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Sustainability Success Stories

Sustainability Success Stories. …a conversation with Cathy Lounsbury, Sandford ME, Wanda McQueen, Clinton-Essex, NY and Terry Lawler, Hot Springs, AR. FY 2009 SS/HS Grantees Strategic Planning for Sustainability Conference April 18-19 2012, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA.

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Sustainability Success Stories

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  1. Sustainability Success Stories …a conversation with Cathy Lounsbury, Sandford ME, Wanda McQueen, Clinton-Essex, NY and Terry Lawler, Hot Springs, AR FY 2009 SS/HS Grantees Strategic Planning for Sustainability Conference April 18-19 2012, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA

  2. Plattsburgh, NY Sanford, ME Hot Springs, AK

  3. Sanford, Maine 2007 SS/HS Site • One district: 5 elementary; 1 junior high; 1 high school, 1 technical high school • Population of ~20,000 • Formerly thriving community now has 28.5% of families below poverty level, 11.7% unemployment (highest in the state) • Highest foreclosure rate in the state last year • Designated as a “medically-underserved” area 

  4. Hot Springs School District, Arkansas 2008 SS/HS Site • 3800 students PK-12 • 8 schools-4 elementary; 1 intermediate; 1 middle; 1 high; 1 ALE • 75% Free and Reduced Lunch • 50% White and 50% Minority Enrollment • Magnet Elementary Schools • International Baccalaureate (IB) • Math and Science • Technology and Space • Performing Arts

  5. “Communities of One” (Clinton-Essex) New York 2008 SS/HS Site • Two counties with 120,000 residents • 5 rural school districts with 6000 students • >100 miles between northernmost and southernmost schools • Counties’ families are the poorest and least educated in the state • 93% White • Unemployment rate higher than state average

  6. What does sustainability mean?

  7. Gladwell’s “tipping point” "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point… Ideas, products, messages, and behaviors spread like virusesdo."

  8. Sustainability planning process worksheet: II. Deconstructing your programs and activities into functions

  9. Hot Springs SSHS Early Childhood Tipping Points Look for the Hook Find Community Early Childhood Experts Connect to Community Technical College 2010 Site Visit - CMT Resource Mapping Early Childhood Community Team Get the Message Out Outreach to Pre-Schools & Day Cares Shared Visions & Resources Develop Together Your Early Childhood Communications Plan Connect to State Committees, Leaders & Resources

  10. Communication Plan: Hot Spring’s CS Worksheet 11-5-09

  11. What is the impact of SSHS?

  12. $225,000 A Year For 7 Years Submitted: October 31, 2011 West Central Arkansas Childcare Resource and Referral Center (WCACRRC)

  13. Using Data to Build Sustainability Finding: 69% of our 4th Graders DON’T FEEL VALUED BY ADULTS. SCHOOL SA F E T Y

  14. In Sanford, Maine… Prior to SSHS: leaders of school, law enforcement, juvenile justice, and mental health had never met together…. Today: core management team has evolved into a 501 (c)3 Coalition with over 100 members.

  15. Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle WHAT HOW WHY source: http://www.startwithwhy.com/

  16. Contact information Cathy Lounsbury (Sandford, ME) clounsbury@sanford.org Terry Lawler (Hot Springs, AR) lawlert@hssd.net Wanda McQueen (Clinton-Essex, NY) wmcqueen@cves.org Partners Place: http://safeschools.cves.org/partnersplace.htm.

  17. Q & A

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