Public Forum on Elementary Accountability, Curriculum and Capacity for Change

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Public Forum on Elementary Accountability,
Curriculum and Capacity for Change

• October 26, 2006

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Our Mission and Vision

• The mission and vision for Fluvanna County
  Public Schools as adopted by the School Board
  focus on the provision of a quality education for
  all students through a partnership of educators,
  parents, and community. Each schools vision
  mirrors that theme.

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Strategic Initiatives2002-2005

• Student Support
• Test Scores
• Graduation Rate
• Individualized Instructional Plans
• Proactive Discipline and Attendance Plans
• Curriculum Differentiation
• Targeted Subgroups
• Staff Support
• Personnel Salaries
• Summer in-service and training activities
• Building level teacher mentorship activities
• Community Connections
• Parent survey results and responses
• Community Learning Centers
• Community building use
• Educational Foundation
• Superintendents Advisory Committee
• Community Service Initiative
• Capital Improvement Plans

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Strategic Initiatives2005-2006

• Student Support Study Groups and Work Plans
• Reading Secondary
• Inclusion and Resource Assistance - Secondary
• Individualized Instructional Plans
• Planning for Individual Student Needs
• Use of Alternative Education Programs
• Guidance and Mentoring At-Risk
• Survey of Graduates
• Staff Support
• Survey of Teacher Issues
• Salaries
• Administration Support
• Community Connections
• Student Safety Advisory Committee
• Public Forums Fall and Spring
• Advisory Committees
• School Board
• School Based
• Superintendent

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Strategic Initiatives2006-2007

• Student Support Study Groups and Work Plans
• Reading K-12
• Mathematics K-12
• Guidance and Mentoring
• Secondary Course Offerings
• Staff Support
• Administrator Evaluations
• Diversity Training and Minority Staff Recruitment
• Teacher Salaries
• Community Connections
• Public Forums Fall and Spring
• Advisory Committees
• School Board
• School Based
• Superintendent
• Capital Improvement Plans
• Implementation of School Board adopted Domino
  Plan for Future School Construction

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School/Home/Community Partnership

• All schools in Fluvanna involve parents as an
  integral part of each childs education,
  including the development of IIPs.
• Parents provide valuable input through surveys,
  at division and school levels.
• Parents and community members are vital resources
  as volunteers in school programs and activities,
  as mentors, and members of various school and
  divisionwide committees.
• This is the third year of the school and
  community partnership to provide the Community
  Learning Centers.

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Making Progress The Result of High Expectations

• Many gains have been made by Fluvanna County
  Public Schools over the past several years. Our
  focus on the individual child and our belief
  that, with high expectations and parents,
  schools, and community as partners, all children
  will learn has resulted in progress for all of
  our children.

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SOLs and Accreditation
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Accreditation What Is Considered

• Grade 3 at least 75 in English at least 70
  in Math at least 50 in Science and in History
• Grade 4 at least 70 in English and 70 in
  Math.
• Grade 5 English at least 75 (includes
  EnglishRLR and Writing) Math, History, and
  Science at least 70 in each.

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2006-07 Accreditation (based on 2005-06 data)
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Adequate Yearly Progress
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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and Adequate
Yearly Progress

• The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)
  requires all students to be proficient in reading
  (English) and mathematics by 2013-14, and
  utilizes the SOL tests in English and math to
  determine proficiency.
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) annual measurable
  objectives, or benchmarks, in English and math
  are set by VDOE and approved by USDOE.
• AYP objectives are in addition to the standards
  for learning and achievement required under the
  Standards of Learning program and the Standards
  of Accreditation.
• To make AYP, 29 benchmarks must be met or
  exceeded. Missing a single benchmark may result
  in a school or a school division not making AYP.

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AYP Benchmark Objectives

• Participation in reading (English) and
  mathematics statewide testing all students and
  student subgroups.
• Performance in reading (English) and mathematics
  statewide testing all students and student
  subgroups.
• Attendance at elementary schools.

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AYP Student Subgroups

• Black students
• White students
• Hispanic students
• Students with disabilities
• Economically disadvantaged students
• Students with limited English proficiency
• Student subgroups of less than 50 are TS too
  small to be included in accountability
  calculations.

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Annual Measurable Objectives for AYP

• READING
  MATHEMATICS
• Year Proficient
  Proficient
• 2001-02 60 58
• 2002-03 61 59
• 2003-04 61 59
• 2004-05 65 63
• 2005-06 69 67
• 2006-07 73 71
• 2007-08 77 75
• 2008-09 81 79
• 2009-10 85 83
• 2010-11 89 87
• 2011-12 93 91
• 2012-13 97 95
• 2013-14 100 100

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Elementary English and Math Participation
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Elementary English Performance
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Elementary Math Performance
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Elementary Attendance
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Student Achievement

• Early Intervention
• Early Childhood Special Education.
• 2 to 5 years of age.
• Qualification.
• Classrooms at Cunningham and Columbia Schools.

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Student Achievement

• Early intervention.
• Four-Year-Old program.
• Screening for academic and/or developmental
  delays.
• Standards.
• Classrooms at Cunningham.

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Student Achievement

• Reading and Math
• Whole-and small group, individualized and
  differentiated instruction.
• Special services include special education,
  resource, Title I and Gifted.
• Reading and math series, novel approach, special
  programs, computer assisted instruction.
• Interdisciplinary approach using science and
  social studies.
• Individual instructional plans.

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Student Achievement

• Parent and Community Involvement
• Parent-teacher organizations (PTO).
• Advisory committees.
• Individual and small group tutoring.
• School wide and classroom events.
• Special activities such as field trips, band, and
  drama.
• Community projects such as History At Home.

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Primary Years Programme (PYP)A New Direction

• International Baccalaureate organization (IBO).
• All students.
• All elementary schools.

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Mission and Vision

• The Primary Years Programme will help us meet
  our school divisions mission of helping all
  students become lifelong learners and acquire
  the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to
  develop into responsible and productive citizens
  of the twenty-first century.

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The Student Profile

• Inquirers.
• Thinkers.
• Communicators.
• Risk-takers.
• Knowledgeable.
• Caring.
• Reflective.
• Open-minded.
• Balanced.

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Timeline for Authorization

• Phase 1
• At least 6 months.
• Investigation and education.
• Training.
• Planning and coordination.

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Timeline for Authorization

• Phase 2
• Application A.
• May 1, 2007.
• Training.
• Unit planning.
• Implementation.
• Consultation.

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Timeline for Authorization

• Phase 3
• Application B.
• May 2008.
• Training.
• Unit planning.
• Implementation.
• Authorization visits.

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The Future

• Full implementation.
• Continued planning and revisions.
• IBO support.
• IBO evaluations.
• Student profile.

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School Budget and the Capacity for Change
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Student Enrollment
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Change in Student Population 1983 to Present
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Student Projections for the 2006-2007 School Year
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Student Enrollments2007 and Beyond
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Demographic Data

• United States Census Data for Fluvanna 1990 2000
• Birth Data
• Kindergarten Enrollment History
• Total Enrollment History
• Enrollment by Grade Level
• Enrollment Growth Trends

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Possible Enrollment Growth Scenarios 10
YearsLeveling Off

• Number of babies born in County levels off at
  just over 300 annually as in 2002 2003
• Produces an entering kindergarten class of
  approx. 350 each year
• Grows to about 400 by middle school
• Results in middle school enrollment stabilizing
  around 1200
• High enrollment stabilizing around 1600

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Possible Enrollment Growth Scenarios 10
YearsIt Has Only Just Begun

• Number of babies born in County continues to
  increase beyond the 300 annually of the last two
  years
• Produces continued increases in the size of the
  entering kindergarten class to 375-400 each year
• Grows to about 425-450 by middle school
• Results in middle school enrollment of 1275-1350
• High school enrollment grows to 1700-1800

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Ethnicity by School
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Ethnicity by District
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School Boards Adopted 2006-2007 School Budget
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2005-06 Fluvanna County School BudgetExpenditures

• Instruction - 23,549,847
• Admin. Attendance - 961,676
• Transportation - 2,131,808
• Operations - 2,748,083
• Other Uses - 477,029
• Technology - 1,217,451

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2006-07 Fluvanna County School BudgetExpenditures

• Instruction - 26,260,925
• Admin. Attendance - 996,364
• Transportation - 2,364,191
• Operations - 2,843,676
• Other Uses - 477,029
• Technology - 1,282,135

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Revenues

• State Funds, the Composite Index and setting a
  foundation.
• Basic Aid - instructional personnel and materials
  less sales tax returned to the locality and
  adjusted by the Composite Index.
• Sales Tax - sales tax returned to the locality on
  the basis of the school age population.
• SOQ Funds - these subprograms are based upon a
  minimum established cost and the Composite Index
  and do not reflect a sales tax adjustment.
• Categorical Aid - direct payments for specific
  initiatives.
• Grants - same as categorical aid but may be on a
  competitive basis.
• Federal Funds
• Local Funds

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Change in Composite Index ofLocal Ability-To-Pay

• .3595 to .3749
• (loss of approximately 250,000 in State funds)

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Per-Pupil Expenditure vs Median Family Income
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Funding For Education2005-2006 School Budget
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Funding For Education2006-2007 School Budget
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Capacity for Change
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Average Per Pupil Amounts

• 2002-2003 Fluvanna Average - 7,125
• 2002-2003 Virginia Average - 8,136
• 2003-2004 Fluvanna Average - 7,117
• 2003-2004 Virginia Average - 8,552
• 2004-2005 Fluvanna Average - 7,614
• 2005-2006 Estimated - 8,053
• 2006-2007 Estimated Based Upon Board of
  Supervisors Appropriation 8,719

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2004-2005 Per-Pupil Expenditure
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Difference Between Virginia Average Per-Pupil
Expenditure and Fluvanna Per-Pupil Expenditure
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2002-2003 Per-Pupil Comparisons
Fluvanna Ranks 119 of 134 Includes Capital
Spending
Fluvanna Ranks 96 of 134
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2003-2004 Per-Pupil Comparisons
Fluvanna Ranks 126 of 134 Includes Capital
Spending
Fluvanna Ranks 118 of 134
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2004-2005 Per-Pupil Comparisons
Fluvanna Ranks 128 of 134 Includes Capital
Spending
Fluvanna Ranks 124 of 134
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2004-2005 Instructional Personnel Per 1,000
Students
Fluvanna Ranks 128 out of 134 School Divisions
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Making Progress The Result of High Expectations

• Many gains have been made by Fluvanna County
  Public Schools over the past several years. Our
  focus on the individual child and our belief
  that, with high expectations and parents,
  schools, and community as partners, all children
  will learn has resulted in progress for all of
  our children.

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Our Mission and Vision

• The mission and vision for Fluvanna County
  Public Schools as adopted by the School Board
  focus on the provision of a quality education for
  all students through a partnership of educators,
  parents, and community. Each schools vision
  mirrors that theme.