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DCP Harper Woods

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    • BUDGET AND SALARY/COMPENSATION TRANSPARENCY

       

      • The Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Reporting section provides the opportunity for Discovery Creative Pathways to communicate with our community how we utilize the resources provided to us. The legislation represents an amendment to the State School Aid Act (Public Act 94 of 1979) and requires each Michigan school district and intermediate school district to post the following information on its website.

      Fiscal Year Board Approved Budgets
      The Discovery Creative Pathways budget is adopted by our Board of Directors no later than June 30 of each year. This budget is posted on the website within 15 days of adoption. Any subsequent budget amendments are also posted within 15 days of adoption.

       

      2024-2025

      • Amended Budget (Approved 3/18/2025)
      • 2024-2025 Board Approved Budget

              2023-2024 Final Budget

       


      Personnel Expenditures

        • 2023 - 2024 Personnel Expenditures
        • 2022 - 2023 Personnel Expenditures

      Operating Expenditures

        • 2023-2024 Operating Expenditures
        • 2022 - 2023 Operating Expenditures

      Current Bargaining Agreements
      The District does not have any collective bargaining agreements for the fiscal year.


      Employer Sponsored Health Care Plans
      This section links to summaries of current health care plans offered to employees of Discovery Creative Pathways.

        • Employer Sponsored Health Plans

      Audited Financial Statements

        • 2023-2024 Audit

      Procurement Policy

        • Procurement Policy

      Expense Reimbursement Policy

        • Expense Reimbursement Policy

      Employee Compensation Information

        • Calendar Year List of Qualifying Employee(s)

      Accounts Payable Check Register

        • 2023-2024 DCP Check Register. 

      District Paid Association Dues
      Dues and fees paid with district funds are limited to professional associations. Membership in professional associations provide added opportunities, resources, continuing education, and professional development of district employees.

                 2023-2024 District Paid Association Dues and Fees

                 Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA)

      •       Purpose: 2024 Membership Fees
      •       Amount: $5,747.00

       


      District Paid Lobbying Costs
      Discovery Creative Pathways does not participate in lobbying or utilize any lobbying services.


      Approved Deficit Elimination Plan
      Discovery Creative Pathways has not incurred a deficit and is not under a deficit elimination plan.


      District Credit Card Information

      The District currently does not issue credit cards to staff members.


      District Paid Out-Of-State Travel Information

        • The district did not have any Out of State Travel expenses 

      Educator Evaluation Systems Postings and Assurances

        • Educator Evaluation Plan
        • Educator Evaluation
        • Administrator Evaluation

      Other Transparency Information

        • DCP Harper Woods SY23 Mid Year Report on Benchmark Assessment  
        • DCP Harper Woods 2021-22 Year End Benchmark Assessment Report  
        • DCP Harper Woods 2021-22 Mid-Year Benchmark Assessment Progress Report

      Continuity of Learning: 

        • Covid-19 Preparedness Plan
        • 22-23 Confirmation of Learning
        • Mid Yr Reports on Goals
        • Training on Delivery, Access, and Use of Virtual Content (1/15/21)
        • Monthly Extended Convid-19 Learning Plan Actions 10/20/20
        • COVID-19 Preparedness and Response (07/21/20)

       


      ​Annual Education Reports: 

      • 2024 Annual Education Report (Updated February, 2025) 
      • 2024 District Annual Education Report (Updated February 2025)

      Title IX

        • DCP Harper Woods Title IX

                   DCP Charter Contract

        • DCP Charter Contract

      Shelter in Place & Fire Drills

      • DCP Harper Woods Fire Drill Report 10/09/24
      • DCP Harper Woods Fire Drill Report 10/24/24
      • Emergency Drills Documentation Form 11/26/24
      • Emergency Drills Documentation Form 12/03/24
      • Emergency Drills Documentation Form: Lock Down/Shelter In-Place 11/25/24
      • DCP Harper Woods Fire Drill Report 12/03/24
      • DCP Harper Woods Shelter-In-Place Drill 2/20/25 
      • DCP Harper Woods Tornado Drill Report 4/11/25
      • DCP Harper Woods Tornado Drill Report 4/23/25
      • DCP Harper Woods School Safety Drill Log 2024-2025
      • DCP Harper Woods Safety Drill Log 5/2/2025
      • DCP Harper Woods Fire Drill Documentation Form 5/2/2025
      • DCP Harper Woods Tornado Drill Report 5/825 
      • DCP Harper Woods School Safety Drill Log 5/8/25
      • DCP HW School Safety Drill Log 5/16/25
      • DCP HW Fire Drill Documentation Form 5/16/25

       


      ESSER III USE OF FUNDS

      After surveying the stakeholders, having board meetings and asking meaningful questions, We were guided to use ESSER III funds for the following purposes:

      • Free Summer School
      • Learning Loss of students during the pandemic
      • Preventative measures to keep our schools safe from spreading the pandemic
      • Continued Interventions in ELA and Math
      • Keep class sizes small with qualified teachers

      We will use ESSER III funding to strategically address pandemic-related learning loss in our scholars, especially those disparately impacted by COVID-19. This will include providing Tier II, small-group tutoring to our scholars; providing data-driven extended learning time programming in the summer; providing additional social-emotional programming to support scholars in making a successful transition to in-person instruction; providing our educators with staff development and retention opportunities, and more.

      Our emphasis on utilizing small-group, differentiated instruction for every scholar in the classroom allows us to identify at-risk scholars most significantly impacted by the pandemic, and target data-driven interventions to support their academic success. Our teachers will implement regular, rigorous, standards-aligned formative and benchmark assessments to monitor student progress and to identify students who may be at risk of academic failure due to pandemic-related learning loss. We will use state assessments; interim assessments tied to state standards; adaptive learning quizzes that target specific standards; and qualitative data to identify scholar needs in real-time. Consistent evaluation of student performance and progress will allow us to ensure high quality instruction that is personalized to each scholar’s unique needs. The data we gather from frequent year-round assessments will empower our educators to implement evidence-based interventions in real-time to address any learning gaps for each scholar throughout the school year. More specifically, we will implement the following datadriven instructional strategies to support scholars who are underserved or disparately impacted by COVID-related learning loss: maximized learning time on-task and on core subjects; differentiated, small-group instruction; data-driven instruction; targeted, evidence-based interventions to meet the learning needs of scholars with deficits (Catch Up) and those that need challenged beyond on-grade level (Move Up) including additional, Tier II, small-group tutoring; research-based and standards aligned curricula; and instructional tasks with higher order, complex thinking.

       

      NOTE: Prior to July 1, 2023, Discovery Creative Pathways was managed by Distinctive Schools and previously known as Distinctive College Prep

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