Kings Beach Elementary School Eileen Fahrner, Principal

1. Kings Beach Elementary School Eileen Fahrner, Principal School Motto: “Do what is best for all kids” Response to TTRAC Questions

2. Overall Program Information Questions Kings Beach Elementary School • Size: 457 students, 74% Hispanic, 25% White, 1% African American • The home language survey determines if you are an English Language Learner • Certificated Staff: 23 Regular Classroom Teachers • 1 Music Teacher • 1 PE Teacher • 1 Computer Teacher • .5 Math Coach • .5 Newcomer Teacher • .5 Literacy Coach anticipated

3. Paraprofessionals • Title I: 6.5 hour per day, 5 days per week • Special Education: 6 hours per day, 5 days per week SDC 5 hour per day, 4 days per week 5 hours per day, 3 days per week • Librarian • .4 Community Liaison

4. Special Education • SDC Class for students with learning disabilities 1 full time teacher, 13 students • RSP Program 1 full time teacher, 23 students • Speech and Language Therapist 1 teacher, 3 days per week • 1 School Psychologist, 2 days per week

5. GATE • 13 Fifth graders identified and served • 18 Fourth graders qualify for testing. Need to be tested • Great Explorations in Math and Science • Field trips • Chautauqua with Jan Ellis pending

6. English Mainstream Two Way Immersion ELD, SLD Computers, Music, PE GATE Art Docent AFTS artists Special Friends Library Before and after school support and tutoring Boys and Girls Club Nutrition Program Project GLAD Preppy Kindergarten Second Step Power Hour Peaceful Playground Accelerated Reader Accelerated math All Day Kindergarten Lexia Phonics Newcomer Program Preschool The Family Room Harvest of the Month What programs are offered?

7. Field Trips • Arts for the Schools Assemblies • Sugar Pine Point • Pigeon Point • Sutter’s Fort • Taylor Creek • Wilbur May Museum and Park • Sierra Safari Zoo • Sagehen • Cross country and downhill skiing • Many more!!!

8. Science teacher Art teacher Expand to full time newcomer teacher Restore literacy coach Reading Specialist Extended day/year Baile Foklorico/Dance Expanded GATE Integrated English Mainstream program A third language What programs would you like to add and why?

9. What are the programs that we don’t want to lose and why? Our focus is Kindergarten through Fifth grade primarily, but the preschool and after school programs are an integral part of our students’ success. “We would like to keep every program we have now because they all expose kids to so manygood things”

10. Programs that impact facilities: • Music has moved into a room at the BGC. She sees every student in the school. A cart is not an option as the playground is not covered and her equipment is too cumbersome. • In M3, we house Special Ed, Newcomer, Title I, the Math Coach, and if restored, out Literacy Coach • M6 is our staff work room. It houses the laminator, copy machines, science materials, art docent portfolios, second step program and serves as a place for 59 employees to meet throughout the day • Room 11 hosts an all day preschool and M11 2 half day preschools. After school they serve the Kinderclub Program for the BGC. Space is not available in the community in which to move these programs.

11. Achievement Data • Safe Harbor: We met our Adequate Yearly Progress and our Academic Performance Index for 2006-2007 • All sub groups made their AYP and API • Not in PI for Math

12. During the day intensive instruction by a credentialed teacher Summer school Integration to increase English Language Models Increase services to newcomers Restore paraprofessionals (we’re down 4 from last year) More parent helpers Restore Title I teacher Increase parent education Continue curriculum and standard alignment Continue staff collaboration Continue tutoring Diverse Curriculum Conferences Achievement: What can be done to improve it?

13. How are parents involved in your school? Community Liaison: Family Room, English Language Advisory Committee parents Site Council: 12 members, 5 parents Parent Teacher Organization Most volunteers come from TWI Daily math helpers Art and science docents Harvest of the Month Driving on field trips Funding Supplies Website Development Parent Involvement Many of our TWI parents also have adopted an English Mainstream Classroom in which they volunteer

14. Parents: What are we doing to increase involvement? • Weekly news bulletins via email • Translated weekly bulletins on hallway board • PTO bulletin board and flyers home • Parents networking with other parents • Students inviting parents to events • Mandatory attendance at meetings to qualify for other programs

15. School Climate How many of your students opt out of NTMS? • 2006: Ten students went elsewhere. All of them lived in another attendance area, either in Truckee or Nevada. In addition, one also wanted a more flexible schedule, and one wanted small group instruction. • 2007: Three students moved to Reno or Carson • 2008: Three students will attend Sage Ridge

16. Attendance 2006-2007

17. Referrals to SARB We did not need to make any SARB referrals over the last 3 years. None were needed. Attendance letters were sent, conferences were held, absences stopped.

18. Discipline (For types of suspensions, see site plan data, pages 46 and 47) Kings Beach Elementary had no expulsions over the past three years

19. Peaceful playground Second Step Building Effective Schools Together (BEST) Spirit Days Walk-a-thon Jump rope for the Heart TWI promotes integration Uniforms Lots of Special Events Open to Community from 7:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Peer mediation 5th grade helpers for K’s, safety, clean up Staff Collaboration and modeling What programs are you using to maintain a positive school climate?

20. Staffing • All certificated staff but one are HQT • All certificated staff are LDS, CLAD, SDAIE qualified • Nine teachers have their BCLAD

21. What would we recommend to TTRAC Change is inevitable • Do what is best for ALL students • Please make decisions based on the Board and Community Goals • Use data driven decision making • Integrate • Minimize transitions for students from grade to grade • Keep efficient use of facilities and staff in mind

22. Suggestions from Staff • Make KBE an immersion magnet school to meet the demand • Create a different type of magnet school at Tahoe Lake such as Science or Performing Arts • Balance programs with a mixture of EL’s and EO’s

23. Advantages Age appropriate Efficient use of staff and resources Able to stay with your community some of the time Integration Offer more programs Disadvantages Separation of siblings Loss of older models Too many transitions Hard to articulate with other grades Busing of little ones might be hard What might be some advantages and disadvantages to the proposed configurations?K-3 4-6

24. Advantages Efficient use of facilities and staff (Polaris?) Middle school age students with younger grades Family style, cross age tutoring Kids don’t have to grow up too fast Disadvantages Too many students for any one facility Middle school age students with younger grades Configurations, continuedK-8

25. Advantages Mixes English Mainstream classes Meets the demand of TWI Bilingual Students Disadvantages No support for Spanish Speakers at TL Travel outside of neighborhood Configuration, continuedMagnet TWI at KBE What is the difference between TDI and DI? With TWI-two groups of students become fluent in each language. For example, EO’s and EL’s emerge fluent in English and Spanish With DI-one group of students is taught 2 new languages. For example, EO’s would learn Spanish and Chinese.

26. Thank you!