Center Line Public Schools Eve Kaltz, Superintendent

Week in Review April 21, 2017

IN THIS ISSUE:

Superintendent’s Page 1

Money Talks 2

CLHS Happenings 3

Roose Roundup 4

Peck Points 4

Opportunities 5

Calendar 5

Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go! This is the focus of our 3rd Annual District Showcase, and it will be one of the best to date!

You won’t want to miss the opportunity to take a journey through the pre-K through 12th grade Center Line experience in the K-Gym, watch as the little ones enjoy face painting and crafts, enjoy delicious refreshments, visit the Art Fair and the awards for the Social Study Olympiad, watch our elementary students compete in the Elementary Math Challenge, and lastly enjoy the grand finale district musical performance in the auditorium at 7:00pm!

Doors open at 5:30pm, and you will need every minute prior to the grand finale to visit the displays, watch the exciting and awe-inspiring events, and see the amazing things that have happened in Center Line Public Schools this year.

PLEASE set your alarm to make sure you are at the high school by 5:30pm on Thursday, May 11th to join us in these awesome events!

Superintendent’s Reflections

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Late last month the House and Senate presented their budget proposals, which include the education budget. This is an update to what I wrote earlier on the Governor’s budget. Below are the differences between the three budgets and the estimated impact on next year’s budget for the district.

Let’s look at each important line that is listed below in the table:

The proposals include a $50 -$100 per student increase depending on the proposal for our district and vary in additional funding from $137,377 - $274,754.

Only the Governor’s proposal includes an additional $50 per student for high school students, which would give CLPS an estimated additional $34,907.

Each of the proposals include At-Risk funding for hold harmless districts (such as CLPS) for the first time. The At-Risk funding varies greatly between the Senate’s proposal of an estimated additional $111,540 to the Governor’s proposal of $1,446,780 in restricted monies. Restricted money means you cannot spend it on anything you want. At-Risk funds are similar to Title I funds but are not quite as restrictive.

Only the Senate proposal included a cut in funding for 147a MPSERS retirement cost offset of $247,480.

The Governor’s proposal only gives 50% or less of funding for homeschool students. This is the 2nd year in a row in which he is proposing this. I estimate it would be a loss of revenue of approximately $656,000 to CLPS.

Executive

House

Senate

Foundation Allowance Impact per Pupil +$50

+$100

+$88

Foundation Allowance Impact Subtotal $137,377

$274,754

$241,784

At-Risk Funding Increase

$1,446,256

$723,114

$111,540

Increase for High School Pupils $34,907

$0

$0

MPSERS Reduction

$0

$0

$(247,480) Reduction for Homeschool Students (Shared time) $(656,000)

$0

$0

Total Estimated Impact

$962,540

$997,868

$105,844

The overall impact, depending on the plan, could be an additional estimated $105,844 - $997,868, which equates to a .4% - 4.5% increase in state funding. As you can see, there are huge differences in each proposal. I am personally rooting for the House proposal to win. I will update the district once things are finalized. This could happen in early May, or it could drag out until mid-June. Since this proposal still has to go through the Senate and House, it could look drastically different, but this is at least a very good starting point.

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CLHS Happenings

SENIORS CLEAN THE GROUNDS

This past Tuesday, while students in grades 9, 10,

and 11 were participating in state testing, a group of

seniors worked on cleaning up the surrounding areas

outside Center Line High School and the

Administration Building.

MORE WINTER SPORTS KUDOS!

Last week we highlighted our bowling, swimming, and wrestling teams. This week we celebrate the accomplishments of the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams! They will be recognized at the Board of Education meeting this coming Monday (7pm). Congratulations on excellent seasons! Boys’ Basketball (Coach Chris Manchester, Assistant Coach Robert Robine): Team Honors: Undefeated MAC Bronze Champions Lantz Barton, LaNeal Billingslea, Joe DiBella, Nick Hastings, Tory Hinton, Jailan Houston, Jashun Houston, Redwan Hussain, Adam Jones, Andrew Leutzinger, Chris McNelly, Fred McNelly, Davon Sears Zak Senyko, Kevin Sykes

Joe DeBella – Honorable Mention All Conference Lantz Barton - All Conference Jashun Houston – All Conference Redwan Hussain – All Conference Chris Manchester – Coach of the Year

Girls’ Basketball (Coach Trevor Warczinsky, Assistant Coach Brian Karaszewski): Team Honors: District Champions, Regional Finalists Carrington Alexander Brittany Barnett, Camryn Gibbs, Brooke Junaud, Dijonna Lunch, Don’Sha McNelly, LaSha Robinson, Janae Smith, Jewel Smith, Madison Staat

Brittany Barnett – Honorable Mention All Conference Don’Sha McNelly – Honorable Mention All Conference Camryn Gibbs – All Conference Brooke Junaud – All Conference;

signed with St. Clair Community College

Trevor Warczinsky – Coach of the Year

GIRLS’ SOFTBALL GOING STRONG

Our softball team is also off to an excellent start! Read more in the Warren Weekly article!

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Roose Roundup

Peck Points

COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH A SMILE

CLHS students prepared 10,000 bags for the annual Gleaner's

Food Bank food drive as a community service project.

SUPPORTING OUR MARINES

As a service project, students from Mrs. Herrick’s, Mrs. Tippery’s, and Mrs. Kruzsewski's classes as well as Roose staff members collected food and personal hygiene items for our heroes currently serving in the military. Ten boxes of goodies are on their way to the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Great job, Roose Rockets!

ROOSE STAYS GREEN

Roose is an official Michigan Green

School for the 4th year in a row! Green

schools have good indoor air quality, use

natural light, save energy, serve healthy

food, create green schoolyards, and

teach stewardship. Well done!!!

VOLUNTEER RECEPTION

On Wednesday April 19th Peck held its Volunteer Reception. Mr. Roper gave accolades to our volunteers, honoring them on their dedication and hard work to support the Peck students and staff. We really appreciate all they do and are happy they are a part of our Peck family. They had refreshments, won centerpieces, and received "I Volunteer…What's your super power?" notebooks.

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Opportunities

Here are some opportunities to get involved and/or support different causes or individuals in the community. Click on any of the mini flyers below to open a full-sized flyer from our website!

Calendar of Events

4/21 Quartermania, 5:30pm @ CLHS

4/24 Peck – Stosh’s Night, 4-8pm

4/25 5th Grade Celebration, 6pm @ Wolfe

4/27 Peck Daddy-Daughter Dance, 5:30pm ECC Spring Concert & Ice Cream Social, 6-7:30pm @ CLHS

Spring Fling for 8th Graders, 6:30pm @ CLHS

4/28 Wolfe Dance, 6-8pm

The mission of CENTER LINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS is to provide all students relevant and challenging learning experiences

to inspire success and empower them to be leaders of tomorrow.

Early Childhood Parenting Class for parents with children birth to age 5

TUESDAYS, April 25 to May 9, 2017 6:30-8:30pm

Center Line Early Childhood Center - 24580 Cunningham - Warren, MI 48091

Cost $5/family – scholarships available! Participants who complete the class will receive a certificate of completion and a $20 gas card. Register online www.careofsem.com or call 586-541-2273. Download the flyer.

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going on at your school to

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