Full Service Community Schools FSCS Grant Phase 1: Graduate OnTime Academy GOTA Phase 2: Full Servic

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Full Service Community Schools (FSCS)
GrantPhase 1 Graduate On-Time
Academy(GOTA)Phase 2 Full Service Community
School(FSCS)
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District Purpose

• Improve lives through a quality education

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SAISD Mission

• Graduate all of our students prepared to succeed
  in higher education

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Core Values

• Student-Centered
• High Expectations
• Commitment
• Teamwork
• Respect
• Integrity
• Passion

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Top 5 Priorities

• Improve Student Performance
• Balance the Budget
• Retain and Recruit Quality Staff
• Improve Leadership Capacity
• Improve Customer Service

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Innovative Solutions throughFull Service
Community School(FSCS)

• Need for Innovation

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The Silent Epidemic!

• Need for Innovation

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Out of every 100 ninth graders.
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65 will graduate from high school
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39 will enter college
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26 are still enrolled in the sophomore year
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15 will graduate from college
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OPPORTUNITYABOUNDS!

• We must make a u-turn in our thinking, our
  actions, our beliefs, and our will to give
  students another shot at school and at life.

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What we Know about Our Dropouts!

• Characteristics
• Leading Indicators
• High Absences
• Behavior Problems
• Reading Failure
• Math Failure
• Student Voices
• No-one cares lack of relationships
• Need flexible scheduling
• Family problems
• Lack of progress
• School doesnt connect to my world
• Want to learn
• Do not fit into stereotypes

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Dropout Students by At Risk Criteria
71
56
52
1.5
19
3
10
1.7
1.4
7.9
10.7
7.3
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Vision for Success
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FSCS Concept

• Set of partnerships and a place where services,
  supports, and opportunities lead to improved
  student learning, stronger families, and
  healthier communities

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FSCS Definition

• Coordination of educational development, family,
  health, and other services for students, families
  and communities through partnerships
• Public elementary and secondary schools
• Community-based organizations
• Public and private entities

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Dropout Recovery Academy
Early Childhood Services
Adult Education
After School Services
Parenting Classes
Community School One-stop centers building
enduring relationships among educators,
families, volunteers, business, health and
social service agencies, and youth
development organizations
Medical/ Dental Services
Enrollment Withdrawal Services
Family Assistance Services
Cultural Enrichment Services
Senior Services
Mental Health Services
Workforce Skills Services
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Dropout Recovery Academies

• Graduate On-Time Academy (Diploma)
• Out-of-School Youth Academy
• Diploma Strand
• GED Strand

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On-Time Graduation Academy

• Targeted Audience
• Students at-risk of NOT graduating on time
• 12th grade TAKS non-masters
• 4th year high school students lacking credits
  (and 5th year continuer at risk of being
  non-completer)
• Graduation Plan Minimum

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What?Graduate On-Time Academy Deliverables

• Opportunity to
• Earn a high school diploma using on-line
  technology to accrue credits and prepare for
  college entrance exams
• Develop workforce skills
• Receive a 425 stipend
• Graduate with their cohort
• in a non-traditional, business-like setting

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Why?Rationale for Proceeding

• Provides opportunities
• Student success
• On-time graduation
• Workforce skill development
• Vocational certification
• Income

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Graduate On-Time Academy

• ADD Number exist in SA, Bexar County, Texas

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Graduate On-Time AcademyKey Features

• On-line, needs-based, interactive instruction
• Rigorous and personalized instruction
• Leadership and workforce skill development
• High level of support from social service
  agencies and youth development organizations
• 4-hours academic schooling and 4-hours work
  setting
• Intense counseling

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Graduate On-Time Academy Framework
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Graduate On-Time Academy Funding

• Partnership grant with San Antonio Youth
  Centers--500,000 per year
• Extra funding opportunities
• Local United Ways
• Federal Government Grants21st CCLC, Safe
  Schools/Healthy Students
• COSA
• Mott Foundation

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MOUSAYC Responsibilities

• Engage SAISD in all aspects of the PLANNING PHASE
  (Fall
• Build in costs of CIC and 4 instructional
  assistants
• Build in costs of on-line instruction
• Additional responsibilities pending receipt of
  NOGA and planning period

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MOUSAISD Responsibilities

• Collaborating with SAYC in all phases of
  planning, implementing and evaluating
• Providing a site
• Identifying and recruiting students
• Selecting the on-line curriculum and instruction
• Maintenance and operation of the site
• Additional responsibilities pending receipt of
  NOGA and planning period

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SAISDProposal
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Next Steps

• Submit grant
• Seek additional funding sources
• Communicate entire community school concept with
  community, business, health industry, social
  service agencies, youth development programs
• Examine existing SAISD partnerships for
  feasibility of housing at site, Centro Del Barrio
  Lanier Health Clinic
• Recruit additional partners
• Research/visit community schools and dropout
  academies
• Research and resolve possible legal issues
• Research on-line curriculum and instruction
  programs

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Receipt of NOGA Next Steps

• Enter planning semester
• Develop partnership MOUs
• Revise and finalize budget
• Market Graduate On-Time Academy
• Recruit students
• Develop timelines for expansion of services for
  2009-2010 academic school year to include
  Out-of-School Youth Academy

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Grant Funding

• Planning/ Phase 1 500K
• Year 2 2009-10 500K
• Year 3 2010-11 500K
• Year 4 2011-12 500K
• Year 5 2012-13 500K

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ProjectedBudgetChanges to Occur in Planning
Phase
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Proposed Time Line

• April 15 Submit Grant
• July 2008 Receipt of NOGA
• August-December 2008 Planning Phase 1GOTA
• Conduct Meetings with SAISD, SAYC, COSA, social
  service agencies, and youth development
  organizations,
• Conduct Community meetings at all high schools
• Identify and recruit students
• Conduct Parent and Student awareness meetings
• Hire CIC and 4 instructional computer assistants
• September - December 2008 Board Reports on GOTA
• November 2008 Board Approval of MOUs and (if
  needed) on-line curriculum and instruction
  program November 2008
• January June 2009 Launch Phase IGOTA
• January-August 2009 Planning Phase 2FSCS
• January-August 2009 Board Reports on FSCS and
  GOTA
• August 2009 Launch FSCS

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Administrations Request

• Discussions with social service agencies, COSA,
  youth development programs, businesses, community
  leaders
• Enter MOU agreement required during grant
  submission
• Negotiate shared costs and possible partial space
  lease agreements
• Continue to finalize plans including targeted
  students, on-line curriculum and instruction
  review

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