Huntsville City Schools
Superintendent Evaluation
June 12, 2013
1
Accelerate Student Learning at All Levels
Indicator
Weight
Increase Graduation Rate by 20% or 13
Percentage Points
10%
Increase AP Qualify Scores by 10%
10%
Increase Reading and Math Performance by 10%
20%
2
Our Graduation Rate Increase by 17 Percent or 11 Percentage Points
Over the Most Recent Reporting Period
96%
96%
New Century
Huntsville
81%
92%
88%
88%
Grissom
80%
76%
Columbia
Johnson
68%
62%
Lee
68%
65%
Butler
45%
31%
Huntsville City Schools
66%
0%
20%
Graduation Rate Spring 2012
40%
60%
77%
80%
Graduation Rate Spring 2011
100%
Huntsville Ranked 6th of 134 School Systems In Terms of
Percent Increase in Graduation Rate for the 2013 Reporting Period
Percentage Point Change in School System Graduation Rate
35%
30%
25%
Huntsville City Schools
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
-5%
-10%
-15%
Alabama School Systems
Systems with Increasing
Graduation Rates
Systems with Decreasing
Graduation Rates
Our Students Increased Their
AP Qualifying Scores by 34 Percent
Students
School Year 2010-2011
3,500
School Year 2011-2012
3,000
School Year 2012-2013
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
AP Enrollments
Exams Taken
Qualifying Scores
AP and Pre-AP Enrollments Are Also Up Among Our African-American Students
Percent Increase in Enrollments, Year Over Year
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Pre-AP
AP Enrollments
Our Students Also Earned
Approximately $34 Million in Scholarships
• Columbia High School:
• Three Gates Millennium Scholars (of Only 1,000 Scholarships Nationwide)
• Increased Scholarships by $1,5 million (101% increase)
• New Century Technology High School:
• One Gate Millennium Scholar (of Only 1,000 Scholarships Nationwide)
• Increased Scholarships by $1.13 million (175% Increase)
•
Grissom High School Increased Scholarships by $3.76 million (30% Increase)
• Across Huntsville City Schools We Attained the Following Gains:
• 16% increase in National Merit Commended Scholars
• 17% increase in National Merit Semi-finalists
• 30% increase in National Merit Finalists
• 27 % increase in Academic Scholarships
• 29% increase in Non-Academic and Non-Athletic Scholarships
Since Last Spring, Student Grade Level Proficiency in Math (Grades 1-12)
Increased by 15 Points or 23 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment)
Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level
90%
0.78
80%
0.75
0.71
70%
0.63
60%
0.54
50%
0.48
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Fall 2011
Winter 2012
Spring 2011
Fall 2012
Winter 2013
Spring 2013
STAR Assessment Period
8
Student Grade Level Proficiency in Reading (Grades 1-12) Also
Increased by 5 Points or 8 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment)
Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level
70%
0.61
0.62
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
0.64
0.66
60%
50%
0.49
0.46
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Fall 2011
Winter 2012
Winter 2013
Spring 2013
STAR Assessment Period
9
Increase Flexibility in the General Fund While
Preserving Educational Program
Indicator
Increase General Fund Surplus to Reflect 70% of
One Month Reserve
Weight
10%
10
By the End of September We Anticipate Having 108 Percent of Our
Required Reserve of One Month General Fund Operating Expenditures
General Fund Reserve
$20,000,000
Goal
$15,000,000
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
$$(5,000,000)
$(10,000,000)
$(15,000,000)
$(20,000,000)
30-Sep-2009
30-Sep-2010
30-Sep-2011
30-Sep-2012
30-Sep-2013
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Talent Management
Indicator
Weight
Increase Percent of Employees Giving Retirement
Notice Before May 1st
5%
Create Standards for Teacher Effectiveness
10%
Accomplished
• Implemented the Early Retirement Notification Incentive –
Began Hiring Six Weeks Earlier
• Implemented Probationary and Tenured Teacher Review
Program
12
Improve Capital Infrastructure
Indicator
Weight
Complete and Present Construction Plan for
Approval that Reduces Maintenance Backlog by 20%
7.5%
Increase Percentage of Use of Technology
7.5%
13
This Year We Completed a Capital Strategy to Deliver Equity and Operating
Efficiency in Schools Matched to Likely Enrollments and Educational Needs.
In August, 70 Percent of Voters Approved Renewal of the
6.5 Mill Ad Valorem Tax to Fund this Strategy.
This May, In Agreement with the NAACP Defense Fund and the Department of
Justice, We Gained Court Approval of a Five Year Plan to Implement Our Strategy.
Provide diverse, equitable schools that afford every student access to effective, personalized
instruction in safe and orderly educational centers of excellence by:
• Building new schools that consolidate student bodies within feeder patterns that
achieve a consistent student progression from Pre-K to 12th grade.
• Locating and right-sizing new schools so as to accommodate enrollments within
communities with a focus upon maintaining local elementary schools and improving
the programmatic efficiency and offerings of secondary schools serving local
elementary schools.
• Improving the location and condition of magnet schools to align programs, and foster
enrollment and achievement growth.
Under the Court Approved Plan We Will Build Seven New Schools,
Substantially Reduce our Maintenance Backlog, and Reduce Excess Space
Under Our Court Approved Plan, We Will:
• Complete $194 million in New School Construction by 2016 to Deliver:
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Two High Schools
One Freshman Academy
One Junior High School
One P-8 School
Two Elementary Schools
• Replace 1.8 million square feet of Old Schools with 1.1 million square feet of
New Schools
• Completion of the Construction Program will Reduce Our Total Maintenance
Backlog by 35 Percent
Since 2011 We Have Taken Steps to Align Enrollments and Facilities
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Schools Consolidated Since July 2011:
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o
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Schools Retired Since July 2011:
o
o
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Seldon Center
Homebound School
Schools Retiring 2013 to 2014:
o
o
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Chapman Elementary and Middle Schools
Mountain Gap Elementary and Middle Schools
Whitesburg Elementary and Middle Schools
Providence Middle School and Williams Middle School
Ed White Middle School
University Place Elementary School
Repurposed Schools:
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Terry Heights Pending Demolition for Construction of New Elementary School
HCT will be Repurposed for Use by City and School System Utility Services
We Have Sold or Reached Agreements to Sell Six Schools So As to
Reduced Excess Capacity While Adding Value to Local Communities
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Schools Sold As of June 2013:
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Schools Under Agreement for Sale/Transfer to Huntsville City:
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Lincoln Elementary
University Place Elementary
Homebound School
Grissom High School
Johnson High School
East Clinton Elementary
Schools Pending Disposition:
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West Huntsville Elementary
Academy for Academics and Arts (Cavalry Hill Campus)
Seldon Center
Stone Middle School
By the Close of 2018, All of Our Students Will Attend New High Schools, and
We Will Have Retired Our Oldest, Least Equitable, and Least Efficient Capacity
Completion of Our Plan Will:
•
Provide All Students with Equitable Learning Environments from Programming to
Commissioning
•
Relocate 27% of Huntsville City Schools’ Students from Obsolete or Overcrowded
Facilities to New Schools
•
Retire 700,000+ ft2 (20+%) of the System’s Current Building Capacity that has a
Weighted Average age of 48 years
•
Reduce the Average Age of School Facility Square Footage from 43 Years to 24 Years
•
Achieve a Recurring Annual Operating Savings of $5 million
•
Reduce our Maintenance Backlog by 35 Percent
All of Our Students and Teachers Now Work in a Digital Networked
Curriculum Aligned with College & Career Readiness Standards
1:1 Technology
I-Pads: 6,000
Laptops: 20,000
Connectivity
WiFi on School Buses
Increased Bandwidth
Monitoring Tools
Lightspeed & DyKnow Filters
Cisco Wireless Infrastructure
Content & Change of Practice
Pearson - Digital Curriculum
Embedded Professional Development
Project Management
Meet Requirements to Earn Unitary Status
Indicator
Weight
Create a Plan for HCS to Attain Unitary Status in
Three Years and Begin Implementing Immediately
Upon Approval
20%
Accomplished
• Created and Presented Unitary Status Plan to the Board of
Education
• Conducted First Face-to-Face Meeting with DOJ and NAACP
Defense Fund Resulting in Approval of Major Construction
Program and Agreement on Subsequent Meeting to Discuss
Benchmarks to Gain Unitary Status
20
Superintendent Goals
2012-13 Outcomes
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Raise Student Achievement:
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Restore Required Reserves and Improve the Capacity of HCS to Absorb Financial Shocks:
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Goal: Hire New Teachers Earlier
Outcome: We Are Six Weeks Ahead of Our 2011-12 Hiring Pace
Improve System Capital:
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Goal: Create a Reserve Equal to 70% of One Month’s General Fund Expenditures
Outcomes:
• By September 30 We Expect Our Reserve to Equal 108% of One Months General Fund Expenditures
• We Have Expanded Use of Contracted Services for Non-Instructional Activities
Build a Deep Bench of Effective School Leaders and Teachers
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Goal: Increase Graduation Rate by 20 Percent
Outcome: Increased Graduation Rate by 17 Percent Through June 2013
Goal: Develop Five-Year Capital Plan
Outcomes:
• Secured Voter Renewal of 6.5 Mill Ad Valorem Tax
• Secured Funding for Major Construction Program
• Secured Court Approval of Major Construction Plan
Earn Unitary Status:
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Goal: Develop a Plan to Earn Unitary Status
Outcomes:
• Deployed Digital Curriculum to Increase Student Achievement and Close the Digital Divide
• Created Plan to Gain Unitary Status
• Negotiated Construction of Seven Schools and Realignment of Education Programs
• Made Significant Progress in Desegregating Faculty
• Secured Agreement with DOJ and NAACP Defense Fund to Future Meetings Focused Upon Unitary Status
Huntsville City Schools
Superintendent Evaluation
June 12, 2013
22
Since Fall 2011, Student Grade Level Proficiency in Math (Grades 3-8)
Increased by 19 Points or 32 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment)
Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level
90
80
70
60
59
72
73
STAR MATH
Proficiency District
Benchmark Spring
2012
STAR MATH
Proficiency District
Benchmark Fall 2012
76
78
STAR MATH
Proficiency District
Benchmark Winter
2013
STAR MATH
Proficiency District
Benchmark Spring
2013
63
50
40
30
20
10
0
STAR MATH
Proficiency District
Benchmark Fall 2011
STAR MATH
Proficiency District
Benchmark Winter
2012
STAR Assessment Period
23
Since Fall 2011, Student Grade Level Proficiency in Reading (Grades 3-8) Also
Increased by 8 Points or 12 Percent (Based Upon STAR Assessment)
Share of Students Proficient at Grade Level
72
70
70
68
68
66
66
65
64
62
62
61
60
58
56
STAR READING
STAR READING
Proficiency District Proficiency District
Benchmark Fall 2011 Benchmark Winter
2012
STAR READING
STAR READING
STAR READING
Proficiency District Proficiency District Proficiency District
Benchmark Spring Benchmark Fall 2012 Benchmark Winter
2012
2013
STAR READING
Proficiency District
Benchmark Spring
2013
STAR Assessment Period
24