1. AB Miller High School Community Meeting April 13, 2010

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. A. B. Miller High School AYP Proficiency average for last 3 years - 36.45% API over last 5 years – 2004-2005: 0 – 2005-2006: -21 – 2006-2007: +19 – 2007-2008: 0 – 2008-2009: -6 – Total Growth: -8

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

7. 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

8. When Do We Have to Do This? If we adopt for the 2010-11 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 2011-12 year we are not promised to receive any funding, but we still must restructure.

9. 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

10. Time Line February 25: Email 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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