Oakmont Regional High School

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Oakmont RegionalHigh School

• FY09
• Education Plan

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Oakmont High School Improvement Plan

• Goal 1 Establish a budget that will support
  all school programs and activities
• Goal 2 Establish clear lines of communication
  with administration, faculty, parents, and the
  community.
• Goal 3 Insure the provision of meaningful and
  comprehensive professional development
  opportunities for all faculty and staff.
• Goal 4 Increase successful learning for all
  students
• Goal 5 Provide state of the art facilities and
  materials to support high academic achievement
  and create a safe, inclusive, and nurturing
  environment.
• Goal 6 Create a school culture that is
  welcoming, supportive, respectful, and responsive.

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Cuts From This Years Budget

• 7 TEACHERS
• ? 21 Master Schedule Sections
• ? Special Education, English, Business, Foreign
  Language, and Math
• ? Media, Journalism, Early Childhood Education,
  Women in Technology

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Cuts in Support Staff

• ? 1.5 Custodian
• (Current custodial staff 5.5
  FTE)
• ? .5 Special Education Paraprofessional

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Class Size Concerns

• Largest 30 students
• English 10 (H)
• American Studies
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Exercise and Physiology

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Class Size Concerns

• 59 Sections Have Enrollments of 25 (21)
• 14 Math Classes
• 9 History Classes
• 8 English Classes
• 7 Science Classes
• 6 Art Classes
• 4 Business Classes
• 3 Foreign Language Classes

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Scheduling Process

• 67 Students registered for Integrated Math III
  (H)
• Divide by 23 students/section and project 3
  sections (Team Leader/Guidance Input)
• Ideally 3 Sections of 22/23 students/class,
• but because of individual student scheduling
• requirements there were sections of 14, 24 29.

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Eight Student Schedules from Integrated Math III
(H) (29 Students-S2 A)

• Integrated Math III (H) also offered S1 C and S1
  D
• Examples of INT III (H) Conflicts
• Integrated II (H) Prerequisite for INT III (S1 D
  and S2 A)
• Singletons Not offered S2 A
• -Band/Chorus (YC) -Comp/Careers
• -Theatre Arts (S2B) -Chemistry
• -American Studies (S1AD) -Design Tech
• -Materials Trans (S1C) -English 10 (H)
• -Biology (H)
• -United States History 10
• -Spanish I

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Class Size Concerns

• Latin III (H) Class Size of 8
• However . . .
• There are currently two Latin III (H) Sections.
• The second section has 28 students.

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Impact of Cutting the Number of Sections

• English 11- High 27 and Low 11
• World History 9- 26 and 14
• US History 10- 26 and 14
• US History 11- 26 and 16
• Economics/Local Govt. - 26 and 17
• Latin II 26 and 17
• Latin III - 28 and 8

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Impact of Cutting the Number of Sections

• Introduction to Algebra and Geometry -25 and 11
• Integrated Math I - 29 and 22
• Integrated Math II (H) - 21 and 14
• Integrated Math II - 28 and 21
• Integrated Math III (H) - 29 and 14
• Integrated Math III - 27 and 20
• Elementary Functions - 22 and 11
• Pre- Calculus - 23 and 11
• Trigonometry - 27 and 18

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The Impact of Cutting 21 Sections

• Biology (H) - 27 and 21
• Biology - 24 and 14
• Chemistry - 27 and 22
• Art - 26 and 21
• Art II - 29 and 19
• Sociology - 30 and 21
• Psychology - 30 and 20

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2008-09 Personnel Requests

• .17 FTE Sociology/Psychology (1 elective)
• .5 FTE Spanish (Funded 07-08 with supply )
• 1.0 FTE Custodian (.5 Funded 07-08 with supply )
• .5 Regular Ed. Adjustment Counselor (Lost during
  previous budget cuts, address the needs of
  students in crisis)
• .5 Speech and Language Pathologist (Legal
  mandate-IEP Services)
• Virtual High School Program
• 2 Sections, Site Director, Training, and Fee

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2008-09 Personnel Requests

• Restorations of last years cuts
• Necessary to reduce class size and scheduling
  issues
• .5 English Teacher MCAS, SAT Preparation/Restore
  Journalism and Media Electives
• .5 Math Teacher MCAS and SAT Preparation
• .5 Business Teacher Skills needed to compete in
  a Global Economy

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Function of Not Restoring Positions

• Lower Test Scores (MCAS, SAT)
• Loss of Curriculum Diversity (Early Childhood,
  Media, Journalism, Speech, Women in Technology,
  etc.)
• Decreased use of Technology (class sizes exceed
  lab capacity)
• Safety Concerns
• Reduced Personalization

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Annual Performance Indicators

• 1.8 Dropout Rate Third lowest for public
  
• high schools in Central Massachusetts
• (Source Worcester TG, Jan. 28, 2008)
• 2007 MCAS Math Advanced/Proficient
• Oak 83 State 69 (Source DOE-Test
  Results)
• 2007 MCAS ELA Advanced/Proficient
• Oak 79 State 71 (Source DOE-Test
  Results)
• 95.7 attendance 1.1 above state average.
• (Source Mass. Dept. of Ed. 2006-07 Student
  Indicators Report)

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Annual Performance Indicators

• 2007 Mean SAT Math scores 21 points above state
  avg. (Source The College Board)
• 2007 SAT Mean Critical Reading scores 11 points
  above state avg. (Source The College Board)
• 2007 SAT Mean Writing Scores 19 points above
  state avg. (Source The College Board)
• 93.6 four-year graduation rate 12.7 above
  DOE state avg. (Source Worcester TG, Jan. 28,
  2008)

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Annual Performance Indicators

• 2007 Advanced Placement Exam Results
• Subject Scoring 3
  of Max.
• or Above
  Scores
• U.S. History 100 5
• Calculus 100 5
• Latin 100 4
• English 95 6
• Spanish 90 1
• Art 2D Design 75 0

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• Performance Indicators
• Teacher to student ratio of 114.3
• (State average is 113.2)
• Mass. D.O.E. 2006-07 Teacher Data Report
• Per pupil spending is 1,092 below state average
• Mass. Dept of Ed. 2005-06 Expenditure Report
• 3.6 students per computer (0.2 below state
  average)
• Mass. Dept. of Ed. 2005-06 Technology Report

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• Moving Forward Toward Our Shared Vision
• By September 2009, the school district will be
  among the top ten-percent of high performing
  public school systems in Massachusetts.
• We Need the Resources to Get Us There