AB Miller High School Community Meeting April 13, 2010

Persistently Low Achieving Schools As part of the regulations associated with the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), School Improvement Grant (SIG), Race to the Top (RTTT), and Senate Bills X5.1and X5.4, California must identify the lowest achieving schools and implement a school intervention model to improve performance

Identification Criteria The State in accordance with Federal guidelines creates the methodology of selecting the schools. – AYP proficiency average for last 3 years – 50 points in API over last 5 years. – Below a 60% graduation rate. The lowest 5% of schools are identified in 3 tiers of identification.

Three Tiers of Identification Tier I Those schools receiving Title 1 monies who meet the guidelines. Tier II Those schools not receiving Title 1 monies who meet the guidelines. Tier III Those schools who are not in Tier I or II, but do not have a 60% graduation rate.

A. B. Miller High School AYP Proficiency average for last 3 years % API over last 5 years – : 0 – : -21 – : +19 – : 0 – : -6 – Total Growth: -8

What Does this Mean? We must adopt one of four models for school improvement.

School Intervention Models Turnaround: remove Principal and Staff, rehire no more than 50% of original staff, adopt a new governance structure, implement a research-based instructional program aligned to the State Standards, increase learning time Restart: school is closed and reopens as a charter school, operated by an approved State Charter Operator School Closure: school is closed and students enroll in a higher achieving FUSD school Transformation: remove Principal, improve teacher and school leader effectiveness, increase learning time, institute instructional reform, create a community- oriented school, provide operational flexibility

When Do We Have to Do This? If we adopt for the year we are eligible for between $50,000 and $2,000,000 in Federal funding each year for three years. If we adopt for the year we are not promised to receive any funding, but we still must restructure.

Next Steps We are researching all four options We are obtaining input from all stakeholders – Community, SSC, ELAC, Teachers, Staff, Parents, Students, Board Members, District personnel. Complete School Improvement Grant (SIG) We must obtain Board approval prior to submitting our application

Time Line February 25: from CDE that the PLAS list would be released in March March 3: FUSD notified by CDE March 5: Conference Call – Federal, State, County, District March 8: List Released to Public March 11: State Board Meeting – Criteria Approved March 16 & 17: CAHSEE Testing March 17: Conference Call – Federal, State, County, District …FUSD Board Presentation March 22-26: Spring Break April 6: District Receives Draft of Application April 7: Superintendent Begins Negotiations with FTA …Superintendent Address to Faculty and Staff April 8 & 9: Administration Intervention Training April 12 : SIG Team Meeting April 12 & 13: Community Meetings April 12-16: CST Testing April 21: Public Hearing, Board Presentation and Vote May 19: Application, MOU’s, and plan submitted for Board approval June 1: Application submitted to CDE August 1: Preliminary approval from CDE August 10: Key elements must be in place October 1: Revised plan submitted to State Fall 2010: Funding begins to arrive at District.

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