This is the slide deck from the 2016 School District Deliberative Session in Litchfield NH.

1. WARRANT 1Presenter: Budget Committee
Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and appropriate as an operating budget,
not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted
separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as
amended by the vote at the first session of the annual school district meeting, for the
purposes set forth herein, totaling Twenty-One Million, Thirty-One Thousand, Six
Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($21,031,613)? Should this article be defeated, the default
budget shall be Twenty-One Million, Seventy Six Thousand, Twenty-Three Dollars
($21,076,023) which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by
previous action of the Litchfield School District or by law; or the School Board may hold
one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13 X and XVI, to take up the issue of a
revised operating budget only.
Estimated Tax Impact: $0.91
Not Recommended by the School Board
Vote 0-5-0
Recommended by the Budget Committee
Vote 6-2-1

2. WARRANT 2
Presenter: Derek Barka
Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and
appropriate the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand, Five Hundred
Thirty-Six Dollars ($79,536) for the purpose of funding salary
and benefits for a full-time District Technology Database
Administrator position to support the new Student
Information System?

3. Major Functions
1. Support the implementation and ongoing increase in
functionality for the Infinite Campus student
information system (SIS)
2. Support increased use of technology, including
mobile student technology
(laptops/tablets/netbooks) in the teaching and
learning process.

4. Existing Staff
• Director of Technology
• Responsible for district technology including budgets and staff
• Leads Districts Technology Initiatives
• Supports servers and network infrastructure
• One Full Time Employee
• End user support, PC Trouble shooting
• Infrastructure support
• 200+ Staff, 1500 daily customers, 400+ Servers, Desktops, Laptops

5. Student Information System: What Is It?
• Teacher and Student Schedules
• Including Extended Learning Opportunities and alternative courses
• Real-Time Web-based Gradebook
• Track Progress towards academic goals including competencies
• Big Data and Reporting
• Interim progress reports
• Report Cards
• GPA
• Progress towards graduation
• Class Rank
• Attendance
Scheduling, Grading and Reporting

6. Infinite Campus: Enhanced SIS Functionality
• Web Portal for students and parents
• View attendance, assignments and grades
• Student achievement data and reports
• Special Education reports and 504 status and
program
• School Calendars
• Targeted to different audience based on preference
• Athletics, Extracurriculars, Report cards, etc

7. Infinite Campus: Learning Management (LMS)
• Faculty posting: class materials including course syllabus, readings,
handouts, assignments, videos, links, etc
• Student posting: papers and other assignments;
• Integrated email for class announcements
• Chat tool for real time collaboration
• Threaded discussion boards for long-running discussions
Collection of software tools providing a dedicated online
environment for course interactions.

8. Phased Implementation of SIS &
1-to-1 Computing Technology
8
2019-20 1-to-1 Implement (108) 1-to-1 Implement (100) 1-to-1 Implement (113) 1-to-1 Implement (106) 427
2018-19 1-to-1 Implement (100) 1-to-1 Implement (113) 1-to-1 Implement (106) 1-to-1 Pilot (117) 319 + Pilot
2017-18 1-to-1 Implement (113) 1-to-1 Implement (106) 1-to-1 Pilot (117) Pilot Teacher PD 219 + Pilot
2016-17 1-to-1 Implement (106) 1-to-1 Pilot (117) Pilot Teacher PD <----- 106 + Pilot
2015-16 1-to-1 Pilot (117) Pilot Teacher PD Pilot
Pilot Teacher PD
Fall 2014
2013-14
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
# of Student
Tablets
Spring 2015
Identify SIS Vendor
Project planning (reports, work flow, grading and reporting structures, GPA etc.)
PD for SIS Implementation
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9. Estimated Investment
•Salary $50,000
•Heath / Dental $17,093
•NHRS (Retirement) $ 5,585
•FICA $ 3,825
•Other $ 3,033

10. WARRANT 2
District Technology Database Administrator
Recommended by the School Board
Vote 5-0-0
Recommended by the Budget Committee
Vote 9-0-0
Estimated Tax Impact
$ 0.10

11. WARRANT 3
Presenter: Brian Bourque
Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) to enhance
exterior video capacity to include main entrance and perimeter
of the building, new call box/system for visitors seeking entrance
to the building during school hours, and exterior audio
annunciators for emergency broadcast at Griffin Memorial
School, Litchfield Middle School and Campbell High School?

12. PHASE 1 - 2015
LITCHFIELD VOTERS APPROVE SPENDING
$36,700 TO PURCHASE SECURITY EQUIPMENT
NECESSARY TO UPGRADE EXTERNAL ACCESS
CONTROL AND PANIC ALARMS AT GMS, LMS,
AND CHS.

13. External Access Control
Proximity Card Access
District-Wide Rekeying of Door Locks
Centralized Computer Access Control

14. PHASE 2 – SECURITY UPGRADES
Summer 2015
Upgrade Door Station
Security and Access

15. Outdoor Cameras for Monitoring
Perimeter of Buildings

16. Outside Communication

17. WARRANT 3
Security Upgrades to Buildings
Recommended by the School Board
Vote 5-0-0
Recommended by the Budget Committee
Vote 3-2-4
Estimated Tax Impact
$ 0.10

18. Warrant 4
Presenter: Brian Bourque
Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise
and appropriate the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand,
Three Hundred Eighty dollars ($47,380) to reclaim
and resurface the GMS paved playground area?

19. GMS
PLAYGROUND Reclaim 2,369 Square Yards of
Playground Area
• Full Depth Pulverization
• Fine Grade for Drainage
• Adjust existing utility structures
• 1 ½” Base Coat
• 1 ½” Finish Coat

20. WARRANT 4
Repave GMS Playground
Recommended by the School Board
Vote 5-0-0
Recommended by the Budget Committee
Vote 9-0-0
Estimated Tax Impact
$ 0.06

21. WARRANT 5
Presenter: Brian Bourque
Shall the Litchfield School District vote to raise and
appropriate the sum of Twenty-Two Thousand, Eight
Hundred dollars ($22,800) for the purpose of funding
the salary for a part-time (27.5 hours) Math Tutor at
Griffin Memorial School?

22. Estimated Investment
•Salary $20,986
•Benefits $ 1,814

23. WARRANT 5
GMS Math Tutor
Recommended by the School Board
Vote 5-0-0
Recommended by the Budget Committee
Vote 8-0-0
Estimated Tax Impact
$ 0.03

24. END OF WARRANT ARTICLES

25. 4TH GRADE TEACHER POSITION
• Budget Salary Masters Step 7 $48,667
• Health and Dental 2 Person $17,093
• FICA $ 3,723
• NHRS (Retirement) $ 7,626
• Life Insurance, Disability, Short
• Long Term Disability Insurance $ 2,891
• ESTIMATED TOTAL INVESTMENT $80,000

26. Regular Bus Transportation
2014-2015 2015-2016
Ten (10) Regular Buses Nine (9) Regular Buses
Cost to maintain current level of regular bus
transportation for GMS, LMS, and CHS students;
number of bus stops and length of each bus route
$49,864