1. Arlington Public Schools Whom are we serving? Who is providing the services? What is changing? How are the services provided? October 2006

2. Whom are we serving?

3. 2004-2005: –White: 43% –Hispanic: 32% –Black: 14% –Asian: 10% 2005-2006: –White: 46% –Hispanic: 29% –Black: 14% –Asian: 10% Student Demographics 2006-2007 (preliminary): –White: 48% –Hispanic: 29% –Black: 13% –Asian: 10%

4. 2001-200238.31% 2002-200337.65% 2003-200435.84% 2004-200536.09% 2005-200635.02% Students on Free/Reduced Lunch

5. Gifted Students l 19% of K-12 population (March 2006) identified as Gifted, of that 19%: – 10.3% Asian – 8.0% Black – 14.4% Hispanic – 66.9% White 6.2% dually identified Gifted and Special Education

6. Students with Disabilities l 2,882 students, (16% of September 2006 student population) receive special education services l All APS schools service students with disabilities including alternative programs.

7. Students with Disabilities The following is a breakdown of disabilities:  32% Specific Learning Disabilities  17% Other Health Impairment  16% Speech or Language Impairment  12% Developmental Delay  8% Emotional Disturbance  6% Autism Spectrum Disorder

8. Students with Disabilities The following is a breakdown of disabilities:  3% Cognitive Disabilities 1,2,3  3% Multiple Disabilities  <1% Hearing Impairment  <1% Orthopedic Impairment  <1% Traumatic Brain Injury  <1% Visual Impairment

9. Limited English Proficient Students l 3,574 students (20% of September 2005 student population) received ESOL/HILT services l 1,115 students in exited Year 1 and Year 2 l 439 in preschool classes l 69 opt-out l 832 in exited Year 3 and Year 4

10. Who is providing the services?

11. APS Organizational Chart

12. APS Department of Instruction

13. Title I Services l 20.0 Title I Reading Teachers l 4.5 Mathematics Instructional Resource Teachers (MIRTs) l 3.0 Central Office staff assigned to specific schools on an as-needed basis l 1.0 Central Office based Reading Recovery Lead Teacher l 2,199 students receive Title I services – 395 in Targeted Assistance schools (direct services to Title I eligible students) – 1,804 in School-wide schools (Title I teachers provide services to all K-5 students)

14. Other School-Based Staff l 7.0 total Mathematics Instructional Resource Teachers (MIRTs) at 13 elementary schools providing coaching/modeling for teachers and some direct instruction l 28.5 Instructional Technology Coordinators (ITCs) providing support for teachers in implementing instructional technology throughout the curriculum l 19.0 Resource Teachers of the Gifted (RTGs), 0.5 at each elementary school and 1.0 at each middle and high school, providing coaching/modeling for teachers, some direct instruction, and student identification

15. Important Links -- Program School Options: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/options/site_map.shtml Four-Six Year Academic Plan: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/stud_serv/academic_plan/

16. Free/Reduced Lunch: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/IS/plan_eval/demog/free_lunch.shtml Civil Rights Statistics: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/IS/plan_eval/demog/civil_rights/ Survey of Limited English Proficient Students: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/instruct/esol_hilt/downloads/lep_survey_2005.pdf Enrollment Data: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/IS/plan_eval/demog/month_enroll/ Projections: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/IS/plan_eval/demog/enroll_proj/FallProjections06-11.pdf Important Links -- Data

17. What is changing?

18. Enrollment Trends l Since 2001, APS has experienced declining enrollment system-wide K-12 populations: – 2001: 18,4842005: 17,600 – Decline of 884 K-12 students in 4 years l Decline is not equally distributed geographically or by ethnic groups l Decline is flattening, expect eventual reverse

20. enton January, 2006

21. -15 -136 -372 -361 Total Decline 2001-2005: 884

22. -307 -292 -364 -228 Total Decline 2001-2005: 1191

25. Projection Methodology l School-specific projections are based on 3-year cohort-survival averages – If Tuckahoe’s K to 1 st grade growth rate averages 5%, the current K will be multiplied by 105% to project next year’s 1 st grade l Kindergarten is based on “capture rate” for the system and Arlington’s birth rates for 5 years prior l Generally, enrollment is within 1% of projections system-wide

28. 2005 Student Generation Factor

29. Students by Housing Types

30. Capacity Utilization Tables Spring 2006

32. Capacity Analysis School Year 2005 l Building capacity: 20,213 l Utilization rate: 89.4% l Countywide seats available: 2,144 School Year 2011 l Building capacity: 20,373 l Utilization rate: 80.4% l Countywide seats available: 4,001

33. Assign students to a school who reside in proximity to that school including those who live in safe walk zones. l Assign students to a school who reside in proximity to that school including those who live in safe walk zones. l Keep neighborhoods together. l Avoid creating elementary school boundaries that do not contain the school to which students are assigned. l Minimize transportation times. l Minimize future capital and operating budget costs. l Promote demographic diversity. l Avoid causing students who have continued to reside in a particular geographic area to be affected by boundary change more than once at a particular school level, (e.g. elementary, middle, high). l Avoid separating small numbers of students from their classmates when they move to a school at the next level. Board Criteria on Boundary Changes

34. l Monitor and assess over a period of two school years the impact and effectiveness of each of the recommendations with preliminary reports on transfers and enrollment l Create Barrett Cluster l Provide staff support for exemplary project development l Revise admissions policy to 95% capacity l Continue freeze of out-of-team transfers l Move Montessori class from McKinley to Ashlawn l Move three planning units from Taylor l Grandfather rising Grades 3, 4, and 5 l Move new planning unit to Long Branch Board Actions -- 2004 Boundary Process

35. Options for the Future l December 2006 – Staff will present report to the School Board on enrollment/capacity l Any recommendations effective 2007-2008 would have to be approved by the Board, according to policy, no later than the first School Board meeting in March

36. How are the services provided?

37. School Board provides guidance to the Superintendent Revenue Sources Revenue Sharing Agreement with County Total Budget and Expenditures School Operating Fund Additional Information on the FY 2007 Adopted Budget: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/finance/budget/downloads/2007adoptedbudget.pdf FY 2007 Adopted Planning Factors: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/finance/budget/downloads/07planningfactors.pdf FY 2006 Washington Area Boards of Education (WABE) Guide: http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/finance/budget/downloads/FY2006%20WABE%20Guide.pdf How Do We Pay For It?

38. Where Does the Money Come From?

39. Where Does the Money Go?

40. Questions and Comments