Project ACT

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Project ACT

• Achieving in Challenging Times

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What We Have Done?
Focus
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Purpose

• Educating Each Student to be a Thriving Citizen

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MissionThe mission of the Bend-La Pine Public
Schools, is to prepare each student with the
knowledge, skills, confidence and personal
integrity to be a thriving citizen by assuring
the highest quality education.
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Beliefs

• All people have inherently equal worth.
• High expectations, coupled with motivation,
  inspire people to higher levels of performance.
• Integrity, respect and cooperation are essential
  in building trusting relationships.
• Education is the shared responsibility of
  students, families, staff and the entire
  community.

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Comprehensive Plan

• Focus on items that make a difference.
• Prime measure Student Reading

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Initiatives

• AP Initiative
• School to Career Partnership
• K-3 Class Size Reduction
• Extended Day Kindergarten
• Technology Initiative
• Student Accountability
• Middle School Alternatives

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AP Initiative

• 24 teachers in AP training within past 2 years.
• 28 courses offered
• Five new courses offered
• English Language/Composition
• Statistics
• European History
• Government
• Psychology
• Enrollment up by 355

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Honors Diploma
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Capstone Classes

• 5 Capstone Classes 3 must be AP.
• A Capstone Class is any Advanced Placement level
  class, a four-year college transferable credit,
  or an approved comparable course.
• Capstone Classes are graded on a 5-point scale.

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School to Career Partnership

• Prepare every Bend-La Pine graduate with the
  skills and experience theyll need to succeed in
  college and the workplace

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School to Career Partnership

• Participation in first semester
• 136 guest speakers
• 140 mock interviewers
• 495 job shadows
• 46 mentorships/internships
• Career-related experiences required for 2007
  graduates.

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Real WorkReal Learning
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Goal Every student reading at grade level by
third grade

• K-3 Class Size Reduction -lower kindergarten
  through third studentteacher ratio to 201.
• Full day for all kindergarten students.

Technology Initiative

• Federal grant to train teachers to infuse
  technology into curriculum.

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Middle School Alternatives

• Student Accountability
• Summer School
• Social Promotion

• Advanced Students
• Struggling Students

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Challenges As We Go Forward
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The School in SocietyBefore 1900

• Basic Reading
• Writing
• Arithmetic Skills
• Some history civics
• Objective to teach basic skills and cultivate
  values that serve a democratic society

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From 1900-1959, we added

• Nutrition
• Immunization requirements
• Health classes
• Physical education classes
• Organized athletic teams
• Vocational Education, including home economics
  and agricultural education
• Mandated school transportation
• Business Education

• Arts and music classes
• Speech and Drama
• Kindergarten
• School Lunch Programs
• Expanded science and math
• Safety education
• Drivers education
• Foreign language requirements
• Sex education
• Mandatory racial integration

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From 1960-2000, we added

• Advanced Placement Programs
• Head Start
• Title I (Economically disadvantaged)
• Adult education programs
• Career counseling programs
• Special Education
• Title IX (athletic equality)
• Drug alcohol abuse education
• Parent education
• Character education
• Environmental education
• Womens studies
• African-American heritage education
• School breakfast programs
• Keyboarding computer education

• ELL and bilingual education
• Teen pregnancy awareness
• Early childhood education
• Hispanic heritage education
• Pre-school programs for at risk kids
• After-school programs
• Alternative education
• Health Psychological Services
• Sex abuse prevention
• Child abuse monitoring
• Conflict resolution peer mediation
• HIV/AIDS education
• CPR training
• School to work programs
• Gang violence education

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Beginning in the 21st Century

• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• Standardized State Tests
• Annual Report Cards (state, district)
• Testing in more grades
• Choice Transportation Requirements

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History Trends

• Shift from universal access to education in early
  20th Century to universal achievement at
  beginning of 21st Century
• Under-funded mandates from the federal government
  starting in the 1960s continue
• Move toward centralization of education control
  at the state level
• Federal funding for disadvantaged youth includes
  increased demands for social change
• Revenue for schools restricted by tax limitation
  measures

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• OTHER CHALLENGES
• Schizophrenic tax system, with reliance on a
  single source of income.
• Rising labor costs due to dramatic increases in
  health care and aging labor force.
• Rising cost and growth in Special Education, ELL
  and minority populations.
• Growing Federal mandates NCLB, IDEA, etc.

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Prior to 1990 . . .

• Majority of school funding from local property
  taxes under the control of local school boards
• Property taxes presented a relatively stable
  funding source

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Property Tax ReductionsBallot Measure 5 passed
in 1990

• Property taxes for schools capped at 5 per 1000
  of assessed value.
• K-12 funding part of state general fund.
• Legislative control of school funding.
• State-wide funding equity established.

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Measures 5 47/50
Fundamental Shift in the Responsibility for
Funding Schools
Source Legislative Revenue Office
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Local Property Taxes as of State Funding
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School Revenue Per Student Now 611 Lower than 12
Years Ago(School operating revenue adjusted for
changes in the number of weighted students and
the consumer price index)
Source Legislative Revenue Office
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Recent Budget Reductions

• School/Work Day Reduction
• (2002/03 and 2004/05) 3,000,000
• 3 Maintenance Positions 150,000 (annually)
• 2002-03 40 Athletics
• Supplies
• Equipment
• Referees
• Travel
• 4 Middle School Coaching Positions
• 2004-05 30 Increase in Pay-to-Play

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Recent Budget Reductions

• 25 of Classified Staff 2,000,000
• Custodians
• Secretaries
• Educational Assistants
• 40 of School Operating Budgets 800,000
• 50 of Support Service Budgets 1,000,000
• 6 Central Office Staff and
• Administrative Positions 400,000
• Student-to-Teacher and Student-
• to-Counselor Ratios Raised 1,900,000

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Current State Spending on K-12 Schools
Source Eugene Register-Guard
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Difference

• 2 million - 4 million
• more in additional costs than new revenue

More budget information at www.bend.k12.or.us
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Student Enrollment
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Free and Reduced Meal Eligibility 2001-2005
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Percent of overall enrollment
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Special Education Enrollment 2001-2004
14 14.2 13.9 14.2
Percentage of overall enrollment
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English Language Learner Enrollment 2002-2005
2.5 3.4 3.5
3.8
Percentage of overall enrollment
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Reaching Homeless Children

• 280 served in 2003-04
• 180 enrolled to date for 2004-05
• Outreach through
• Homeless shelters and transitional housing
• FAN
• Churches
• Food banks
• Soup kitchens
• Law Enforcement

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Issues facing people in Oregon today.
Preparing HS students for college/work. Ensuring
local schools are adequately funded. Ensuring
adequate health care. Providing family wage
jobs. Preventing crime/increasing public
safety. Ensuring college is affordable. Protecting
the environment.
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Results
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Exceptional Schools

• Six schools have been named Exceptional on the
  Oregon Report Card
• Amity Creek La Pine Elementary
• R.E. Jewell High Lakes
• Buckingham Highland
• Consistently Strong Schools
• Elk Meadow
• Bear Creek
• Juniper

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District Wide Parent Survey Results Fall 2004
Children Like School Resources distributed
fairly. Resources well managed by district
Quality teachers. Kids are safe at
school. Teachers care about kids. Parents feel
welcome. Quality education at school. Conferences
Valuable
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of students meeting or exceeding Math benchmarks
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of Bend-La Pine Students meeting or exceeding
Reading benchmarks
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of Bend-La Pine students meeting or exceeding
Writing benchmarks.
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Bend-La Pine Dropout Rate
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Bend-La Pine SAT scores
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Colleges Universities Attended/Admitted

• Seton Hall
• Notre Dame
• Whitman College
• Santa Clara
• Bowdoin
• Princeton
• Cornell
• Loyola

• Harvey Mudd
• Bard
• Duke
• Northwestern
• Stanford
• Harvard
• MIT
• Macalester

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Other Student Achievements

• All State/All Northwest Music
• Mock Trial
• Debate
• State and Conference Championship Athletic Teams
• Robotics
• Destination Imagination

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How Can I Help?

• Visit School or Host Talk
• Doug Nelson 383-6000
• School to Career Partnership
• Cathy Barkee 383-6392
• SMART
• Jude Hollmen 383-6466
• Education Foundation
• Dennis Smeage 322-5493
• Key Communicators
• www.bend.k12.or.us