D20 Community Listening Meeting Recent Board Recommendations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

D20 Community Listening Meeting Recent Board Recommendations

Listening Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome, Board Officer video, and Staff Review of Key Topics -- 15 minutes 2. Comments from Community Members - 45 minutes 3. Closing 2

PRIORITIES: All children ready for first grade: 1. Across the district, provide high quality Pre-K and Kindergarten programs, staffed by teachers who prepare students to succeed in first grade. Include an effective family engagement component. Options for consideration: D20: In downtown Charleston, rezone elementary schools, strengthen the Early Childhood/Family Engagement program. 3

PRIORITIES: 2. All children access high-quality, equitable program offerings Create optimal-sized schools with outstanding leaders and teachers. In order to get better curriculum offerings and supports for students, our elementary schools need to house at least 500 students, and our middle schools should have at least 600 students. 4

James Simons Buist Current CCSD 62 Middle School 168 Middle School Middle School Students Students 500-600 Students Art (1) Art (1) Art (1) PE/Health (1) PE (1) PE/Health (3) CTE/PLTW (1) CTE/PLTW (2) CTE/PLTW (3) Band (0) Band (0) Band (1) Foreign Language (1) Foreign Language (1) Foreign Language (1) Algebra I (0) Algebra I (1) Algebra I (1) Geometry (0) Geometry (0) Geometry (1) 5

Options for consideration: District 20 proposals: • Create a strong arts-infused program at Sanders-Clyde Elementary. If feasible, consider expanding in future years into Simmons-Pinckney and Burke. • Create a strong advanced academic feeder pattern into a middle school and high school scholars' program (in conjunction with a 4-year college). • Increase number of middle school students in some D20 middle schools in order to be able to expand offerings to students. 6

Options for consideration: District 20 proposals: • Expand the number of seats available at Buist by one class per grade level. Increase diversity without impacting program quality. This will necessitate locating Buist on two campuses. • Change entrance criteria for Buist. Provide more D20 seats and create quotas for other constituent areas. • A proposal that was initially suggested was to relocate Mitchell Elementary students to Memminger and/or Charleston Progressive Academy, renovate Mitchell as a middle school. Other options are also under consideration. 7

PRIORITIES: 3. Ensure fair representation of our diverse student population in special programs Options for consideration: • Ensure that all schools serve at least 5% of their students in grades 3-8 in some type of program for gifted students. • Without negatively impacting program quality, revise selection practices at Buist and Academic Magnet to ensure the student body more closely represents the diversity of the district. 8

PRIORITIES: 4. Create a “Partnership Schools Zone” for identified schools Options for consideration: • Every school in the Partnership Zone will be headed by an outstanding leader. • The solicitation for successful, experienced partners was approved by the Board in June and is underway. • Partnership schools are public schools that serve neighborhood attendance areas and are under the control of the CCSD Board. This is NOT an effort to privatize education or create more charter schools. • Under terms of a contract with the Board, each Partnership school would have more authority and autonomy but also have greater responsibility to improve student achievement. 9

PRIORITIES: 5. Partial Magnets Options for consideration: • Ensure there are options for each Constituent District attendance zone. • Evaluate the effectiveness of the partial magnet special program area. • Consider using the transfer request process for vacant seats at constituent area choice schools. • Continue allocating teaching positions to partial magnets, pending the outcome of evaluations for effectiveness. • Fortify neighborhood schools; provide equitable programs at each middle school. 10

Listening Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome, Board Officer video, and Staff Review of Key Topics -- 15 minutes 2. Comments from Community Members - 45 minutes 3. Closing 11

Please limit your comments to 2 minutes in order to allow all speakers to have a chance to be heard. Also, you may share any feedback on the Comment card and turn it in as you leave. 12

Listening Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome, Board Officer video, and Staff Review of Key Topics -- 15 minutes 2. Comments from Community Members - 45 minutes 3. Closing Thank you for coming and please leave your comment cards on your way out. 13