1. Welcome to the Mill Levy Learning Session

3. Why do we need funding? To have smaller classes.

4. Keep teacher to student ratio smaller.

5. Enrollment in public K-12 is increasing. Colorado School Finance Project

6. Colorado ranks poorly in education support. 50th 40th 30th 20th

7. Attract & keep quality teachers and staff,

8. or risk losing them. ? ? ? ?

9. Average Salary in K-12 Public Education Colorado School Finance Project

10. Average Salary in K-12 Public Education (adjusted for inflation) Colorado School Finance Project

11. % Change in Average Salary in K-12 Public Education Colorado School Finance Project

12. % Change in Average Salary in K-12 Public Education (adjusted for inflation) 03/04 – 08/09 92/93 – 08/09 Colorado School Finance Project

13. 9R ranks 13th of 15 similar districts in mid- range teacher salary. After 12 years of teaching!

14. Support innovative programs & technology,

15. or fall behind in connectivity to the 21st century.

16. Per Student Current Spending and Revenues for K-12 Public Education Colorado School Finance Project

17. % Change in Per Student Current Spending and Revenues for K-12 Public Education Colorado School Finance Project

18. Why now? Waiting ? ? ? ?

19. What will it cost me? = $60 /year = $5 /month $400,000 home $1,000,000 business = $575 /year = $50 /month

20. What has 9-R done with your money? % of ACT-Tested Students Ready for College-Level Coursework in 2010

21. % of Students Proficient or Advanced in CSAP Reading in 2010

22. % of Students Proficient or Advanced in CSAP Writing in 2010

23. % of Students Proficient or Advanced in CSAP Math in 2010

24. % of Students Proficient or Advanced in CSAP Science in 2010

25. DHS Team Wins International Aerospace Design Contest

26. DHS culinary team wins state, qualifies for national competition

27. Academic DecathlonAerospace/ DesignAnime/Japanese Pop Culture ClubBook Club Chess ClubColorado Mock Trial Creative Writing Club DHS Culinary Arts/ProStart ClubDurango Teen CourtEl Diablo School NewspaperFBLA FFAGay-Straight Alliance High School Leadership LaPlata Philosophy Club “Jnana”Prejudice Elimination Action TeamRenaissanceScience Research ClubSki ClubSkills USASpeech/DebateStudent CouncilStudents for a Free TibetTheatre Vocal MusicYearbook Clubs Instrumental Music InteractKey ClubKnowledge BowlModel United Nations Mountain Bike ClubNational Art Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyNative American ClubPeer Helpers & Activities

28. Football Track & Cross Country Softball Golf Soccer Basketball Swimming Lacrosse Sports Volleyball Tennis Wrestling Dance

29. “Durango High School Decathletes take Gold” DHS Academic Decathlon Team brought home a well-deserved state championship.

30. DHS graduates attend the best of America’s colleges ! Dartmouth NYU Stanford MIT Colorado “Mines” CSU

31. DHS has a nationally recognized drama department.

32. Escalante Destination Imagination teams advanced to the Global Finals. 2009 2010

33. How does 9R’s quality directly affect you? “[Measures of] K-12 student achievement …almost always find that higher scores are positively correlated with [higher] house prices.” (Brasington & Haurin, 2007) “Many researchers have found that property values are higher where school spending is higher.” (Hayes and Taylor, 1996).

34. A vote for the Mill Levy... Is an Investment.

35. Invest.. In our kids!

36. Invest.. in technology for our kids!

37. Invest.. in our teachers!

38. Invest.. in our schools!

39. Invest.. in your real estate!

40. Invest.. In our community!

41. You can bank on it!

43. Referenceshttp://www.cde.state.co.us/cdereval/rvAveTeachSallinks.htmhttp://www.eiaonline.com/districts/Colorado.pdfhttp://www.cosfp.org/COSFStateProfile.htmhttp://humanresources.durangoschools.org/sites/default/files/documents/humanresources/Certified_Schedule_2010.pdf http://www.schoolview.org/SchoolPerformance/csapinfo.asp?Dist=15&Sch=0&Sub=R&Grd=4&level= http://www.greateducation.org/statistics-faqs/statistics/Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, Aiming for the Middle, 2009 Update