Public Comments: Marcellus CSD - ARP-ESSER Funding Plan
Every local educational agency receiving funding from the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund allocated by the American rescue plan act of 2021 shall be required to post on its website a plan by school year of how such  funds will  be expended  and how the local educational agency will prioritize spending on non-recurring expenses in the  areas  of:  safely  returning students  to  in-person  instruction;  maximizing  in-person instruction time; operating schools and meeting the needs of students; purchasing educational technology; addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, including the impacts of interrupted instruction and learning loss and the impacts on low-income students, children with disabilities, English language learners, and students experiencing homelessness; implementing  evidence-based  strategies  to  meet students' social, emotional,  mental  health,  and academic needs; offering evidence-based summer, afterschool,  and  other  extended  learning   and   enrichment programs;  and  supporting  early childhood education. Provided further, that local educational agencies shall identify  any  programs  utilizing such  funding  that  are expected to continue beyond the availability of such federal funds and identify local funds that will be used  to  maintain  such programs in order to minimize disruption to core academic and other school programs.

Before posting such plan, the local educational agency shall seek public comment from parents, teachers and other stakeholders and take such comments into account in the development of the plan.  Please use this form to submit your comments for one or more of the plan elements shown below.  We will take such comments into account in the development of the plan.  Thank you.
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1.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to ensure the safe return of students to in-person instruction?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District will continue to implement protocols established by the New York State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ensure the safety of students, staff and community members.  CRRSAA and ARPA funds may be used to fund expenditures for personal protective equipment, sanitation and staff.
2.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to maximize in-person instruction time? Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District may use funding to support the following programs to maximize in-person instruction time:  summer instructional programming, retention of Response-to-Intervention teachers, use of teachers on special assignment, continued employment of staff who support instructional technology, and implementation of after school tutoring/instructional programs.  The District may also use funding to continue implementation of COVID protocols, including purchase of personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, barriers, furniture, and storage.
3.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to promote continued operation of schools and meet the needs of students?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District may use the following programs to operate its schools and meet the needs of students: purchase chromebooks/ipads, continue to employ staff who support instructional technology, continue implementation of COVID protocols, including purchase of personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, barriers, furniture, and storage, costs to restructure instructional space, fund subscriptions for WiFi hotspots, and to deliver meals and instructional materials.
4.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to purchase educational technology?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District may use funds for the purchase of educational technology such as chromebooks/ipads, to fund subscriptions for WiFi hotspots, to purchase licenses for remote learning tools, to acquire email encryption and instructional technology applications.
5.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all students, including low-income students, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students experiencing homelessness?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District may use funds to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all students, including low-income students, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students experiencing homelessness by securing subscriptions for WiFi hotspots, securing translation services for communications to non-English speaking parents, offering tutoring-on-request programs, coordinating field trips and promoting/implementing school-to-work programs.
6.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to implement evidence-based strategies to meet students’ social, emotional, mental health and academic needs?  Current Plan Summary:   The Marcellus Central School District may use funds to implement evidence-based strategies to meet students’ social, emotional, mental health and academic needs through employment of social workers and counselors, implementing programs to reduce student anxiety, curriculum development pertaining to social-emotional learning, securing professional speakers for student engagement and implementing staff development programs centered around improving students’ social, emotional, mental health and academic needs.
7.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to offer evidence-based summer, afterschool, and other extended learning and enrichment programs?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District may use funds to offer evidence-based summer, afterschool and other extended learning and enrichment programs such as summer instructional programming, retention of Response-to-Intervention teachers, and implementation of after school tutoring/instructional programs.
8.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to support early childhood education?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District may use funds to support early childhood education such as community outreach programs, funding to support local costs associated with the District’s Universal Prekindergarten program, and to develop a parent university program designed to support parent involvement in the child’s education.
9.  How will the Marcellus Central School District utilize these funds to address other areas of student performance and need?  Current Plan Summary:  The Marcellus Central School District will ensure that programs continue beyond availability of CRRSAA and ARPA funding.  The District will use local funds to minimize disruption to core academic and other school programs including response-to-intervention services, educational technology, low-income students, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students experiencing homelessness.
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