BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

Goreville Community Unit School District #1 WELCOME BACK!! Goreville Community Unit School District #1

WELCOME!! Kaela Fischer – H.S. Special Education Johnie Edwards – Driver Ed/Health/PE Jaime Lingle - JILG Carlene Miller – Art Kimberly Miller – School Nurse Mandy Schuetz – Playground Aide Belinda Taylor – Individual Aide

The Millennial Generation Children born ~1980-2000 According to generational studies experts, shares characteristics with the WWII generation (the “Greatest Generation”) including: better behavior see commonalities instead of differences play by the rules, and achieve great things Signs of this changing youth trend can be found in all major juvenile crime indicators. Violent crime, property crime, and weapons violations by today’s youth are all at record lows.

Serious violent crime offending rate by youth ages 12 to 17, 1980-2000                                                                             SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Supplementary Homicide Reports.

The juvenile arrest rate for drug abuse violations soared in the mid-1990s Data source: Analysis of arrest data from the FBI and population data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Percentage of students who reported having five or more alcoholic beverages in a row in the last 2 weeks by grade, 1980-2002                                                                             SOURCE: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Survey.

Percentage of students who reported using illicit drugs in the previous 30 days by grade (1980-2002)                                                                             NOTE: Illicit drugs include marijuana, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens (including LSD, PCP, and ecstasy [MDMA]), amphetamines (including methamphetamine), and nonmedical use of psychotherapeutics. SOURCE: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Survey.

Yet, public perception is the opposite of reality. Source: AASA Poll with Ipsos-Reid

Public Schools are Outperforming Private Schools New report from U.S. Department of Education The average for public schools on NAEP was significantly higher than the average for private schools for grade 4 mathematics when adjusted for student characteristics Unadjusted scores were higher for private schools

Schools Are Safer Than Ever for Children Incidences of school crime have decreased over the past decade. Between 1992 and 2001, the rate of non-fatal violent crimes and assault against students dropped from 48 per 1000 students to 28 per 1000. Homicides on school premises also dropped from 34 in 1992 to 14 in 2001.

Student Body More Diverse Than Ever Nationwide… More than one-third of public school students are from low-income families. One in ten public school students is an English language learner English language learners are the fastest-growing population in U.S. public schools About one school-age child in five is a child of immigrants About a quarter of those children are foreign-born themselves Almost 14 percent of public school students receive special education services About ¾ of those are educated in regular classrooms for a significant part of the school day Source: Center on Education Policy, A Public Education Primer, 2006

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