Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Evaluation June 12, 2013

Accelerate Student Learning at All Levels Indicator Weight Increase Graduation Rate by 20% or 13 Percentage Points Increase AP Qualify Scores by 10% Increase Reading and Math Performance by 10% 10% 20%

Our Graduation Rate Increase by 17 Percent or 11 Percentage Points Over the Most Recent Reporting Period

Huntsville Ranked 6th of 134 School Systems In Terms of Percent Increase in Graduation Rate for the 2013 Reporting Period Percentage Point Change in School System Graduation Rate Huntsville City Schools Alabama School Systems Systems with Increasing Graduation Rates Systems with Decreasing Graduation Rates

Our Students Increased Their AP Qualifying Scores by 34 Percent School Year 2010-2011 School Year 2011-2012 School Year 2012-2013

AP and Pre-AP Enrollments Are Also Up Among Our African-American Students Percent Increase in Enrollments, Year Over Year

Our Students Also Earned Approximately $34 Million in Scholarships Columbia High School: Three Gates Millennium Scholars (of Only 1,000 Scholarships Nationwide) Increased Scholarships by $1,5 million (101% increase) New Century Technology High School: One Gate Millennium Scholar (of Only 1,000 Scholarships Nationwide) Increased Scholarships by $1.13 million (175% Increase) Grissom High School Increased Scholarships by $3.76 million (30% Increase) Across Huntsville City Schools We Attained the Following Gains: 16% increase in National Merit Commended Scholars 17% increase in National Merit Semi-finalists 30% increase in National Merit Finalists 27 % increase in Academic Scholarships 29% increase in Non-Academic and Non-Athletic Scholarships  

Increased by 15 Points or 23 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment) Since Last Spring, Student Grade Level Proficiency in Math (Grades 1-12) Increased by 15 Points or 23 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment) Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level STAR Assessment Period

Student Grade Level Proficiency in Reading (Grades 1-12) Also Increased by 5 Points or 8 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment) Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level STAR Assessment Period

Increase Flexibility in the General Fund While Preserving Educational Program Indicator Weight Increase General Fund Surplus to Reflect 70% of One Month Reserve 10%

By the End of September We Anticipate Having 108 Percent of Our Required Reserve of One Month General Fund Operating Expenditures General Fund Reserve Goal 30-Sep-2009 30-Sep-2010 30-Sep-2011 30-Sep-2012 30-Sep-2013

Accomplished Talent Management Indicator Weight Increase Percent of Employees Giving Retirement Notice Before May 1st Create Standards for Teacher Effectiveness 5% 10% Accomplished Implemented the Early Retirement Notification Incentive – Began Hiring Six Weeks Earlier Implemented Probationary and Tenured Teacher Review Program

Improve Capital Infrastructure Indicator Weight Complete and Present Construction Plan for Approval that Reduces Maintenance Backlog by 20% Increase Percentage of Use of Technology 7.5%

This Year We Completed a Capital Strategy to Deliver Equity and Operating Efficiency in Schools Matched to Likely Enrollments and Educational Needs. In August, 70 Percent of Voters Approved Renewal of the 6.5 Mill Ad Valorem Tax to Fund this Strategy. This May, In Agreement with the NAACP Defense Fund and the Department of Justice, We Gained Court Approval of a Five Year Plan to Implement Our Strategy. Provide diverse, equitable schools that afford every student access to effective, personalized instruction in safe and orderly educational centers of excellence by: Building new schools that consolidate student bodies within feeder patterns that achieve a consistent student progression from Pre-K to 12th grade. Locating and right-sizing new schools so as to accommodate enrollments within communities with a focus upon maintaining local elementary schools and improving the programmatic efficiency and offerings of secondary schools serving local elementary schools. Improving the location and condition of magnet schools to align programs, and foster enrollment and achievement growth.

Under Our Court Approved Plan, We Will: Under the Court Approved Plan We Will Build Seven New Schools, Substantially Reduce our Maintenance Backlog, and Reduce Excess Space Under Our Court Approved Plan, We Will: Complete $194 million in New School Construction by 2016 to Deliver: Two High Schools One Freshman Academy One Junior High School One P-8 School Two Elementary Schools Replace 1.8 million square feet of Old Schools with 1.1 million square feet of New Schools Completion of the Construction Program will Reduce Our Total Maintenance Backlog by 35 Percent

Since 2011 We Have Taken Steps to Align Enrollments and Facilities Schools Consolidated Since July 2011: Chapman Elementary and Middle Schools Mountain Gap Elementary and Middle Schools Whitesburg Elementary and Middle Schools Providence Middle School and Williams Middle School Schools Retired Since July 2011: Seldon Center Homebound School Schools Retiring 2013 to 2014: Ed White Middle School University Place Elementary School Repurposed Schools: Terry Heights Pending Demolition for Construction of New Elementary School HCT will be Repurposed for Use by City and School System Utility Services

Schools Sold As of June 2013: We Have Sold or Reached Agreements to Sell Six Schools So As to Reduced Excess Capacity While Adding Value to Local Communities Schools Sold As of June 2013: Lincoln Elementary University Place Elementary Homebound School Schools Under Agreement for Sale/Transfer to Huntsville City: Grissom High School Johnson High School East Clinton Elementary Schools Pending Disposition: West Huntsville Elementary Academy for Academics and Arts (Cavalry Hill Campus) Seldon Center Stone Middle School

By the Close of 2018, All of Our Students Will Attend New High Schools, and We Will Have Retired Our Oldest, Least Equitable, and Least Efficient Capacity Completion of Our Plan Will: Provide All Students with Equitable Learning Environments from Programming to Commissioning Relocate 27% of Huntsville City Schools’ Students from Obsolete or Overcrowded Facilities to New Schools Retire 700,000+ ft2 (20+%) of the System’s Current Building Capacity that has a Weighted Average age of 48 years Reduce the Average Age of School Facility Square Footage from 43 Years to 24 Years Achieve a Recurring Annual Operating Savings of $5 million Reduce our Maintenance Backlog by 35 Percent

All of Our Students and Teachers Now Work in a Digital Networked Curriculum Aligned with College & Career Readiness Standards 1:1 Technology I-Pads: 6,000 Laptops: 20,000 Connectivity WiFi on School Buses Increased Bandwidth Monitoring Tools Lightspeed & DyKnow Filters Cisco Wireless Infrastructure Content & Change of Practice Pearson - Digital Curriculum Embedded Professional Development Project Management

Meet Requirements to Earn Unitary Status Indicator Weight Create a Plan for HCS to Attain Unitary Status in Three Years and Begin Implementing Immediately Upon Approval 20% Accomplished Created and Presented Unitary Status Plan to the Board of Education Conducted First Face-to-Face Meeting with DOJ and NAACP Defense Fund Resulting in Approval of Major Construction Program and Agreement on Subsequent Meeting to Discuss Benchmarks to Gain Unitary Status

Superintendent Goals 2012-13 Outcomes Raise Student Achievement: Goal: Increase Graduation Rate by 20 Percent Outcome: Increased Graduation Rate by 17 Percent Through June 2013 Restore Required Reserves and Improve the Capacity of HCS to Absorb Financial Shocks: Goal: Create a Reserve Equal to 70% of One Month’s General Fund Expenditures Outcomes: By September 30 We Expect Our Reserve to Equal 108% of One Months General Fund Expenditures We Have Expanded Use of Contracted Services for Non-Instructional Activities Build a Deep Bench of Effective School Leaders and Teachers Goal: Hire New Teachers Earlier Outcome: We Are Six Weeks Ahead of Our 2011-12 Hiring Pace Improve System Capital: Goal: Develop Five-Year Capital Plan Secured Voter Renewal of 6.5 Mill Ad Valorem Tax Secured Funding for Major Construction Program Secured Court Approval of Major Construction Plan Earn Unitary Status: Goal: Develop a Plan to Earn Unitary Status Deployed Digital Curriculum to Increase Student Achievement and Close the Digital Divide Created Plan to Gain Unitary Status Negotiated Construction of Seven Schools and Realignment of Education Programs Made Significant Progress in Desegregating Faculty Secured Agreement with DOJ and NAACP Defense Fund to Future Meetings Focused Upon Unitary Status

Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Evaluation June 12, 2013

Since Fall 2011, Student Grade Level Proficiency in Math (Grades 3-8) Increased by 19 Points or 32 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment) Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level STAR Assessment Period

Increased by 8 Points or 12 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment) Since Fall 2011, Student Grade Level Proficiency in Reading (Grades 3-8) Also Increased by 8 Points or 12 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment) Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level STAR Assessment Period