Most assumptions about public education in America and California have been challenged or
blown up in the last couple years.
• Common Core Standards
• Open Source Online Resources
• School Funding
• Connected Learning
We have a small window of opportunity to redefine
what we value and how public education will look
“A child asks about
40,000 questions
between the ages of
two and five.”
-Paul Harris, Harvard child
psychologist
13,000 x 2 = 26,000
Innovation, Technology & Asking
the Right Questions
Innovate - to do something in a new way :
to have new ideas about how something
can be done
A 21st Century Education
“We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of
education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity
and conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model
that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to
recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process; it’s
an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of
human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is create the
conditions under which they will begin to flourish.”
-Sir Ken Robinson
A Proud History
Arcadia’s first school: 1903
Arcadia Unified School District
• Total Student Population – 9,543*
• Six Elementary Schools (K-5) – 3,747*
– Baldwin Stocker Elementary, 687
– Camino Grove Elementary, 636
– Highland Oaks Elementary, 673
– Holly Avenue Elementary, 733
– Hugo Reid Elementary, 541
– Longley Way Elementary, 477
Arcadia Unified School District
• Three Middle Schools (6-8) – 2,287*
– Dana Middle School, 737
– First Avenue Middle School, 782
– Foothills Middle School, 768
• One Comprehensive High School (9-12)
– Arcadia High School, 3,474*
• One Alternative & Adult Education Site
– Rancho Learning Center, 35*
Class of 2015
Number of Seniors:
915
Number Who Graduated:
901
Percent Graduated:
99.0%
Average Grade Point Average (highest possible 4.0)
3.34
Average Stanford Achievement Test Score - SAT (national average is 1498)
1846
Average American College Test – ACT Score (national average is 21.1)
29
Attending College
94%
Military
1.0%
Undecided
3.0%
Taking a Year Off
1.0%
Other
1.0%
Class of 2015: Selected Universities
•
•
Art Center College
5 Accepted
4 Attending
Cal Poly SLO
95 Accepted
28
Attending
• Cal Poly Pomona
194 Accepted
31 Attending
• Columbia University
4 Accepted
4 Attending
• Cornell University
5 Accepted
3 Attending
• Harvard University
5 Accepted
5 Attending
• New York University
25 Accepted
5 Attending
• Stanford University
4 Accepted
4 Attending
• UC Berkeley
54 Accepted
23
Attending
• UC Davis
127 Accepted
28
Attending
• UC Irvine
127 Accepted
27
Attending
• UC Santa Barbara
150 Accepted
41 Attending
• UCLA
56 Accepted
16
Attending
• USC
47 Accepted
16
Attending
Others Attending: Boston College, Boston U., Brown University, Chapman, Duke, John
We Are About Achievement…
California State Academic Performance Index (A.P.I.):
• All schools were A.P.I. Level 10 (out of 10) schools
• 3 schools scored greater than 960 -- First Avenue MS,
Foothills MS, Baldwin Stocker ES
• All 3 Middle Schools ranked in the top 4 for Los Angeles
County out of 260 schools. Foothills Middle School ranked #1
• Arcadia High School is rated as a “Gold Medal” school by U.S.
News and World Report
We Are About Community…
• PTA – Strong tradition of support and leadership
• AEF – Summer School & Giving Drive
• Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation
• Booster and Support Organizations
• Measure A Parcel Tax -- $3.5 million per year
• Measure I (2006) – $218 million Facilities Bond
In the near future
We will no longer control time, space or place in education.
How do we define an Arcadia Education?
How do we connect students to school in digital world?
What are we doing that is so compelling to be a destination district?
California State Funding
Education
Arcadia LCFF TARGET Calculation
 Base Grant per ADA as increased for COLA and grade span
specific adjustments
Grade Span
2016-17 Adjusted
Grants per ADA
K-3
$7,856
2,381
$18,702,000
4-6
$7,223
2,014
$14,545,000
7-8
$7,438
1,515
$11,265,000
9-12
$8,842
3,413
$30,176,000
9,323
$74,688,000
Total
ADA
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Base Grant
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Arcadia LCFF TARGET Calculation
 Supplemental Grant: with 29% eligible enrollment, the calculation for
the supplemental grant is equal to 20% of the base grant for 29% of
the pupils – a factor of 0.20 multiplied by 0.29 equals 0.058
Grade Span
2016-17 Adjusted
Grants per ADA
K-3
$7,856
2,381
0.058
$1,085,000
4-6
$7,223
2,014
0.058
$844,000
7-8
$7,438
1,515
0.058
$654,000
9-12
$8,842
3,413
0.058
$1,750,000
Total
ADA
Factor
Supplemental
Grant
9,323
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California, Inc.
$4,333,000
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Arcadia LCFF TARGET Calculation
 Additions to the grant calculations include the Necessary Small
School (NSS) adjustment target, the Targeted Instructional
Improvement Grant (TIIG) program, and pupil transportation add-ons
 These amounts do not received COLA nor adjustments
Allowance / Add-on
Amount
NSS Allowance Target
$0
TIIG
$492,650
Home-to-School Transportation
$289,905
Small District Bus Replacement
$0
Total, Add-on Funding
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$782,555
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Arcadia LCFF TARGET Calculation
 The target entitlement is the sum of the base grant,
supplemental grant, concentration grant, and allowance/add-on
funding
Funding Component
Amount
Base Grant
$74,688,000
Supplemental Grant
$4,333,000
Concentration Grant
$0
Add-on Funding
$783,000
Total
$79,804,000
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Thank You