American Rescue Plan - ESSER III
Green Township School District
American Rescue Plan – ESSER III
Plan for Use of Funds
The Green Township School District has received the following sources of funding from the ARP – ESSER III grant.
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ARP ESSER, ARP ESSER Detailed Planned Expenditures Table Included Below |
$327,108 |
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Accelerated Learning Coaching and Educator Support Grant, Suggested Expenditure – Orton Gillingham Training for K-2 Teachers and Special Education Staff - $1275 per teacher for 30 hours of remote learning + hourly rate to be paid for the 30 hours |
$50,000 |
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Evidence-Based Summer Learning and Enrichment Activities Grant, Suggested Expenditure – Summer Camp Programming and cost of staff to run the program |
$40,000 |
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Evidence-Based Comprehensive Beyond the School Day Activities Grant, Suggested Expenditure – Saturday Morning/After School Learning Programming |
$40,000 |
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NJTSS Mental Health Support Staffing Grant, Suggested Expenditure – Developing relationships with some local mental health professionals to allow parents to seek confidential assistance for their child to be billed back to the district via this grant up to agreed upon cost |
$45,000 |
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Total Allocations |
$502,108 |
LEA Plan for Use of Funds
- The use of the funds will support the prevention and mitigation strategies as outlined in the CDC guidance on reopening schools including a large scale HVAC renovation that will make the filtration system in the cafeteria able to run a MERV 13 filtration along with increased output and input of a fresh air component. Additional attention on procuring cleaning supplies is included in the grant as well.
- Funds from the grant will be utilized to address the academic impact of lost instructional time by providing beyond the school day, summer learning, and enrichment opportunities for all students. Furthermore, all staff in the K-2 grade span and special education teaching staff will be trained on Orton Gillingham to promote early literacy and intervention for students who are struggling to learn to read.
- The LEA will spent its remaining ARP ESSER Funds consistent with the ARP Act by allocating funds to support digital resources, technology resources, curricular enhancements, and personnel system updates. The funds will support the student needs to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on learning loss which has been established to exist.
- The funds will be utilized to support the interventions necessary to address academic impact of lost instructional time, will respond to the academic, social, emotional, and mental health of all students by allowing for additional instructional opportunities, modified learning opportunities, differentiated student driven instructional time that extends beyond the school day, and direct access to mental health supports and services in a clean and safe learning environment.
- The Green Hills School District has offered a variety of feedback opportunities to engage in meaningful consultation with the teachers, parents, and students including a presentation on the district plans with a feedback opportunity at a public board meeting, parent forum meeting to allow for an open dialogue about needs and concerns from parents, a survey on the needs of the students for parents to complete, and staff meetings with the full staff to discuss areas of concern.
ARP ESSER Detailed Planned Expenditures
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Item |
ESSER Allowable Use Classification |
Cost |
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Digital Resources |
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Nearpod Flocabulary |
Addressing learning loss among students, including low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, of the local educational agency, including by— Administering and using high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable, to accurately assess students’ academic progress and assist educators in meeting students’ academic needs, including through differentiating instruction.
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2600 |
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Newsela |
4000 |
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Learning A-Z |
2764 |
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We Video |
1254.50 |
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Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr |
3250 |
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Accelerated Reader |
3874.95 |
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E Library Bundle |
1750 |
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Explore Learning, Reflex License |
5260 |
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IXL Learning |
3325 |
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Zearn |
2500 |
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Edmentum, Reading Eggs/Study Island |
5412.50 |
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iReady Math and iReady ELA |
4500 |
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Pebble Go |
1299 |
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Discovery Education |
2112 |
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Edulastic |
400 |
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Total cost digital resources to support learning |
44,301.95 |
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Technology Resources |
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Apple iPad |
Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agency that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income students and students with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment.
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689 |
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Chromebooks cases |
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14000 |
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Total cost of technology resources |
14689 |
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Curricular Enhancements |
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Heinemann – Fountas and Pinnell
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Addressing learning loss among students, including low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, of the local educational agency, |
8848.62 |
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Scholastic Classroom Magazines |
4012.02 |
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Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum |
1042.98 |
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Total cost of Curricular Enhancements |
13903.62 |
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Personnel |
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Frontline – Recruitment, hiring, and management of personnel to optimize available staff |
Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of and continuity of services in local educational agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local educational agency. |
16454.42 |
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Weekly COVID Testing |
10000 |
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Total Personnel |
26454.42 |
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Facility HVAC and Window Upgrades and Service |
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Advanced Building Controls |
Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and window and door repair and replacement. |
6500 |
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BRG, Repair to Middle School Windows |
6300 |
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Air Group – HVAC |
4413.40 |
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Manhattan Welding, Boiler Maintenance |
6300 |
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Butler Water Corrections, Boiler Maintenance |
1740 |
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Total HVAC Upgrade and Service |
25253.40 |
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Custodial Supplies |
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Custodial Supplies |
Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the facilities of a local educational agency, including buildings operated by such agency.
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25000 |
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Total Custodial Supplies |
25000 |
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Expenditures Sum of Digital Resources, Technology, Curricular, Personnel, HVAC, Custodial |
149,602.39 |
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HVAC Upgrade to Air Handlers – Architect Proposal |
Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and window and door repair and replacement. |
177,505.60 |
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Total Expenditures |
$327,108 |