Dropout Prevention and Persistence to Graduation

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Dropout Prevention and Persistence to
Graduation
Marty Bell Jefferson County Public Schools May
13, 2009
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A Place for Every Child

• N O E X P U L S I O N S
• Every child graduates

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Changes in Student Demographics
Source JCPS Data Books for 2002-03 and 2006-07
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Dropouts Reported Reasons for Dropping Out of
School
REDUCING DROPOUTS

• Dislike school bored with school disengaged
• Lack of feeling connected to school
• Low academic achievement poor or failing grades
  in core subjects
• Lack of support at home to succeed in school
• Missed too many days to catch up low attendance
  rate
• Need for employment to help family difficulty
  juggling work and school
• Curriculum not perceived as having a real-world
  application
• Disciplinary reasons (repeated exclusionary
  discipline, and failure to return from a
  long-term suspension)

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Home Issues

• Housing
• Health
• Family economic status
• Family issues

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Household Structure
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School Mobility
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School Absenteeism
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FRYSCFamily Resource/Youth Services Centers

• 95 Centers serve 131 schools
• Help students and families overcome barriers to
  educational success
• Provide, arrange for, or make referrals
• Adult education
• Health Services
• Social Services
• Employment training and placement
• Substance abuse counseling
• Family and mental health counseling

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District-level Interventions

• Neighborhood Place (10 locations)
• STOP Suspension/Truancy Off-site Program
• Assessment Center
• Alternative Schools

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School Absenteeism
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Suspensions
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HIGH SCHOOL RESTRUCTURING

• Freshman academies with smaller class size
• Trimester schedule (3x5 schedule)
• Expansion of Advanced Placement and dual
  credit courses for college credit while in high
  school
• Enhanced virtual learning opportunities

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FRESHMAN ACADEMIES

• Smoother transition from middle school
• Build community sense of belonging
• Nurture social-emotional skills
• Increase matriculation to 10th grade
• Increase attendance, decrease suspensions
• Begin connectedness to post-secondary

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3x5 TRIMESTER BENEFITS

• Students meet state requirements and continue to
  take valuable electives
• More instructional time for in-depth learning
• Common scope sequence of curriculum
• Less load on both students and teachers
• Promotes both acceleration and remediation
• Expands opportunity for career and vocational
  program classes

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Louisville Education and Employment Partnership
(LEEP)

• 55 Student case load
• Student mentoring
• Career readiness training
• Outcomes
• Attendance
• Transition after graduation
• English/math achievement

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UPS Partnership

• Work at UPS sorting hub
• College course
• Mentor

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Last KCCT Reading Performance
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Advanced Placement Exams Since 1997
Every high school offers AP course work
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College NowStudents earning post-secondary
credits while still in high school
(duplicated count of students enrolled in
classes)
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A Place for Every Child
Teenage Pregnancy Program (TAPP)
Breckinridge Metropolitan High School
397 students
400 students
State Agency Schools
Buechel Metropolitan High School
Student Assessment
3,000 students
550 students
Liberty High School
Kennedy Metropolitan Middle School
800 students
500 students
JCPS eSchool
Jefferson County High School
8,000 students
2,000 students
N O E X P U L S I O N S
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Jefferson County High School

• 14 locations
• Operate 14 hours a day in 3 hour segments
• Computer driven classes

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Teenage Parent Program

• Nursery care for babies
• WIC services
• Medical services for Moms
• Regular curriculum for Mom

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Breckenridge Metropolitan High School

• Students returning from Camp
• Specially trained teachers
• Jefferson County High School and GED classes

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Liberty High School

• Sixth through twelve grade
• Smaller class size
• No After School Activities

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Connectedness

• After School Activities
• Community Based Organizations
• Faith Based Organizations

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Hours in Community, Home, and School

33.3
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8.79
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Extra-Curricular Activities
TOTAL 102,807
High School Activities

• Athletics 8,506
• Activities 65,640
• TOTAL 74,146

Middle School Activities

• Basket ball 974
• Intramurals 3,532
• Activities 24,155
• TOTAL 28,661

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JCPS Comprehensive School Survey Parent Survey
Yes
No 24 76 45 55 47
53 41 58

• My child participates on sports teams sponsored
  by his/her school
• My child participates in clubs or activities
  (besides sports) sponsored by his/her school
• My child participates in sports sponsored by
  community organizations
• My child participates in clubs or activities
  (besides sports) sponsored by community
  organizations

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CBO PartnershipVision

• Collect participation data on students in
  programs targeted and assess the impact of the
  program on identified student indicators
• ie Does Martys participation in the After
  School program impact his attendance in school,
  discipline referrals in school, grades, or test
  scores.

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Partnership Indicators

• Academic achievement
• Test scores
• Basic skills test
• Achievement gap between standards of different
  races and socio-economic groups
• Ready for the next level
• Attendance
• Behaviors discipline, suspensions, dropouts and
  transitions

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How CASCADE and KidTrax Work Together.
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Sheldon Berman
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Outcomes - Attendance
F 13.60, p lt .01, ES .21
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Outcomes - Suspensions
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Outcomes - Reading
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Evidence

• Increase attendance in school
• Reduction in Suspension behaviors
• Improved Standardized Test Scores
• Improved PAS Scores
• Reduction in Tardy Behaviors
• Increase in family participation in clubs
• Real numbers of students participating

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Funding Organizations

• Alliance for Youth (state funds)
• Office of Youth Development (local)
• Metro United Way (non-profit)
• Human Services Department (local)
• Federal Funding
• Local Foundations (private)

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JCPS Graduation Rate
(4 years)
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Questions

• Marty.Bell_at_jefferson.kyschools.us
• 502-485-3949
• www.Jefferson.k12ky.us/