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ARP ESSER State Reserve - Application Details

Vestavia Hills City, American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER - Fiscal Year 2021 (Rev 0)

ARP ESSER State Reserve Allocation to Address Loss of Instructional Time

The ALSDE is providing a State Reserve allocation to LEAs to address the loss of instructional time through the implementation of evidence-based interventions and ensure that those interventions respond to students’ social, emotional, and academic needs and address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on underrepresented student subgroups.

For the ARP ESSER State Reserve Allocation, the following interventions are allowable:

1. Summer Learning & Summer Enrichment Programs
2. Comprehensive After-School Programs
3. Other – See Intervention box C for more details.

Required Narratives

Provide a description of the evidence-based program(s) (including partnerships with community-based organizations) the LEA has selected to use with the ARP ESSER State Reserve, and how the LEA will address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on certain groups of students, including each major racial and ethnic group, children from low-income families, children with disabilities, English Learners, gender, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care.

Summer Learning & Summer Enrichment Programs

- Vestavia Hills City Schools will offer several different summer learning options for all of our K-12 students to choose from. We plan to offer a K-3 Summer Reading Camp to address K-3 Literacy for students who have documented deficiencies in reading, K-5 Summer EL Camp, and 4-5 and 6-8 Summer STEM Camps to enhance and expose our students’ experiences in these areas. During the Summer Reading Camp, students will receive direct instruction and several small group opportunities to advance their skills and knowledge of early literacy components. The students will also be provided with opportunities to learn more on the topic of STEAM - as it relates to literacy - and receive opportunities to participate in physical education and social emotional learning.

Our K-5 Summer EL Camp will serve as an experiential camp to provide experiences that will enhance the students' vocabulary, listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. During the EL camp, we will provide opportunities to improve language acquisition. Our EL students will also receive real life experiences and language application skills through field trips and hands-on activities.

Students participating in our 4-5 and 6-8 STEM camps will work through various Project Lead the Way (PLTW) in two-week increments. Students will also be provided opportunities to see the pathway to workforce and industry via field trips throughout the camps.

Comprehensive After-School Programs

- We will offer tutoring by highly effective reading teachers for K-3 students who have documented deficiencies in reading or Student Reading Improvement Plan (SRIP). The goal is to provide targeted reading intervention specific to each student’s reading deficiency.

Indicate the data sources the LEA used to identify the students most in need of the program(s) and the extent to which the LEA will evaluate the impact of the program(s).

The data sources that Vestavia Hills City School System will use to identify the students most in need of the programs are:

- i-Ready Benchmark Assessments

- DIBELS

- PowerSchool Gradebook

- RtI Tier III

- Student Reading Improvement Plans

We will use end-of-the year data points, several progress monitoring points throughout summer reading camp, and end of the program grade evaluations to determine the impact of the programs.

Using the allocation from the ARP ESSER State Reserve, explain how the LEA will identify and engage

1) students who have missed the most in-person instruction during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years; and
2) students who did not consistently participate in remote instruction when offered during school building closures.

We plan to use the allocation from the ARP ESSER State Reserve to address learning loss during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school years through our after-school tutoring program and K-3 summer reading camp. We will also address learning loss during our summer EL camp where needed.

Budget Amount & Details for Interventions

Amount

Intervention A (Summer Learning & Summer Enrichment Programs)

Intervention B (Comprehensive After-School Programs)

Intervention C (Other)

Total Cost:

Intervention A (Summer Learning & Summer Enrichment Programs)

Provide the following information for Intervention A (Summer Learning & Summer Enrichment Programs):

1) Brief description and timeline for each service (service must end by 9/30/2024)

2) Number of employees and FTE(s) (if applicable)

3) Itemized Budget using Function & Object codes (must match Budget Grid)

Example:

ARP ESSER funds will be used to host a Summer Enrichment Camp during the Summer of 2023. The camp will run for two weeks for four days a week. Subjects to be covered are science, technology, engineering, mathematics and reading. We will purchase general supplies such as pencils, notebooks, glue, color pencils, copy paper, etc. to effectively run the program. We will also purchase ELA & Math manipulatives to help improve student achievement. Additionally, we will purchase an online subscription to XYZ Company for the duration of the summer program to assist our participating EL students with the curriculum (See attached job description). Total cost: $109,030.00

[Cont.]
9130 - [010-199] (Salaries) $54,450.00 | 9130 - [200-299] (Benefits) $11,430.00
9130 - [400-499] (Materials and Supplies) $2,800.00 | 9130 - [400-499] (Software) $20,000.00
4120 - [010-199] (Bus Driver Salaries) $12,500.00 | 4120 - [200-299] (Bus Driver Benefits) $3,200.00
4120 - [300-399] (Mileage for Buses) $4,650.00

Vestavia Hills City Schools will offer several different summer learning options for all of our K-12 students to choose from. We plan to offer a K-5 Summer EL Camp, a 4-5 Summer STEM Camp and a 6-8 Summer STEM Camp to enhance and expose our students’ experiences in these areas.

The funding below is our projection of the cost to offer these camps during the summer of 2022 and the summer of 2023.

1100 - [010-199] (Teacher & Para-educator Summer Camp Salaries) $60,000 | 1100 - [200-299] (Teacher & Para-educator Summer Camp Benefits) $15,000

2300-2399 [010-199] (Summer Camp Administrator Salaries) $8,000 | 2300-2399 [200-299] (Summer Camp Administrator Benefits) $2,000

4100-4199 - [010-199] (Bus Driver Salaries) $9,000 | 4100-4199 [200-299] (Bus Driver Benefits) $2,400

4100-4199 - [300-399] (Mileage for Buses) $3,600

2290 - [400-499] (Materials & Supplies) $46,848

2215 - [300-399] (Professional Development) $5,000

Intervention B (Comprehensive After-School Programs)

Provide the following information for Intervention B (Comprehensive After-School Programs):

1) Brief description and timeline for each service (service must end by 9/30/2024)

2) Number of employees and FTE(s) (if applicable)

3) Itemized Budget using Function & Object codes (must match Budget Grid)

We will offer tutoring by highly effective reading teachers for K-3 students who have documented deficiencies in reading or Student Reading Improvement Plan (SRIP). The goal is to provide targeted reading intervention specific to each student’s reading deficiency.

The funding below is our projection of the cost to offer an After-School Program at all of our elementary schools during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.

1100 - [010-199] (Teacher & Para-educator After-School Program Salaries) $96,000 | 1100 - [200-299] (Teacher & Para-educator After-School Program Benefits) $24,000

2290 - [400-499] (Materials & Supplies) $31,848

Intervention C (Other)

Provide the following information for Intervention C (Other):

1) Brief description and timeline for each service (service must end by 9/30/2024)

2) Number of employees and FTE(s) (if applicable)

3) Itemized Budget using Function & Object codes (must match Budget Grid)

NOTE: If an LEA chooses to use the "Other" intervention option, the LEA must attach documentation in the Related Documents section that shows that the Intervention is evidence-based (Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Tier IV).

We plan to offer a K-3 Summer Reading Camp to address K-3 Literacy for students who have documented deficiencies in reading. During the Summer Reading Camp, students will receive direct instruction and several small group opportunities to advance their skills and knowledge of early literacy components. The students will also be provided with opportunities to learn more on the topic of STEAM - as it relates to literacy - and receive opportunities to participate in physical education and social emotional learning.

The funding below is our projection of the cost to offer these camps during the summer of 2022 and the summer of 2023.

1100 - [010-199] (Teacher & Para-educator Summer Camp Salaries) $400,000 | 1100 - [200-299] (Teacher & Para-educator Summer Camp Benefits) $100,000

2300-2399 [010-199] (Summer Camp Administrator Salaries) $38,400 | 2300-2399 [200-299] (Summer Camp Administrator Benefits) $9,600

4100-4199 - [010-199] (Bus Driver Salaries) $3,000 | 4100-4199 [200-299] (Bus Driver Benefits) $600

4100-4199 - [300-399] (Mileage for Buses) $1,400

2290 - [400-499] (Materials & Supplies) $208,951

2215 - [300-399] (Professional Development) $5,000

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