December 15, 2004
Superintendent’s Advisory Task Force Minutes
Superintendent Advisory Task Force Members, Thirteen task force members were able to attend Wednesday’s meeting. Quite a feat for such short notice and at such a busy time of the year! Anyway, we made tremendous progress, spending two hours discussing restructuring scenarios 1-3. The summary of our plus/delta on each scenario is provided on pages 2 and 3 of this document.
We have an extremely important meeting next Tuesday from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. (at the latest). Pizza will be served, so I know you don’t’ want to miss this one! Also, on MONDAY, we are sending a team to visit Sterling Schools Sister School system that they put into place 1.5 years ago. Contact me by Friday if interested in going!!
Rick Loy
Superintendent
Excellence Every Day
Restructuring/Closing Schools Scenarios
#1- Close Grant and redistrict boundaries
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Plus |
Delta |
- Less intrusive on other schools
- Fewer students affected
- Keeps families together
- Fewer teachers affected
- Special education: will not need to relocate instructional program
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- Does this address NCLB concerns?
- Transportation / cost to district or parent responsibility
- Both schools have students not meeting AYP
- Will this affect census track?
- No change in instructional program – only reducing number of schools.
- Will still have the issues presently at current schools.
- NCLB: moving Grant students to H. Irving or F. Willard would compound AYP concerns.
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#2- Have 2 sister schools- 1 primary (Prek-2) and 1 intermediate (3-6), [students from 3 “watch” schools]
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Plus |
Delta |
- All schools will start NCLB AYP “clock” over.
- Entire program based on age-appropriate needs of students.
- More flexibility for placing students when there are more sections of each grade
- Class sizes flexible and equitable – instant cost savings
- Plan for Grant students to be part of new schools
- Staff on same page instructionally
- Possible to have one principal and one assistant so that both schools are one unit
- Collaboration increased
- Instructional and assessment consistency
- Focused staff development opportunities
- Successfully implemented in districts in the region.
- Consistency in staff (not 2 grade 1 teachers one year and one the next).
- Could fit in with long range plan for district restructuring.
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- Cost of transportation
- Starting times at both schools
- Neighborhood schools lost
- Forced configuration
- Parents going in two directions
- Older students not able to mentor younger students
- Perception about staff not part of new school(s) (?)
- Instructional special ed. Programs impacted (could be impacted positively or negatively)
- Teachers may not want to apply for their own jobs
- Putting two watch list schools together
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#3- Have 4 schools reconfigured (2 watch and 2 non watch)- 2 primary and 2 intermediate buildings
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Plus |
Delta |
- Pairs include 1 watch list and 1 non-watch list school
- Won’t have as much marketing
- Strong role models for students
- Educators will see full range of students
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- non-watch list schools impacted
- Would there be 5 schools with staff “displaced?”
- Increases distances between sister schools
- Lead time to prepare other buildings
- Impacts 1300 students without ample time
- Combining HI and FW would not improve demographic or achievement mix
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#4- Reconfigure Hawthorne-Irving; leave Lincoln alone, move the students from Grant to H-I
#5- Close Grant and offer Grant parents choice.
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