First Day of School Report 2006

An Overview• Rain and traffic

• Principals & staff met students – often directing traffic and serving as concierges

• Faculty out in force to help newcomers find their way

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ACFD welcomed newcomers

New staff/new facilities welcomed

• 3 new principals

• 5 new AP’s

• 188 new teachers

• “New” Nottingham

• Music addition to H-B Woodlawn

• New fields, new paint, new equipment

2006 First-Day Membership

  Pre-K K-5 6-12 K-12 Total Grand Total

Projection 955 8,286 9,011 17,297 18,252

First Day 371 8,157 8,291 16,448 16,819

Difference -584 -129 -720 -849 -1,433

% of Projection 38.8% 98.4% 92.0% 95.1% 92.1%

2005 K-12 First-Day Total was 95.2% of projection; September 30 count was 100.6% of projection.

2004 K-12 First-Day Total was 94.3% of projection; September 30 count was 99.7% of projection.

2005 PK First-Day Total was 49.2% of projection; 2004 PK First-Day Total was 63.1%.

Total Number of Teachers 1,964New Teachers Hired 188Full-Time Teachers 159Part-Time Teachers 29

School-based Vacancies 4.0Countywide Instructional Vacancies 2.0

Staffing as of September 6

113.5 positions were allocated in the FY 2007 budget104 bus drivers are under contract with 9.5 vacancies 5 substitutes/retirees serving as drivers; 2 will be offered contracts3 bus drivers are in training

Bus drivers

• Weather problems caused traffic jams at some schools and prevented bus departures and arrivals.

• Despite practice runs, conditions could not be predicted, and thus some buses were late. By Day Two, “normal” conditions prevailed.

• One bus experienced a minor “fender bender.”• In the end, everyone made it to school – and

back home.

Transportation

eSchoolPlus+

• Information Services staff members were dispersed throughout the schools to help with the implementation of the new Student Information System.

• For the first time, teachers took attendance in eSchoolPlus+.

New early childhood activities

• New VPI classes at ASF & Glebe • New elementary Montessori class at Drew• 5 KG classes added in August• Planning Factor funding formulas extended to

provide “specials” support to Pre-K students• 4-year-old Extended Day• Infant-toddler class added

Extended Day Enrollment

1960TOTAL

15921-8

320K

48PK

AFTER SCHOOL

743TOTAL

5911-5

(175)130K

22PK

BEFORE SCHOOL

Extended Day WaitlistBEFORE SCHOOL

PK 9

K 27

1-5 88

TOTAL 124

AFTER SCHOOL

PK 20

K 50

1-8 194

TOTAL 264

15 trainees are being prepared to accommodate some of the waitlist

Facilities: Examples of summer work• New Nottingham & H-B

Woodlawn facilities completed• ATS – new chiller installed• Patrick Henry & Ashlawn – new

carpet in library & several classrooms

• Jamestown – classroom repainting

• Long Branch – interior painting complete; exterior ongoing

• H-B Woodlawn – relocatable removed

• Williamsburg – new lockers installed

Adequate Yearly Progress

Schools making AYP

Arlington Science Focus, Arlington Traditional School, Ashlawn, Barrett, Campbell, Carlin Springs, Drew, Glebe, Henry, Jamestown, Key, Long Branch, McKinley, Nottingham, Oakridge, Randolph, Taylor, Tuckahoe, Washington-Lee, Yorktown

Arlington Public Schools as a division

2006-2007 NCLB Transfers

Receiving School

Students Households

Ashlawn 6 5

Henry 11 10

Oakridge 2 2

Total 19 17

Total transfers in 2004-2005: 27Total transfers in 2005-2006: 12

2006-2007 NCLB TransfersSending

SchoolsReceiving Schools

School K 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Abingdon Ashlawn 2 2

Abingdon Oakridge 1 1

Barcroft Ashlawn 1 1

Barcroft Henry 1 1

Carlin Springs Ashlawn 1 1 1 3Hoffman-Boston Henry 2 3 2 1 8Hoffman-Boston Oakridge 1 1

Randolph Henry 1 1 2

Total 3 3 1 7 4 1 19

APS SAT ScoresHighest mean scores since 1992Reading: Exceeded national average by 41 points, VA by 32Writing: Exceeded national average by 34 points, VA by 31Math: Exceeded national average by 27 points, VA by 32

Getting Ready: Staff Development• New Hire orientation: Week of 8/18

– Philosophy of APS– Curricular approach of APS– Individualized attention for each new teacher

• General Staff Development: Week of 8/25– Teaching for Meaning

• Essential questions• Enduring understandings

– Use of new texts in Secondary English, Secondary Foreign Languages, K-12 Math

• Information Services staff worked with Curriculum Supervisors to demonstrate interactive nature of new texts

Opening Day Vignettes At Swanson, shiny floors conspired with torrential rain to send three teachers flying to the ground.

At Yorktown, staff members wore “Ask Me” buttons and counselors had upper-classmen speak to freshmen about the school.

At Glebe, Mark Johnston visited 5th Grade and was greeted by ¡Buenos Dias! in the new FLES class.

At McKinley, it was Pat Anderson’s 35th – and wettest – first day of school.

At Claremont, lots of parents from both “target” languages showed up to wish their students well.

At Campbell, Pre-K students teach Smith a lesson

The Bottom Line

• We’re off to a fantastic start, reassured that great things will happen in the Arlington Public Schools this year.