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Expanding Great Options Year 3 Recommendations November 16, 2010

Expanding Great Options Year 3 Recommendations November 16, 2010. 1. We are working to create a system of great schools. We are transforming or closing schools that don’t work for our kids.

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Expanding Great Options Year 3 Recommendations November 16, 2010

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  1. Expanding Great Options Year 3 RecommendationsNovember 16, 2010 1

  2. We are working to create a system of great schools. • We are transforming or closing schools that don’t work for our kids. • We are creating new options that have strong chances of success, and expanding some programs that are already proving effective. • We are reviewing our portfolio of buildings to maximize our ability to provide great school options in all areas of the city. Expanding Great Options Guiding Principles 2

  3. Expanding Great Options Progress • Year 1 SY08-09 • Opened 8 new schools with strong chances of success. • Expanded 1 successful high school to include middle grades. • Closed 7 failing schools (over two years), merging 2 with expanding, successful schools. • Relocated 5 schools to better utilize facilities and allow for school expansion. • Reorganized citywide special education programs, placing classes at 17 additional schools. • Expanded pre-kindergarten citywide with approximately 800 new seats. • Open 5 new schools with strong chances of success. • Expand 2 successful elementary schools and 1 successful high school to include middle grades. • Transform 7 failing schools, pairing 5 with partner organizations. • Close 5 failing schools, replacing 2 with new schools and merging 1 with an expanding, successful school. • Relocate 4 schools to better utilize facilities and allow for school expansion. • Expand citywide choice in middle grades by eliminating attendance boundaries for stand-alone middle schools. • Year 2 SY09-10 Continue the work until all students in City Schools have the great school options they deserve. 3

  4. Improvements for Expanding Great Options Year 3: • Earlier timeline for announcing recommendations and Board decisions to better prepare schools and students for transitions • Better communication with families and school communities and more opportunities for feedback throughout the process, including pilot partnership with external facilitator at one school • Better alignment with school creation and operator recruitment timelines, along with timeline to communicate school options and school choice processes Lessons LearnedOverview 4

  5. Expanding Great Options - Year 3 Summary 5

  6. A cross-functional work group considered a wide variety of data to determine which schools were in most need of an intervention: • Student achievement trends • Student enrollment trends • School Climate Survey results from students, staff, and parents • Previous intervention strategies, such as changes in leadership or prior EGO plans • Fiscal sustainability • Building utilization rate & condition • Geographic location & area options • School Improvement status Identifying the Lowest Performing Schools 6

  7. EGO 3 – Focus SchoolsCherry Hill Elementary/Middle * This recommendation may result in a change to the school’s Alternative Governance model.

  8. EGO 3 – Focus Schools Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove * This recommendation may result in a change to the school’s Alternative Governance model.

  9. EGO 3 – Focus Schools Moravia Park Elementary/Middle

  10. EGO 3 – Focus Schools Patterson High School * Discussion of international students at Moravia Park highlighted the importance of reviewing programming for ESOL/international students across all grade levels. ** This recommendation may result in a change to the school’s Alternative Governance model.

  11. EGO 3 – Focus Schools Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship High

  12. Frederick Douglass High School (FDHS) is continuing as an internal turnaround school, currently partnered with EdWorks to increase the school-based capacity, improve instructional quality and school climate, and develop a set of comprehensive school turnaround strategies. • During the 2010-2011 school year, EdWorks will guide a school community process to develop identities for separate academies that will be part of a single high school. • FDHS leadership and EdWorks will also work on formalizing a partnership with Coppin State University. • EdWorks will make recommendations to district leadership for successful implementation of the academy model and accelerated improvement of student achievement, including division of students, staff, and physical space. Frederick Douglass Transition Year Status Update

  13. Next Steps for EGO 3 Focus Schools

  14. Board Public Hearings • Wednesday, December 8th • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Baltimore City Public Schools’ central office • 200 E. North Ave, 21202 • First floor board room • Saturday, December 11th • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm • Baltimore Polytechnic Institute • 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane, 21209 • Auditorium • Note: In the event that either Public Hearing date needs to be cancelled for inclement weather, the make-up date is Saturday, December 18th, 10:00 am at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.

  15. Please send feedback and questions to:ExpandingGreatOption@bcps.k12.md.usby December 31st

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