Cassidy Earle

MEDT 6461 Budget Project

Proposed Three-Year Budget

Hopewell Middle School located in Alpharetta, Georgia and is a part of Fulton County

Schools. The school has a population between 1,400 and 1,500 students. The school has a

about 13% of students on Free and Reduced Lunch and has a CCRPI score of 90.2. The school is

located 30 miles north of Atlanta, and has a lot of outside support from the community. The

principal, Michael LeMoyne, is very supportive of the media center budget at Hopewell, and

ensures that all the funds are used for their intended purpose. This past year the school

became a 1:1 technology school, and every student was given a Microsoft Surface Tablet. There

is a huge push in the curriculum with the administration and help of the media specialist

towards personalized learning in the classroom.

The media specialist does not have a specific dollar amount for a budget that she knows.

The principal and bookkeeper create the budget and determine how much the media center

receives. Most purchases made come from talking to what students and teachers need and by

reminding them the media specialists can help them with specific goals or plans they have in

mind and want to try. To support school initiatives at Hopewell Middle School the media

specialist provides both print and electronic resources to help students and teachers. She has

purchased book study sets to support the schoolwide professional learning plan. She also

orders subscriptions most of the building can utilize in one way or another, and saves a small

portion of the budget for teacher requests once they realize they need something to better
support the school’s plan. She also sometimes writes mini-PTA grants, and if there is extra

money at the end of the year she can buy extra things she wants for the media center.

THREE YEAR PROPOSED BUDGET:

2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 Total

Books-print $900 $800 $800 $2500

Periodicals- $150 $100 $100 $350

print/digital
Software and $2,000 $2,100 $2,100 $6,200
Databases
Makerspace $600 $650 $650 $1900
Supplies
Media center $200 $200 $200 $600
office supplies
EBooks $1000 $1050 $1050 $3100
Device $150 $100 $100 $350
Equipment

BOOKS:

Every year books are sorted and replaced to have a relevant print selection. With the

purchase of devices for each student, less print options will be needed. Purchase of new

books will depend on the books needed for the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl (multiple

copies of the 20 books from the Georgia Book Award Nominees) and teacher wish lists.

With the push towards using nonfiction across standards in the CCSS, most of the

money will be used for updating nonfiction print texts in the media center.

PERIODICALS:

The social studies and language arts department has collaborated with the media center

to purchase a print/digital subscription to the AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution). The

subscription includes Sunday deliver and total digital access. This helps students with
 current events and gives them opportunities to become “ethical users of information”

as stated in the media center mission statement. Students will be able to compare and

contrast print and digital resources as well as analyze citations and copyright laws.

Nonfiction is integrated across content areas with the CCSS, and this resource will tie

into those standards.

SOFTWARE:

Microsoft OneNote is the primary form of communication on student devices. Teachers

create Class Notebooks for each class, and students have access to a variety of

resources, including accessing homework and submitting assignments. Every student

need a Microsoft school account that includes OneNote, OneDrive, Word, and Excel.

Hopewell is moving towards personalized learning in the curriculum, and the Microsoft

software is one of the main ways teachers and students can use the devices.

MAKERSPACE SUPPLIES:

Students will use free coding tools such as code.org, Tynker, or Codecademy. The money

will go toward the purchase of robotics kits for students to apply what they learned

about coding. This ties in to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students

and the push for an increase in STEM at Hopewell Middle School. It also ties into the

media center vision, because this makerspace will teach students to be critical thinkers.

MC SUPPLIES:

This will go towards materials for the lamination machine, routine office supplies, paper

for the poster maker, promotional items, bulletin board supplies, and other equipment
 supplies. Because the media center is a place with high flow traffic from students and

faculty, supplies need replaced and updated each year.

EBOOKS:

Students will have access to eBooks 24/7 with their personal devices. This will allow

more students to check out and have access to books for longer periods of time. 60% of

the eBooks purchased will be nonfiction, and the other 40% will be fiction. The fiction

will include graphic novels and audio books as well.

EQUIPMENT:

Because students have personal devices, many time when they come to the media

center they will need to watch videos or listen to audio books. As a result, they will need

to be able to check out or use headphones while they are in the media center. This will

allow more students to be in the media center collaborating at a time. The Hollar Hype

PR3M Folding Soft-Touch Headphones are 3.50 a piece, and we will be able to purchase

42 pairs. In the coming years, the purchase can still be used for headphones, or the $100

can adapt to other equipment to help student’s personalized devices such as styluses or

a mouse for their device that can be checked out from the media center.