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Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation (SASI) |
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3. Action on a Request to Amend the Contract for Behavioral Reassignment Seats for the 2024-2025 School Year with Banner Prep |
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
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Attachments:
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Southeastern Correspondence
Banner Prep First Amendment to the Contract
Banner Prep Signed Contract |
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) provides a continuum of services, including placements for students who have significant emotional, behavioral, and social needs. The behavioral reassignment (BR) schools were created to serve students who have been expelled with services or reassigned through a Central Office hearing process and have received a placement in a BR school for a specified period of time.
Southeastern’s mission is to provide students with a safe and secure environment within which they can strengthen their academic skills, develop effective work/school habits, and improve interpersonal relationships. Southeastern’s current contract specifies 85 BR seats in grades 6 through 8.
Banner Prep’s mission is to provide an alternative small-school setting for students when academic and/or behavioral issues have become major barriers to their success in school. Banner Prep’s current contract specifies 125 BR seats in grades 9 through 12.
On February 29, 2024, the Board approved contracts for a total of 320 BR seats with Banner Prep, Lad Lake, and Southeastern for the 2024-2025 school year.
On April 30, 2024, Administration received written communication from representatives of Southeastern notifying MPS of Southeastern’s request to not renew the contract for behavioral reassignment seats for the 2024-2025 school year.
As a result, the recommendation is that Banner Prep provide services for 85 BR seats in grades 6 through 8 and 125 BR seats in grades 9 through 12 for a total of 210 BR seats in grades 6 through 12.
Attached to this item is a copy of the signed contract and the mutually agreed upon amendment to the contract to reflect the additional BR seats for grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year with Banner Prep. |
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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School allocations are approved annually by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors as part of the budget process. |
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Implementation and Assessment Plan: |
The contract term for behavioral reassignment schools is one year and may be renewed for subsequent years, based on the outcome of the contract review, availability of funds, and district needs.
Upon the Board’s approval, the contract will become effective for the 2024-25 school year.
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Recommendation
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Your Committee recommends that the Board approve the amended contract for behavioral reassignment seats for the 2024-2025 school year with Banner Prep. |
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Approvals:
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Recommended By: |
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Signed By: |
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Jill Kawala - Interim Director/Board Clerk |
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