Community Meeting March 5, 2014

Agenda  Vision of the District  Falcon Flyer Program  Criteria for Placement  Content  Day Structure

Vision Of the District STEM AcademyAdvanced ProgramFalcon Flyer Program Grades 3 – 8 3 – 5 Bilingual Enrollment Expectations:  120 students (Gr. 3-5)  60 students (Gr. 6-8) Expand to Early College High School for 9 th grade beginning Fall of 2015 Add grades in successive years Housed at the old Middle School Building All students not applying to STEM Pre-AP, AP, and Dual Credit classes will be offered Students will have access to tutorials Will be on the students home campus All students not on grade level in grades 1-12 Mandatory placement Enrollment Expectations 50% of students Goal is to lower enrollment as students begin to reach grade- level Instruction targeted to specific core subject content where the student is not on grade-level Will be on the students home campus

Falcon Flyer Criteria  Failed one or more core subjects (end-of-year)  Failed any portion of the STAAR or End-of-Course test  Not on grade-level based on normed reference testing (i.e., AIMS-web) at end-of-year  Rated as “Still Developing” on TPRI scores (KG – 2) at end-of-year  Low performing on TEJAS-Lee scores at end-of-year  New Students/Move-in Students  based on grades from previous school and/or test scores given by district  Special Education Students  Same criteria for Sp. Ed. Students who will take the grade- level STAAR test  Students in Life Skills or who are taking the STAAR-Alternative test will be placed based on ARD committee decisions

Falcon Flyer Program Curriculum  Individual Education Plans (IEPs) will be developed for each student based on where “gaps” in learning occur  Generally no grade-level content  Not “extra time” for homework  Not “tutoring”  Falcon Flyer Program is in addition to Response-to-Intervention (RTI) program that is done throughout the year during school day.

Falcon Flyer Program Day Structure  Students assigned to FFP will start school at the same time as all other students  Students in the FFP will be required to attend school until 4:00 p.m.  High School day will be adjusted to end school at approximately 2:50 p.m.  Elementary end time will remain at 3:00 p.m.

Royal STEM Academy Who is eligible?Program CurriculumDay Structure Students will apply for STEM Academy Criteria for STEM Academy is being developed Students who do not meet criteria can “waiver” into the Academy Students who are in the Falcon Flyer Program are not eligible All students who attend STEM will be eligible to participate in athletics, band, CTE Goal is to extend the STEM from grades 3-8 to an Early College High School serving students thru grade 12 Curriculum will have an emphasis on math & science Limited number of electives Computers PE/Athletics Other electives as permitted There is an expectation that students in the STEM Academy participate in competitive academic events Robotics UIL Extended periods of instruction in math and science Students will have extended day, similar to students in the Falcon Flyer Program Current plans are to have students eat lunch on their home campus Grades 3-5 at RES Grades 6-8 at RJH Students in grades 6-8 may have electives on their home campus (as required by program)

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