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Orange County Public Schools

Orange County Public Schools. OCPS Today Summer 2009. 11 th largest district in the Country 2008-2009 figures. New York 1,025,000 Los Angeles 688,138 Chicago 407,955 Miami-Dade County 339,537 Clark County (Las Vegas, NV) 311,240 Broward County 256,513 Houston 198,464

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Orange County Public Schools

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  1. Orange County Public Schools OCPS Today Summer 2009

  2. 11th largest district in the Country2008-2009 figures New York 1,025,000 Los Angeles 688,138 Chicago 407,955 Miami-Dade County 339,537 Clark County (Las Vegas, NV) 311,240 Broward County 256,513 Houston 198,464 Philadelphia 196,202 Hillsborough County 194,567 Hawaii 177,871 Orange County 174,923 Fairfax County (VA) 168,384 Palm Beach County 168,342 • Member of the Council of the Great City Schools

  3. OCPS Student Enrollment1994-2008

  4. Diversity • Students come from 172 countries and speak 129 different languages and dialects.

  5. High Performing District • District Grade: A • Again! Third highest score among the seven largest in Florida • Graduation rate: 74.6% • Up 3.9 percentage points • Highest rate in county history • Post-Secondary: Elite Colleges & Universities • Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Penn, Vanderbilt, Yale ….

  6. High Performing District • Home to 12 of America’s Best High Schools as named by Newsweek magazine (2009) • Advanced Placement Tests • Tests taken (14,360) >300% since 2001 • Blacks +677%,Hispanics +516%since 2001 • Jackson Middle School • National demonstration site for AVID program

  7. 2009 School Grades141A & B schools (82%)

  8. High School Results • 2 As, Boone and Winter Park • 6 Bs, 4 Cs, 5 Ds • No Fs! • 3 Schools Improved from D to B • 5 Schools Penalized Grade for Low 25th Percentile in Reading • High Standard for Level 3 in High School • Harder to Move Low Readers

  9. Career & Technical Education • Delivers in-demand career education and training to 30,000 students a year • Business and technology • Health sciences • Consumer services • Industrial technology • Most certificates completed in 10 months • Expert faculty with 80 occupational advisory committees

  10. Human Resources • 2nd largest employer in Orange County • 22,176 on the OCPS Team • Instructional 12,400 • Administrators 870 • Back to back to back Teacher of the Year state finalists • 2010 Teacher of the Year Melissa Reiker (Apopka High)

  11. OCPS Operations • 927 buses travel 100,000 miles daily carrying 70,000 students • One of Top Ten Fleets in America • School Bus Fleet magazine, 2007

  12. OCPS Operations • Food Service program serves 26 million meals a year • Equal to 136,000 meals per day or about one million meals every seven days

  13. Lakemont ElementaryBefore half-penny sales tax 13

  14. Lakemont ElementaryAfter the half-penny sales tax 14

  15. Glenridge Middle2003 15

  16. Audubon Park Elementary2007 16

  17. Conway Elementary Before the half-penny sales tax 17

  18. Conway Elementary After the half-penny sales tax 18

  19. Apopka HighBefore half-penny sales tax

  20. Meadowbrook MiddleBefore half-penny sales tax 20

  21. Meadowbrook Middle 21

  22. STRATEGIC PLAN • Vision: To be the top producer of successful students in the nation • Mission: To lead our students to success with the support and involvement of families and the community • Goals: • Intense Focus on Student Achievement • High-Performing and Dedicated Team • Safe Learning and Working Environment • Efficient Operations • Sustained Community Engagement

  23. School Board Issues • The Budget Cliff (Eye of the Storm) • Two years away thanks to federal stimulus • $240 M cut for 2009-10 reduced to $49 M • Differentiated Accountability • New challenges to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards of federal “No Child Left Behind” Act

  24. School Board Issues • High School grading standard change • More than FCAT scores • Graduation rates, drop outs, SAT scores, performance and participation in AP, IB, Dual Enrollment, AICE and industry-certification, etc. • Prove to Federal Court compliance with desegregation order • Achieve unitary status

  25. School Board Chairman • Election – August 2010 • Eight member board • Chairman • Four year term • Elected county-wide • Sets board meeting agendas • Holds tie breaking vote

  26. School Board 2008-2009

  27. For more information, visit www.ocps.net For a copy of this presentation or for more information contact: • Community Relations – 407.317.3368

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