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How the money has been used

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Recruiting and retaining teachers 

  • This school year, teachers received a salary stipend of $3,827 helping us recruit the 400-600 new teachers we need each year and keep the good teachers already in our schools.
  • Additional training and materials are continuously made available to our teachers to improve their classroom skills.

Preserve reading programs

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  • Before the referendum, reading materials were limited, rarely replaced, and digital text was barely accessible.
  • Literacy intervention is being used to help all elementary students read at grade level - in 14 to 18 weeks on average.
  • Since renewal, referendum funds have purchased over $1.28 million in books, e-readers, and laptops.
  • Prior to the referendum, all summer school had been eliminated. Now referendum funds help supply materials and training for the Summer Bridge program.
  • Additional support and training for college readiness is being offered in 35 middle and high schools.

Preserve music and art classes

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  • Before the referendum, funding had been slashed for music and art programs.
  • The referendum purchases supplies like sheet music, instruments, paint, paper, and easels.
  • All high and middle schools have arts computer labs and 24 elementary schools offer digital art.
  • Student participation has tripled in our strings and guitars programs.
  • Instrument rental fees are waived for students who can't afford them and High Schools have band uniforms.
  • Over 1,000 field trips have allowed tens of thousands of students to learn outside the classroom.
    • Download an arts specific overview.

Provide up-to-date textbooks and technology

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  • Before the referendum, district resources went to maintenance rather than new technologies.
  • All schools have wireless, mobile computer labs.
  • Installed over 2,300 Smart Boards, with the goal of 100% of elementary classrooms by August 2017.
  • Libraries are able to offer greater selection through Kindles and e-books. Each school receives $2,000 for new books each year.
  • Programs allow students to study the same curriculum at each student's reading level. 

Pd.Pol.Adv. paid for by Citizens for Pinellas Schools, PO Box 15525, Clearwater, FL 33766.  
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