Liberty High School is seeking $500,000 in funding to help at-risk students improve their reading, math, technology, and behavioral skills. The funds would be used for staff salaries, tutoring programs, a Reset Room for calming down, a well-stocked library, and educational technology. The goals are to increase reading levels by at least one grade and help students better manage behavior issues. This is expected to foster a more positive learning environment and improve academic achievement.

1. Liberty High
School
FUNDS ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL
Spr 2023

2. Introduction
Here at Liberty High, we are seeking funds from the newly passed Educational
Advancement Fund for public schools in order to help students that are at risk
develop their reading, math and technology skills and to also provide students with a
Reset Room. My goal is for students to improve their math and technological skills
and also increase their reading skills by at least one grade level and also help with
behavioral management. The funding of $500,000 is requested for staffing salaries,
technology, building and literacy materials for our school.

3. Shared Vision Statement
We are all dedicated to making our school a place where students feel free to
explore their interests, take intellectual risks, and develop as people and members of
society. We will be successful if we provide a demanding, current, and suited to each
student's needs curriculum to promote collaboration, critical thinking, and original
problem-solving. We will aim to establish a community that promotes diversity and
fairness while also being safe, polite, and hospitable to students, faculty, and the general
public.

4. Demographics
● 505 Males
● 694 Females
● 1199 Total
● 77.6% African American
● 10.3% White
● 3.1% Asian
● 8.5% Hispanic

5. GOALS
1. Enable students at lower reading levels to access advanced technology in the school
library to study and research, and also provide them a vast array of text that coincide with
their classroom learning materials.
2. Provide multi sensory reading alternatives to increase reading spread and ability to read
independently.
3. Use all additional staffing to ensure that gaps are being filled and increase student
deficiency in the learning process.
4. Enable staff and students to better manage behavior issues.
5. Be able to accommodate students various learning styles.
6. Provide students with opportunities to see and interact with various mathematical
concepts.
7. Provide alternative route to help students with their mental health.

6. Used on
1. After school tutoring
2. Additional staffing and personnel
3. Library and Technology
4. Materials for Reset Room

7. The Reset Room
The goal of the reset room is to create a space for students to come and learn how to manage
their behavior and relationships. Our belief is that students use the Reset Room as a place to
calm down, gather their thoughts and resolve any issues, thus fostering a more positive learning
environment, improve upon students mental health and academic achievement.

8. After School Tutoring
The after school tutoring program will provide students with
opportunities to engage in more personalized instruction, offer safe and
supportive learning environment, improve cognitive development, and
foster a more positive attitude towards learning.

9. Staffing Needs
1. 1 Behavioral Interventionist
2. 2 Paraprofessionals for grades 9th-10th and 11th-12th
3. Teachers

10. Library
The LHS Library will provide students with a welcoming and supportive
environment. The library will be committed to ensuring that students
graduate as competent and ethical users of information technologies
with strong intellectual curiosity as well as a life-long love of reading,
learning, and independent thinking.

11. Cost
Reset Room Equipment $25,000
Technology $100,000
Staff $306,500
Library $75,000

12. Itemized Cost
Reset Room Equipment 1. 4 Bean bag chairs
2. 4 Computers
3. 2 Printers
4. 1 Promethean Board
5. 2 Sofas
6. 10 Chairs
7. Stress Relief Balls
8. Room Decor
9. Professional Development
1. $50 per
2. $1,000 per
3. $400 per
4. $4,000
5. $1,500 per
6. $200 per
7. $500
8. $1,000
9. $3,000
Tutoring 1. 4 Tutors 1. $9,125 per
Staff 1. 4 Paraprofessionals
2. 1 Behavior Interventionist
3. 2 Teachers
1. $35,000 per
2. $75,000
3. $47,500 per
Technology 1. 25 Computers
2. Software Applications
1. $2,000 per
2. $50,000
Library 1. Books
2. 8 Printers
3. 12 Computers
1. $25,000
2. $400 per
3. $2,350 per

13. Justification
● Advance reading, math and technological skills
● Improve students mental health awareness
● Provide individualized and one on one instruction
● Improve student behavior
● Increase literacy rates
● Expose students to technology