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Jefferson County Schools

Jefferson County Schools. Every Child, Every Day. Six Schools One Mission. Jefferson County Schools Dr. Molly Howard, Superintendent. We Believe……. that public education is the cornerstone of American democracy. Society’s Cost.

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Jefferson County Schools

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  1. Jefferson County Schools Every Child, Every Day Six Schools One Mission

  2. Jefferson County SchoolsDr. Molly Howard, Superintendent

  3. We Believe……. that public education is the cornerstone of American democracy.

  4. Society’s Cost • The cost to maintain a prisoner in Georgia is $19,275 per year. The cost of educating a child in Jefferson County is about $8,432 per year.

  5. The Purpose of Public Education is… to prepare students for college, career, and life.

  6. Jefferson County Schools Our Mission…To partner with the community in creating a learning culture that challenges, supports, and ensures the success of EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY Vision…. A unified community ensuring that EVERY CHILD will graduate from high school postsecondary ready Motto … Six Schools : One Mission: EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY

  7. Jefferson County Schools BELIEFS … The 6 C’s: We believe in a learning culture that is … Challenging ... High expectations, rigor, and relevance Committed ... Support, guidance, “can do” attitude, and sense of urgency Consistent … Aligned, guaranteed curriculum and pervasive, professional practices Creative … Individuality; active, engaged learning; and technology for the global workplace Caring … Building and nurturing relationships among students, staff, and the community Connected … Good communication at all levels

  8. System Student Demographics

  9. School NutritionSystem Free/Reduced 2008-2009 83.85% 2009-2010 83.75% 2010-2011 84.21%

  10. K-12 Enrollment at Jefferson Schools2010-2011 School Year • Carver Elementary 260 • Louisville Academy 520 • Wrens Elementary 576 • Louisville Middle 318 • Wrens Middle 280 • Jefferson County High 864 • Total 2,818

  11. Enrollment Trends

  12. Loss of Enrollment Summary

  13. Where Does Most RevenueCome From? Local Taxes – property taxes and motor vehicle taxes State Revenue – state funding is based on a per pupil formula (Quality Basic Education or QBE formula) Federal Funds – funds pay to support at-risk students, students with disabilities, efforts to improve teacher quality, JROTC, educating homeless children, vocational education and safe and drug free schools

  14. Jefferson County Revenue

  15. SPLOST

  16. Value of a Mil Adjusted Digest $428,769,113 Value of 1 Mil $428,769 Mil Rate 13.764

  17. Jefferson County School System Fiscal Year State Cuts 2003 303,769 2004 622,253 2005 727,199 2006 727,192 2007 344,038 2008 280,512 Federal Stimulus 2009 1,023,749 334,844 2010 2,742,864 1,307,207 FY 11 initial 2,166,096 259,362 8,937,672 1,901,413

  18. How Are Funds Spent? $582 $408 $613 $5,737 spent on Instruction $372 $483 $237

  19. Jefferson County SchoolsActive Employee Summary

  20. How Are Funds Spent?

  21. Jefferson County SchoolsTransportation Number of Students transported Daily: 2,298 Miles transported Daily: 2,594 Diesel/Fuel Costs: FY 08 - $282,418 FY 09 - $204,106 FY 10 - $199,823 Difference in 3 years = -82,595

  22. Issues Affecting Jefferson County Schools • Loss of state funding • Increase in state and federal unfunded mandates • Declining enrollment • Large, sparsely populated geographic area: • Transportation • Access to schools

  23. Issues AffectingJefferson County Schools • Diverse population of learners • Remediation • Enhancement • High levels of poverty • Health and other social issues • Developmental delays • Growing technological needs • Still using student classrooms built in 1950’s

  24. We’re Proud of Our Schools Louisville Academy Louisville Middle School Jefferson Co High School Carver Elementary School Wrens Elementary School Wrens Middle School

  25. Jefferson County Schools We’re Proud of Our Students

  26. Four Title I Distinguished Schools 2010-2011

  27. Post-Secondary Ready • 68% of the Class of 2010 graduated with both a high school diploma AND a certificate of program completion. • JCHS 11th grade surpassed State and RESA percent of students who scored in the exceeded range of the GHSWT 2010 SAT Results

  28. Educators

  29. Military

  30. Medical Community

  31. Protect and Serve

  32. Jefferson County Schools Every Child, Every Day Six Schools One Mission

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