Core Academics

Overview

The Core Academics Department delivers a high-quality education through a rigorous, Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards-aligned curriculum in subjects like English, Math, Science, Social Studies and Arts. Beyond these, Core Academics supports Health, Physical Education, Extended Learning, PreK, and Library Media Services.

Budget Summary

Division: Academics Division
Sub-Division: Core Academics
Total Budget Allocation: $7,181,859

Salary/Non-Salary


Amount Percentage
Salary $728,518 10.14%
Non-Salary $6,453,341 89.86%
Total $7,181,859 100.00%

Funding Sources

Name Budgeted Amount
Department Budget (General Fund) $5,865,097
Local Grants $350,000
Private Grants $420,806
Tech Levy (1097) $545,956
Total $7,181,859

Budget Category Amounts


Amount
Capital $0
Central Operations $2,626,979
Other $0
School Support $3,546,809
Student Support $1,008,071
Total $7,181,859

Positions

Position Summary

Position Count FTE Amount Salary Amount Fringe/Benefits Amount Total Salary Budget
5 4.75 $529,061 $199,457 $728,518

Positions

Name FTE
Executive Director, Core Academics 1.00
K-12 Content Lead (Ethnic Studies) 1.00
Project Coordinator 1.00
Swim Instructor 0.75
Teacher, District Program Facilitator ST 1.00
Total 4.75

Non-Salary Expenses

Name Funding Type Amount Explanation
Student Competition Department Budget (General Fund) $5,000 6-12 students are able to participate in History Day. This pays for the participation fee districtwi
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $4,167 Lic Ext Time FRINGE: 5-8 Curriculum writing to embed ethnic studies into content area
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $1,885 6-12 Licensed Staff Extended TIme Fringe: Embed social studies and ethnic studies standards in 6-12.
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $27,180 7-12 Online Social Studies textbooks Four sites will have licenses to the districtwide approved and
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $10,000 Chicanx/Latinx Studies Textbooks- This will pay for supplemental dual language textbooks for DL US S
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $3,115 6-12 Licensed Staff Extended TIme Salary: Embed social studies and ethnic studies standards in 6-12.
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $20,833 Lic Ext Time:: 5-8 Curriculum writing to embed ethnic studies into content area
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $21,500 K-5 Social Studies Curriculum- K-5 units of study
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $10,000 Translate K-5 social studies units to Spanish.
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $5,000 6-12 students are able to participate in History Day. This pays for the professional development to
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $32,000 Northern Lights is a statewide and districtwide approved and adopted social studies curriculum.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $10,000 Northern LIghts Textbooks: New Edition for 6th grade social studies
Admin Supplies Department Budget (General Fund) $1,000 Admin Supplies
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $5,738 ExtTime: Salary: Licensed teachers to provide district PD on district PD days in all content
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $1,147 Extended Time: Fringe: Licensed teachers to provide district PD on district PD days in all content.
Postage Department Budget (General Fund) $12,000 Postage costs for sending communication home to caregivers and mailing of 6-12 report cards.
Admin Supplies Department Budget (General Fund) $1,843 Department Office Supplies
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $160,000 Digital learning platform and portfolio tool for PreK-6 students- Seesaw
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $3,400 Continuous work on language scaffolding to support math curriculum accessibility.
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $350,000 Wayfinder Curriculum- Districtwide PK–12 social-emotional learning program that helps students build
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $17,000 Digital software for instruction of word processing/typing.
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $680 Continuous work on language scaffolding to support math curriculum accessibility.
Instructional Software Lic Tech Levy (1097) $120,000 Software that supports catalog and resource checkouts of books, classroom learning materials and tec
Media Resources (620.000.000) Tech Levy (1097) $365,025 Purchases digital comics, magazines, physical books, ebooks, audiobooks for all K-12 libraries.
Instructional Software Lic Tech Levy (1097) $6,000 Differenetiated Lesson digital tool- Byrdseed
Media Resources (620.000.000) Department Budget (General Fund) $26,620 Newsela is a reading platform that uses real news articles to help students build literacy skills. I
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $5,000 Extended time to compensate cross district PLC facilitators, PD planning committee, and PD presenter
Instructional Software Department Budget (General Fund) $97,975 Not paid by tech levy: digital comics, magazines, physical books, ebooks, for all K-12 libraries
Media Resources (620.000.000) Department Budget (General Fund) $30,000 This pays for book processing, book care, and miscellaneous signage supplies such as book bins/book
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $60,000 K-12 theater residency that integrates social justice into existing theater programs and provides em
Inst. Supplies Department Budget (General Fund) $161,000 K-12 Visual Arts consumables-Consumables such as construction paper, markers, crayons, clay, canvase
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $50,000 Theatre art supplies- Copyright rights for musicals, plays, classroom materials such as stage platfo
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $16,000 Professional development for K-12 dance, theater, music, visual and media arts with arts organizatio
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $10,200 Parts replacement, kiln inspections, and recommendations to MPS Maintenance and Operations for elect
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $2,000 FLASH is the district approved and adopted sexual health curriculum. This provides physical curricul
Conf. Registration/Travel Department Budget (General Fund) $10,000 Professional learning in mathematics for district and teacher leaders.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $400,000 Open Up is the district approved and adopted math curriculum in grades 9-12: Intermediate Algebra, G
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $350,000 iReady is the district approved and adopted math curriculum for grades 6-8.It is also a district app
Contracted Services Local Grants $350,000 Dance Residency with Young Dance--K-12 Dance Residencies across the district. MPS RFP 25-03
Inst. Supplies Private Grants $295,055 Provides year long standards aligned science instruction for K-5. It includes curriculum and science
Instructional Software Lic Tech Levy (1097) $29,431 Gizmos- Digital interactive software tool to support standards aligned teaching for 6-8 science cour
Conf. Registration/Travel Department Budget (General Fund) $1,200 Mileage - Mileage 181 - Science content lead
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $53,678 6-12 Health curriculum/materials - Goodheart Wilcox is the district approved and adopted 6-12 health
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $2,500 Extended time for curriculum training - Health PE- 9-12 Health teachers are brought together to prov
Conf. Registration/Travel Department Budget (General Fund) $3,570 Pays for cross district site visits and deliveries of materials.- mileage
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $500 Extended time for curriculum training - Hea9-12 Health teachers are brought together lth PE (fringe)
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $30,000 Pays for required CPR certification/recertification.
Doc Center services Department Budget (General Fund) $1,020 All caregivers receive notification via US mail on the Advanced Learner results in addition to the d
Conf. Registration/Travel Department Budget (General Fund) $600 Pays for the Advanced Learner Content Lead's mileage for cross district site meetings and consultati
Conf. Registration/Travel Department Budget (General Fund) $1,000 Mileage - Library/Media content lead conference and travel
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $27,236 6-12 math teachers will participate in grade level professional learning throughout the school year.
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $5,447 Extended Time: Fringe: 6-12 Math PD
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $1,732,623 K-5 Literacy Pilot Materials for
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $50,000 Replenish consumed materials for elementary sites such as cotton balls, popsicle sticks, soil, etc.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $60,000 Living organisms, microscopic to macroscopic such as cockroaches, plants, etc. to support K-12 scien
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $18,690 10-12 Science Teachers: Extended Time Salary: Ongoing PD with curriculum implementation.
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $50,000 10-12 Science Curriculum Implementation Year 1: Yearlong professional learning district and site
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $16,667 Science teachers 10-12 will participate in professional learning and cross district collaboration to
Instructional Software Lic Department Budget (General Fund) $56,000 Pivot: Digital software to support 9-12 science.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $275,000 TWIG is the Middle School science curriculum. This will pay for digital access for students, printed
Inst. Supplies Department Budget (General Fund) $54,945 K-5 Science Curriculum not paid for by Cargill Grant.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $35,000 AP/IB Science Courses: Pays for consumables
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $3,333 Science teachers 10-12 will participate in professional learning and cross district collaboration to
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $76 This pays for district science leaders to participate in local and nationwide science consortiums.
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $11,310 10-12 Science Teachers: Extended Time Fringe: Ongoing PD with curriculum implementation.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $500,000 This will pay for the new adoption of curriculum in biology, chemistry and physics as well as physic
Equipment Purchase (XXX.302.000) Department Budget (General Fund) $100,000 New purchases, replacement and refurbishment of necessary PE equipment and materials across all K-12
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $20,000 Consumables such as reeds, violin strings, rosin, mouth pieces, neck straps, violin/viola bows, and
Instructional Software Lic Tech Levy (1097) $25,500 Soundtrap-Digital music and sound creation platform for upper elementary through 12th grade students
Inst. Supplies Department Budget (General Fund) $75,000 Replacement and updating of woodwind, brass, orchestra, and percussion equipment and instruments suc
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $100,000 Haas Instrument repair for woodwind, brass and orchestra instruments as well as ge Instrument Repair
Contracted Services Department Budget (General Fund) $5,000 Districtwide piano tuning for all pianos.
Licensed Ext. Time Department Budget (General Fund) $1,377 Provides compensation for Advanced Learner teachers to attend required professional learning and cro
Standardized Tests Department Budget (General Fund) $45,000 Naglieri is the district's assessment tool for Advanced Learner identification in grades 2-5.
Inst. Materials Department Budget (General Fund) $3,000 Provides texts for students in grades 3-5 that aligns to the Advanced Learner literacy units.
Ext. Time Fringe Department Budget (General Fund) $275 Provides compensation for Advanced Learner teachers to attend required professional learning and cro
Total $6,453,341