State of the Schools

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• State of the Schools
• Celebrating our Successes

Acknowledging our Challenges September 2008
Dr. William J. Zelei
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• Celebrating our Successes

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Celebrating our SuccessesSE-L Becomes the
Premier First Ring District in Ohio!!! SE-L
10th Best in the NationBusiness Week Magazine
- 2007 Excellent Education.Stronger Community
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Celebrating our Successes Excellent Again in
2008!!! Adrian Rowland SunviewRidgebury
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Celebrating our Successes Effective in
2008!!! GreenviewMemorialBrush
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Celebrating our Successes Meets AYP in
2008!!! Adrian Rowland SunviewRidgeburyGreen
viewMemorial
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Celebrating our Successes 2007 State School of
Promise Adrian 2007 State School of
DistinctionSunview
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Celebrating our SuccessesBrush High
SchoolReceives 2007 Schott Foundation National
Awardone of only 3 in nationReceives 2005
Schott Foundation State Awardone of only 3 in
state
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Celebrating our Successes

• Brush High School
• 98
• Graduation Rate

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Celebrating our Successes SE-L Effective for
Eighth Year Meets AYP!!! Excellent
Education.Stronger Community
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Celebrating Our Successes

• Annemarie Mockler - Ohio Council of Teachers of
  Mathematics
• Teacher of the Year
• Lynne Fearer Plain Dealer Crystal Apple Award
• Debbie Cassidy Baldwin Wallace Exemplary
  Teacher of the Year
• Paul Kijinski Patterson Prize for Camp
  Limestone

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Celebrating Our Successes

• National Board Certified Teachers
• Kim Erwin
• Barry Hartz
• John Kilgore
• Rosalind Wilkes

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• 1 National Merit Finalist
• 1 National Merit Semi-Finalist
• 1 National Merit Commended Scholar
• 1 National Achievement Commended Scholar

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• State of Ohio
• 59 Diplomas with Honors
• Northeast Ohio Conference
• 96 All Academic Student Athletes

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• Byrd Scholarship Awards
• Ohio Board of Regents Scholarship Awards
• Over 4 million College Scholarships

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• Strings Orchestra and Chorale perform at Lincoln
  Center, New York
• Memorial Jr. High School
• Band performs at the Ohio Music Educators 2008
  Professional Development Conference

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Celebrating Our Successes Memorial Jr. High
SchoolLake Erie Voyage of Discovery
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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• State of Ohio Wrestling Tournament 3rd Place
  119lbs.
• NOC Champions Boys Tennis
• Brush Track Invitational Tournament Champions
  Boys Girls
• Cheyfitz Memorial Baseball Tournament Boys
  Baseball Champions

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• State Meet Qualifiers Track Field
• State Regional Qualifier Cross Country
• State Regional Qualifiers Track Field
• State District Qualifier Volleyball Team

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• East-West All Star Football Game Participant
• Northeast Ohio Conf. MVP Boys Diving
• Northeast Ohio Conf. MVP Boys Tennis
• Ohio Coaches Golden Racquets Award Boys Tennis
• OHSAA Scholar Athlete Award

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• Local State National Art Competitions
• Scholastic Art Awards
• Ohio Governors Art Exhibit
• 11Th Congressional District Art Exhibition

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Brush High School
• Hosts
• 2008 Presidential Candidate
• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Master Plan for Excellence
• Successfully Consolidated Schools
• Save Tax Dollars
• Reduce Operating Costs
• Expand Educational Opportunities
• Improve Facilities
• Enhance the Community

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Master Plan for Excellence
• 2008-09
• K-3rd - Adrian, Rowland, Sunview
• 4th-6th - Greenview
• 7th-8th - Memorial
• 9th-12th - Brush

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Celebrating Our Successes Greenview Classroom
AdditionPermanent Improvement Funds in Action
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Celebrating Our Successes Memorial Gym
Permanent Improvement Funds in Action
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• Celebrating Our Successes
• Sale of Ridgebury
• Proceeds added to Permanent Improvement Fund

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• Celebrating Our Successes
• Maintaining Rental Revenue
• PEP Moves to Southlyn

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Celebrating Our Successes Replaced over 400
Computers in 2008-2009Replaced over 700
Computers in 2007-2008 Purchased through
Permanent Improvement Funds
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Celebrating Our Successes

• New Academic Programs
• Advancement Via Individual Determination AVID
  (Brush Memorial)
• Chinese I (Brush Memorial)
• Kaplan ACT/SAT Credit Course (Brush)
• Math Specialists (K-6)
• CompassLearning (K-8)
• Fast ForWord (K-12)

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Options to Earn College Credit
• Seniors to Sophomores (S2S)
• Dual Credit
• Post-secondary Enrollment Options (PSEOs)
• Advanced Placement (AP)

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Special Education Programs
• Student Health Service Needs
• Diabetics Asthma
• Seizures Epipen
• Severe Food Allergies Cancer
• Cardiac Issues Pregnancies

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Special Education Outplacement Providers
• Bellefaire
• Positive Education Programs
• Education Alternative
• D.A.L.I.S.
• ReEducation
• Eleanor Gerson

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Special Education Outplacement Providers
• Rose Mary Center
• Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism
• Beech Brook
• Green Road Developmental Center
• Mayfield Hearing Impaired Program

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Data Analysis
• Longitudinal Data from Multiple Testing Sources
• Provided to Each Teacher and Administrator to
  Guide Better Data Driven Decision Making
• Electronic Pivot Table Reports
• Allows Administrators and Teachers to Analyze
  Trends in Data Quicker and Easier
• Electronic Grading OAT/OGT Practice Tests
• Generation of OAT/OGT Practice Test Results by
  Subtest Strand and Item Analysis

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Grants Secured
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
  (300,000)
• Seniors to Sophomores (S2S) (100,000)
• Challenge Grant ArcTech (56,790)
• eTech Ohio SchoolNet (26,896)
• EETT Grant Rowland (24,814)
• Project Lead the Way Brush (16,400)

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Protecting Local Tax Dollars
• Instituted New Registration Checklist to verify
  residency
• Require City Occupancy Permits for all Rental
  Properties South Euclid and Lyndhurst
• Require Two Utility Bills Required at Time of
  Registration
• Require Current Address on Drivers License

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Protecting Local Tax Dollars
• Require new notarized Residency and Custody
  Affidavit for Address Changes
• Require Full Custody and Divorce Paperwork
• Require Custody Affidavit with a scheduled court
  date
• Revised Residency and Custody Affidavit
  Owners Affidavit
• Require All affidavits be notarized by a Third
  Party

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Protecting Local Tax Dollars
• Review returned mail from district/school
  mailings
• Initiate Periodic House Visits of suspected
  non-residents
• Review Vacant Home Lists provided by South
  Euclid and Lyndhurst
• Encourage staff members and community members to
  provide tips on non-residents

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Celebrating Our Successes

• Protecting Local Tax Dollars
• Success Story K-12 School Consultants did not
  find any new non-residents that were not
  already being researched by SEL
• Success Story Half of Registration Appointments
  resulted in determination of Non-residency

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Celebrating our SuccessesSE-L Becomes the
Premier First Ring District in Ohio!!! SE-L
10th Best in the NationBusiness Week Magazine
- 2007 Excellent Education.Stronger Community
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• Acknowledging Our Challenges

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Our Challenges

• Continue Our Academic Successes
• Publicize Celebrate our Successes
• Maintain Culture of Excellence Rigor
• Guard Against Loss of State Funding
• Expand Local Revenue
• to Maintain Financial Stability

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Increasing Average Class Sizes2007-08, 2008-09,
2009-10
Our Challenges

• 2007-08 School Year Actual Class
• 2008-09 School Year - Current
• 2009-2010 School Year Average Class Sizes
  based reduction of 68 teachers in 2 years

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Increasing Class Sizes Extremes2008-09, 2009-10
Our Challenges

• 2008-2009 School Year
• Increase in Class Sizes by 10-25
• Range of 15-35 students per class
• Kindergartens at 29-30
• 4th Grade and 6th Grade at 27-28
• High School Core Classes at 30-35
• 2009-2010 School Year
• Projected Increase in Class Size by 25-35
• Range of 25-45 students per class

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Disparity in Course Offerings2008-09, 2009-10
Our Challenges

• K-6 Schools
• Unequal distribution of Special Classes of Art,
  Music, Library and Physical Education
• 7-12 Schools
• Lack of availability of Non-core Courses
• Larger Class Sizes in Core Courses
• More students in Study Halls or Early Release

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Increased Traffic Due to Less Transportation
Our Challenges

• Less Students Transported
• 767 Public
• 271 Parochial
• 30 Minute Traffic Congestion
• Before and After School at K-6 Schools
• Safety Concerns
• Especially during inclement weather

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Less Regular Transportation
Our Challenges

• Number of Buses 07/08 08/09
• Adrian 4 0
• Rowland 4 0
• Sunview 6 2
• Ridgebury 10 0
• Greenview 18 10

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Less Regular Transportation
Our Challenges

• Number of Buses 07/08 08/09
• St. Greg 9 1
• St. Pascal 3 1
• St. Francis 3 2
• St. Clare 3 2

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Increased Computer Needs Due to Larger Class Sizes
Our Challenges

• Computer Shortage
• Class size extremes now at 30 students per class
• Tech Labs, Computer Labs, Math Labs, Lap Top
  Carts equipped with 25 computers per room
• Possible Solutions
• Option 1 Dont serve all students
• Option 2 Spend additional 60,000
• Option 3 Reallocate some computers

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Maintaining our Programming
Our Challenges

• Academic Program Support
• Math Language Arts Curriculum Study
• Math, Reading Language Arts Textbooks
• Expand Computerized CompassLearning
• Return Gifted Programming
• Maintain Extra-curricular, Clubs and other
  Enrichment Activities
• Maintain a High Quality, Diverse Staff

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Maintaining our Programming
Our Challenges

• Professional Development of Staff
• ProgressBook Training
• Smart Board Training
• Microsoft Office Training
• Data Analysis Develop Standards-Based Units
  Common Assessments
• PROM/SE Workshops (Math Science)
• Scantron Achievement/Performance Series

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Loss of Tax Dollars
Our Challenges

• Loss of Local Funds
• 2008-2009 Open Enrollment 25,000
• 2008-2009 Community School 475,000
• Loss of State Funds
• 2008-2009 State Budget Cuts ????
• 2009-2010 State Budget Cuts ????

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Costs of Outplacement Autism
Our Challenges

• Outplacement Costs
• Ranging from 120.00 per day to 360.00 per day
  per student
• from 21,600 to 64,800 per year
• plus Special Transportation Cost

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Our Challenges

• Students with Autism
• Number of students with autism in Ohio
• 2000-2001 2,257
• 2006-2007 9,127
• Number of students with autism in SEL
• 2002-03 27
• 2007-08 40

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Our Challenges

• Autism Scholarship Providers
• 16 Autism Scholarship Students in SEL
• Parents receive up to 20,000.00 per school year
  of district funds
• Service providers include
• Julie Billiart School
• Lawrence School
• Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism
• Monarch School

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Our ChallengesBringing Out the Bestin Each and
Every Child

• Maintain Excellence
• Pass 5.4 mil Levy!!!
• Become Ambassadors of Greatness!!!
• ..Survey Says
• ....Especially Parents Teachers

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Our ChallengesBringing Out the Bestin Each and
Every Child

• Maintain Excellence
• Survey Summary Says..
• 50-70 Believe Parents Staff
• 40 will Never Support a Levy
• 55 will Support a 5 mil Levy
• 69-81 Support Textbooks, Computers, Security,
  Tutoring, AP/Honors, Class Size

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Our Goal

• Maintain Excellence Rigor
• Excellent Rating for all Schools
• Excellent Rating for the School District

Pass a Levy.. Create Financial Stability!
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SE-L

• Excellent Education.
• Stronger Community