System Overview for

Douglas County Board of Education

October 15, 2012

Dr. Gordon Pritz, Superintendent

Leading and

Learning

A Snapshot in Time

10.15.12

Current Enrollment Data 25,401 students enrolled as of 10/11/12

Projected enrollment was 24,700

Ethnic Total as of 10/11/12

Asian-433

Black-12,755

Hispanic-2,826

American Indian-31

Multiethnic-1,114

White-8,238

Not coded-4

Certified and Classified Staff 1921 Certified

Teachers Counselors Media Specialists School and District Administrators

1319 Classified Bus Drivers Paraprofessionals Clerical Staff Food Service Workers Custodians Maintenance Workers

Teacher Statistics 1794

Certification levels 29% with a T-4, Bachelor’s Degree

46% with a T-5, Master’s Degree

22 % with a T-6, Specialist Degree

3% with a T-7, Doctoral Degree

Experience Levels 13% with 3 or fewer years of experience

71% with 4 – 20 years

16 % with more than 20 years

Employee Demographic Trends Over the past 6 years…..

Employee diversity has increased for: 29% Principals (6% increase) 37% Assistant Principals (6% increase) 24% Teachers (3% increase) 44% Guidance (17% increase) 11% Media Specialists (5% increase) 25% Instructional Supervisors (11% increase) 35% Teacher Aids (6% increase) 23% Technicians (8% increase) 17% Clerical (6% increase) 32% Service Workers (8% increase)

Employee Demographic Trends Over the past 6 years…..

Employee diversity has decreased for:

11% Professional Staff (5% decrease)

30% Psychologists (3% decrease)

0% Skilled Crafts (3% decrease)

Employee Demographic Trends Teachers with advanced degrees have increased from

57% to 71%. Teachers with 20 or more years of experience has

increased from 14% to 16%. Employee Diversity has Increased by 5% over the past

6 years.

62.2% of Certified New Hires for FY13 from In- State Colleges & Universities

Title I Schools Targeted Assistance

Youth Villages at Inner Harbour (In the process of going school wide) School wide

Annette Winn Elementary Beulah Elementary Burnett Elementary Eastside Elementary Lithia Springs Elementary North Douglas Elementary Stewart Middle Sweetwater Elementary Turner Middle

Student Services: Title I

Student Services Homeless

Homeless Students Served in Douglas County:

2011-2012 – 238 students

2012-2013 (year to date) – 80 students

Hospital Homebound

Students Served in the Hospital Homebound program:

2011-2012 – 58 students

2012-2013 (year to date) – 16 students

Student Services: CISDC Communities in Schools

Communities in Schools of Douglas County, Inc. (CISDC) operates in

collaboration with the Douglas County School System who serves as

its fiscal agent. Unlike other CIS affiliates around the state who are

community organizations, CISDC was initiated by the school system

in 1996 and is integrated as a part of the district.

Student Services: CISDC Communities in Schools 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants serving

15 schools: 5 Elementary, 7 Middle, and 3 High Schools

2011-2012 – served over 1,443 students Summer School – 651 students attended 2012-2013 Projection – to serve over 1,000 students

Mentoring – in all schools and the PLC

2011-2012 – served 410 students

Volunteers : September Saturdays

Average # volunteers per year: 101 community volunteers

Average # hours per year: 356 total hours

Our Food Service Department serves

10,000 Breakfasts per day

18,000 Lunches per day

1,000 Afterschool snacks per day

Served Last Year

31,000 Heads of Lettuce used per year

122,505 Fresh Apples served per year

1.8 Million Cartons of milk served per year

Food Service currently employs:

269 regular employees

154 active substitutes

Operations: Food Service

Free/Reduced Meal Eligibility: 59% Official percentage refigured every October 31st.

Of the free students, this year 6,879 of them were directly certified by the state, meaning that qualifying for other benefits such as TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, made them qualify for free meals without having to fill out a free/reduced meal application. Of all the applications received, 78% have been paper, and 22% have been on-line meal applications.

Operations: Food Service

Operations: Food Service Food Safety

All Food Service Managers and Assistant Managers are ServSafe Certified in food safety.

All kitchens are inspected by the health department twice a year.

Operations: Food Service

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Grants:

Each day the following schools serve a free fresh fruit or vegetable snack to all students and their teachers and include nutrition education to reinforce the development of lifelong healthy eating habits:

Annette Winn Elementary

Eastside Elementary

North Douglas Elementary

Sweetwater Elementary

245 Regular Education Buses

63 Special Education Buses

7.1 Average Age of Bus

Reg. Ed. Routes: 191 to transport 15,200 students

Sp. Ed. Routes: 42 to transport 295 students

Ridership: 65%

Operations: Transportation

Mid-Day Routes:

Ombudsman: CCI; Sp. Ed. Pre-K; Others

ASP Routes: 60+ (2 to 5 days per week)

Saturday Routes: Varies

Sub Drivers: 18 +/-

Summer School: 55 routes

Operations: Transportation

Operations: Transportation Mileage Projection:

Miles Driven / Year: 3 Million +

Average Miles / Day: 12,000+

Fuel Purchase Projection

Fuel – 521,161 gallons

Cost - $1,718,149

All Drivers have a CDL with a P (Passenger) and S (Student) Endorsement

Operations: Transportation Balanced Score Card Goals FY 2012

Bus arrivals will be on time to school 90% of the time.

Rate: 92%

Preventable accidents per year will be less than 60.

Number: 51

Routing for student needing special transportation as a related service will be completed within 5 business days from receipt of request 95% of the time.

Rate: 98%

Operations: Technology The Technology Department supports:

Over 28,000 students and staff members

11,500 computing devices for a total of 2.17 students per instructional computers

Digital projectors, interactive whiteboards, interactive response systems and interactive slates in every classroom

2,000 printers

2,700 email accounts

Operations: Technology The Technology Department supports:

1,400 phones 2,200 voicemail accounts Over 45 servers 600 network switches Wireless networks at every site by December 2012 District owned fiber optic network

Operations: Technology Douglas County School System Technology Committee:

Collaboration of the Student Achievement and Leadership

Department with the Technology Department. Represents all stakeholders: Students, parents, teachers,

community members, administrators, school system departments, higher education, Educational Technology Center, Board of Education and the Georgia Department of Education

Task forces identified annually with focus on technology integration in instruction, digital resources, professional development, operational support, student information system and other areas as identified.

In its third year in the current format with approximately 100 members attending annually

1,216 ESOL Program Students representing over 40 languages in the Douglas County

School System as of September 2012

Elementary ESOL Students: 1,024 Middle School ESOL Students 109 High School ESOL Students 83 Total 1,216

Nationality Total

African & Other African Akan, Twi, Fanti, Hausa

44

Arabic 2 Banglia 2 Bengali 3 Bosnian 1 Chinese 13 Dutch 2 Filipino, Tagalog, Marshalese 1 French 17 Ga 2 German 1 Gujarati 4 Haitian, Creole, French/Creole

28

Hebrew 1 Hindi 1 Ibilio 3 Indian 4 Igbo 2 Japanese 10

Nationality Total

Khmer 1 Korean 4 Krio 1 Marshallese 7 Ogba 1 Patoi 1 Portuguese 2 Potois 2 Russian 23 Shona 1 Somali 5 Spanish 987 Swahili 3 Tamil 1 Tre 1 Ukraine 1 Urdu, Pakistani 10 Urhobo 2 Vietnamese 7 Wollof 3 Yoruba 12

Languages of ESOL Students of Other Nationalities: September 2012

Student Achievement and Leadership

ESOL Ethnic Totals

Asian – 74

Black – 145

Hispanic – 960

American Indian - 0

Multiethnic – 14

White – 59

Student Achievement and Leadership

3,981 Gifted Program Students in the Douglas County School System as of September 2012

Elementary Gifted Students 1,423

Middle School Gifted Students 1,177

High School Gifted Students 1,381

Student Achievement and Leadership

Gifted Ethnic Totals

Asian – 112

Black – 1,351

Hispanic – 240

American Indian – 2

Multiethnic – 196

White – 2,188

Discipline: System Demographics 2011-12 (Population 24,439)

Hisp

Am

Ind Asian Black Pacific White Mix Male Female

Other Discipline Action 14 0 0 116 0 38 55 122 51

Suspended 10 or less days 168 2 5 1245 5 428 92 1416 529

Number of students with

ISS 413 4 20 2945 11 1065 193 2881 1770

Suspended greater than 10

days 2 0 0 13 0 2 1 13 5

Court system referral 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 6 1

Assigned to Alternative ED 12 0 0 151 0 63 12 195 43

Supended from bus <10

days 81 0 2 637 1 194 32 683 264

Suspended from bus

>10days 2 0 0 14 0 4 1 18 3

Discipline incidents DCSS 2011-12 population 24439

%

Alcohol 15 0.006

Battery 17 0.006

Burglary 3 0.0001

Computer trespass 3 0.0001

Disorderly Conduct 16 0.0006

Drugs less alcohol 88 0.0003

Fighting 449 0.018

Theft 42 0.001

Robbery 4 0.0001

Sexual Harassment 53 0.0021

Sex Offenses 22 0.0009

Threat/Intimidation 95 0.0038

Tobacco 168 0.0068

Trespassing 16 0.0006

Vandalism 19 0.0007

Weapons/knife 30 0.0012

Weapons/other 10 0.0004

Weapons/handgun 5 0.0002

Weapons/rifle 1 0.00004

serious bodily injury 1 0.00004

other firearms 1 0.00004

bullying 288 0.011

Year Tribunals Waivers Total Pop 6th-12 % 2011-2012 31 252 283 13258 .021 2010-2011 24 280 304 13418 .022 2009-2010 56 290 346 13578 .025 2008-2009 29 337 366 13493 .027 2007-2008 47 371 418 13406 .031 2006-2007 87 364 443 12999 .034 2005-2006 79 226 345 11876 .029 2004-2005 51 170 221 11196 .019 2003-2004 55 142 197 10637 .018

TRIBUNALS / WAIVERS

Total Students Investigated for Residence Issues

Year: 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 August 0 83 52 30 September 22 125 64 19 October 24 53 57 19 November 61 19 34 35 December 8 70 56 23 January 62 78 44 19 February 54 27 78 21 March 87 54 49 23 April 39 17 7 11 May 0 9 14 8 _____________________________________________________ Total 357 535 455 208

Special Education Information Taken From March 2012 FTE Count

Ethnicity Total

Program/Gender Hispanic American Indian Asian Black Pacific

Islander White

Two or More Races Total Enrollment

Special Education 243 7 18 1,368 0 1,062 96 2,794 Male 162 3 7 924 0 707 70 1,873 Female 81 4 11 444 0 355 26 921

FTE Category Code Students

Mild Intellectual Disability P 151 Moderate Intellectual Disability Q 96

Severe Intellectual Disability R 20

Profound Intellectual Disability S 8

Emotional and Behavioral Disorder T 178

Specific Learning Disability U 1,133

Orthopedic Impairment V 21

Hearing Impairment W 16

Deaf X 1

Other Health Impairment Y 427

Visual Impairment Z 10

Blind 1 1

Deaf/Blind 2 0

Speech/Language Impairment 3 927 Includes some duplicated counts. For Example: The speech numbers listed here include students who are speech eligible only as well as students who are eligible in another area but also receive speech services.

GNETS (Psycho-Ed Program) 4 60

Pre-Kindergarten (PK) Special Ed N/A 196

System Improvement Plan 2012-2013

GOAL #1 – Percent of all students scoring at meets or exceeds on the Biology EOCT will increase from 64.3% to 71.3%.

GOAL #2 – Percent of all students scoring at meets or exceed on the Math II EOCT will increase from 38.9% to 45.9%.

GOAL #3 – Percent of all students scoring at meets or exceeds in Math on the CRCT in grades 6-8 will increase from 78.7% to 87%.

GOAL #4 – Percent of all students scoring at meets or exceeds in Science on the CRCT in grades 6-8 will increase from 73.2% to 80.1%.

GOAL #5 – Percent of all students scoring at meets or exceeds in Math on the CRCT in grades 3-5 will increase from 80.9% to 90.9%.

GOAL #6 – Percent of all students scoring at meets or exceeds in Science on the CRCT in grades 3-5 will increase from 79.1% to 87.1%.

DCSS Mission

The mission of the Douglas County School System is to provide a

quality education for all students in a safe, supportive environment.

DCSS Vision Our vision is to build a community of

lifelong learners that become responsible individuals, independent

thinkers, and productive citizens.