Lake County, FL School Board workshop on Jan. 29, 20018 - guest columnist Jim Krakowski

Jan. 29, 2018 Tavares, FL The Lake County, FL School Board had a morning workshop and Jim Krakowski was at the meeting and wrote his observations below. You can watch the entire meeting on video at: https://youtu.be/HHzf3Uzq574 And you can see the online agenda and attachments HERE: http://www.boarddocs.com/fla/lake/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=AV3KH65177F7 Vance Jochim Meeting Observations From Jim Krakowski [email protected] My Comments / Observations – School Board Meeting January 29, 2018 (Jim Krakowski 2/2/18) Monday’s School Board Workshop meeting focused on three topics: • Updated student demographics …. past, present and future • Budget timeline • Review of staffing allocation policy Demographics: Every year the LCSD has an outside consultant review, update and present to the SB the projected student demographics for the District. The objective is to: • Identify student trends by grade level over the last several years, • Determine “natural” progression (Kindergarteners moving to 1st grade, 1st to 2nd, etc.) • Projected birth rates, • New housing starts within the County The objective is to use these updated demographics to help determine how many “student stations” and schools will be needed in the near term … i.e. capital needs After factoring the effects of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the... Read more →