White Hall School District Annual Report 2019-2020

1. White Hall School DistrictBoard of Education White Hall School Board Meets: Second Tuesday of the Month, 6:30 Julius Brown Administration Building 1020 West Holland Ave. White Hall, AR 71602

2. About the Annual Report To The Public2019-2020 • The Accountability Report is given annually to patrons of the district as prescribed by law. • The report to the public provides patrons and interested community members with information on many aspects of the school, its resources, successes and the areas in which improvements are needed. • As a result of this report about the White Hall School District, you will find that what emerges is a picture of a school district dedicated to academic excellence and a team of certified staff that is extremely well qualified, professionally skilled, and personally committed to meeting the learning needs of students. • Each elementary and secondary school within the district, presented the School’s Report to the Public during their “PTO Open house.” Each school’s “Annual Report to the Public” provided parents and community members with a better idea of the progress being made at each school site. • The actions of the Arkansas General Assembly sets the tone for an economic forecast as to the financial health of school districts such as; the four Special Needs Funding Formula, ALE, ELL, NSLA, and PD, designed to assist districts with additional funding to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements. Through careful financial planning due to the slight increase in student population, the 2019-2020 economic forecast for the White Hall School District foretells a status-quo in the finances of the district. • The district budget is presented annually to the local school board for approval in September and then to the State Department of Education. State law requires a balanced budget.

3. White Hall School District Goals & Proposal to Correct Deficiencies 2019-2020 • The District uses state and district test results to assist staff with disaggregation of data by encouraging and supporting relevant professional development provided by the district and state. • The District provides remediation for students in need, as identified by: teacherrecommendation, Prescriptive Reports, ACT-Aspire test results, DIBELS Screeners, Dyslexia Screening, other ADE required test exams such as the new K-2 Interim Assessments, the new online ELPA21 exam & screeners for English Language Learners and Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) for Special needs students. • The District will engage students through technology in the classroom and in district technology labs designed for remedial and enrichment purposes designed to: • Prepare students for accelerated courses and exams through the use of PLATO courseware in the district’s high school PLATO Lab and with home online access. • Provide “in class seat time”Credit Recoveryfor students failing required courses to keep them on track for graduation. • The district is in the proess of developing district-wide dyslexia interventions for at-risk students, by providing staff with dyslexia materials and training designed to meet the student’s individual needs, and to fully implement RISE Reading and the Science of Reading designed to assist faculty and staff to meet the needs of at-risk students. • The District will continue implementation of Computer Science Courses, Concurrent Credit, and implementation of the new Agriculture Program at White Hall High School. • The district and its schools will develop and implement the required Parent, Family and Community Engagement Plans for the 2019-2020 school year.

4. District and SchoolAccreditation Status 2019-2020The district & its schools are fully accredited with no deficiencies. Campus Fully Accreditated White Hall School District Yes Gandy Elementary Yes Hardin Elementary Yes Moody Elementary Yes Taylor Elementary Yes White Hall Middle Yes White Hall High Yes

5. White Hall School District “Teachers of the Year” 2019-2020 Morgan Johnson,Kindergarten Teacher Gandy Elementary School&Kimberly Lambert, Middle School TeacherWhite Hall Middle School

6. White Hall High School Awards Assembly May 2019“Show Place of the South” Of the two hundred two (202) seniors in the Graduating Class of 2019: • 67% Plan to attend a four-year college/university • 14% Plan to attend a two-year college/university • 4% Will attend a vocational/technical school • 11% Plan to enter the workforce immediately • 3% Plan to enlist for military service • 1% Are undecided at this time Based on Grade Point Averages: twenty-five (25) students were recognized as Honor Graduates! Grade point averages ranged from 3.89 to 4.24. • Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship: • A student must have a minimum of a 32 composite score on a single ACT and a 3.5 or above GPA. The scholarship is valued at $40,000.00. • Four (4) Students were awarded this scholarship. • National Merit Finalists: • One student qualified as a National Merit Scholarship Finalists. Only 1% of students who take the PSAT qualify as finalists. • Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship: • Ninety-two (92) Seniors were offered the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarships worth 1.3 million dollars.

7. White Hall School District State Mandated Instructional Days • The district’s school calendar was approved prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year by the school board as required by law. The focus of the required 178 minimum days is student achievement. The White Hall School District’s calendar contains two mandated Parent/Teacher Conference Days. These are extended days for the teaching staff and set to begin at 3:30 and end at 7:30. Six (6) Professional Development Days are set aside to allow time for the staff to receive in-service training pertinent to their academic assignment and four (4) District Defined Days as stated on the district professional development calendar. • As in the past, we implemented several new programs, such as, AAIMS-Laying the Foundation at the high school level, AP and Pre-APCourses, ComputerScience,TransitionalMathandLiteracyCourses,IndistarthenewprogramforACSIP,andthetrainingneededforthenewly adopted ACT Aspire exams. The exams will encompass third (3rd) through tenth (10th) grades for Reading, Math and the addition of Science for each of those grades. TheACT attheeleventh(11th)grade; TheACT-Aspireforgradesnine(9th)andten(10th) and the Kuder Screener willprovideacomprehensivecollegeandcareerreadinessassessment for secondary students. Accordingtothestate,interimassessmentswillalsobeadministered earlierintheschoolyearinordertoallowtimeforteacherstoprovideinterventionsearliertostudents.

8. White Hall School District Central Office Staff

9. White Hall School District Enrollment & Accreditation StatusOctober 1, 2019 School Campus Enrollment Certified Staff Classified Staff Accreditation Status White Hall District 2970 209 99 Yes  Gandy Elementary 349 26 11 Yes Hardin Elementary 233 19 9 Yes Moody Elementary 373 29 9 Yes Taylor Elementary 379 30 10 Yes White Hall Middle 738 43 19 Yes White Hall High 898 63 18 Yes

10. Gandy ElementaryOctober 1, 2019 Grade Levels Enrollment # Teachers AQT/100% Kindergarten 20, 21, 21 = 62   3 Yes 1st Grade 24, 24, 24 = 72   3 Yes 2nd Grade 20, 19, 19 = 58   3 Yes 3rd Grade 21, 21 = 42   2 Yes 4th Grade 23, 24 = 47 2  Yes 5th Grade 22, 23, 23 = 68 3 Yes Special Education 4 Yes PE/Art/Music/Media/Counselor/Title I 6.5 YES Total Enrollment 349 26.5 Yes     

11. Hardin ElementaryOctober 1, 2019 Grade Levels Enrollment # Teachers AQT/100% Kindergarten 19, 20 = 39   2 Yes 1st Grade 24, 23 = 37   2 Yes 2nd Grade 25, 25 = 50   2 Yes 3rd Grade 17, 15 = 32   2 Yes 4th Grade 15, 16 = 31 2  Yes 5th Grade 19, 20 = 39   2 Yes Special Education 1.5 Yes PE/Art/Music/Media/Counselor/Title I 4.5 Total Enrollment 233 18 Yes     

12. Moody ElementaryOctober 1, 2019 Grade Levels Enrollment # Teachers AQT/100% Kindergarten 15, 16, 16 = 47   3 Yes 1st Grade 20, 20, 23 = 63   3 Yes 2nd Grade 20, 19, 20 = 58   3 Yes 3rd Grade 22, 20, 21 = 65   3 Yes 4th Grade 26, 26 = 57 2  Yes 5th Grade 27, 26, 27 = 83   3 Yes Special Education 3 Yes PE/Art/Music/Media/Counselor/Title I 6 Yes Total Enrollment 373 26 Yes     

13. Taylor ElementaryOctober 1, 2019 Grade Levels Enrollment # Teachers AQT/100% Kindergarten 20, 20, 20 = 60   3 Yes 1st Grade 23, 22, 23 = 68   3 Yes 2nd Grade 23, 22, 22 = 67   3 Yes 3rd Grade 19, 19, 20 = 58   3 Yes 4th Grade 22, 22, 20 = 64 3  Yes 5th Grade 20, 20, 22 = 62 3 Yes Special Education = 0 2 Yes PE/Art/Music/Media/Counselor/Title I 6 Yes Total Enrollment 379 26 Yes

14. White Hall Middle SchoolOctober 1, 2019 Grade Levels Enrollment # Teachers AQT/100% 6th Grade 250   Yes 7th Grade 239   Yes 8th Grade 249   Yes Special Education 4 Yes Media 1 Counselor 2 Total Enrollment 738 41 Yes     

15. White Hall High SchoolOctober 1, 2019 Grade Levels Enrollment # Teachers AQT/100% 9th Grade 234   Yes 10th Grade 248   Yes 11th Grade 202   Yes 12th Grade 214   Yes Special Education 5 Yes ALE 1 Yes Media 1 Counselor 2.5 Career Coach 1 Total Enrollment 898 63.5 Yes     

16. These children will be given an extra 30 minutes of Intensive Reading Instruction (IRI) per day by a certified teacher. The IRI shall be during the school day based on required assessments. Each classroom teachers will remediate her students daily. Title 1 teachers are allowed to provide supplemental instruction to Title 1 eligible (targeted) students who have been identified as students who are “in the most need”. Classroom teachers K-3 are presently implementing the ADE recommended, Comprehensive Literacy Program. Within this program, students are taught based on needs either in small group or individually. All students needing Intensive Reading Interventions will be taught using this concept. Also available to the staff is the use of the CEI lab which reinforces strategies found inthe Comprehensive Literacy Program. DIBELSDIBELS: (Dynamic Indicators Of Basic Early Literacy Skills)DIBELS is an assessment instrument that measures how successfully a child is progressing in the critical skills that underlie success in early reading. A student’s score in each skill falls into one of three levels (1.) Benchmark, (2.) At risk of reading difficulty, or (3.) Somewhat in between. The three levels indicate if the student’s skills are developing on track at a given time, compared to the scores of a large pool of children in the same grade.

17. Curriculum & InstructionTEXTBOOKS2019 – 2020ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY TEXTBOOK EXPENDITURESOctober 1, 2019

18. Special Education Department (IDEA)Betty Lacy, LEA Self-Contained, Resource and Speech The White Hall Special Education Department serves students ages 3–21. The Department is comprised of the following staff:

19. Special Education Department (IDEA)Betty Lacy, LEA Special Services As of Monday, October 1, 2019, we have a total of 356 special education students within the District. Students are placed at the following locations:

20. Child Nutrition DepartmentPatsy Garner Child Nutrition Report 2019-2020 The mission of the White Hall School District’s Child Nutrition department is to provide excellent meals and Nutrition Education to enhance the learning experience for every student, every day, without exception. We are committed to operate a Child Nutrition Program with an emphasis on food standards and customer service. The District strives to create a great work environment by providing the time, tools and training needed to achieve our mission. The White Hall School District is a National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program participant. All meals served meet the “Meal Pattern” implemented by USDA along with all state guidelines which is required in order for the District to receive Federal support. For more information as to the required meal pattern and “SMART SNACKS”sold in schools, visit the USDA website or contact the Child Nutrition Department. October 1 count for 2019-2020 Free & Reduced Lunch Percentages

21. Child Nutrition DepartmentPatsy Garner Child Nutrition Report CHARTWELLS/SCHOOL MENUS/MY SCHOOL BUCKS White Hall School District and Chartwells offer students and staff a variety of meal choices for lunch and breakfast. Child Nutrition from August 13, 2019 through the end of September has served approximately 74,813 meals to district students and staff for an increase of 2,699 meals. School Lunch/Breakfast Menus can be located on the District Website under the Child Nutrition Department–School Menu Page–Elementary, Middle School and High School Menus are available for all serving lines through Nutrislice. In addition, Nutrislice offers an APP to download school district menus for cell phones. ONLINE: LunchAndBreakfast Payment System Myschoolbucks.comisagreat, convenientwaytopayforstudentsschoolmeals. Thisfeatureisdefinitelya plusfor the districtand for parents.Allonehas to doisgotothewebsitemyschoolbucks.comand registerforanaccount. This account isnot a cost tothe district however; the parentsdohavetopayasmallfee for the app. • 1st bullet point • 2nd bullet point • 3rd bullet point • 4th bullet point • 5th bullet point

22. Gifted & Talented EducationMarybeth PassmoreGATE Coordinator Gifted and Talented Education (G.A.T.E.) Report White Hall School District has 222identified GT students: • K-1 students are served with Talents Unlimited in whole group enrichment. • 2nd-5th grades (50 students) are pulled to a Resource Room for 150 minutes each week for GATE class. • Marybeth Passmore serves Hardin and Taylor. • Tiffany Evans serves Gandy and Moody. • Examples of enrichment activities used in GATE include logic, current events, science experiments, math, language arts studies, economics, chess, and quiz bowl. • 6th-12th grades (170 students) attend GATE Seminars several times a year with the GT facilitators. Secondary GATE students are encouraged to take the more challenging Pre-AP and AP courses. The GT Coordinator contacts and schedules speakers for the GATE Seminars. Speakers include artists, politicians, living history speakers, mathematicians, doctors, and lawyers.

23. Gifted & TalentedMarybeth Passmore Highlighting the Gifted and Talented Educational Program GATE students love to compete and have been very successful in competitions at ARESC. Gate students participate in chess tournaments and quiz bowl competitions. Each of the district schools have large trophy cases with awards won by our students. GATE students also participate in the statewide stock market game and have been invited to many awards ceremonies by Economics Arkansas. • 7th grade students participate in the Duke Talent Search and take the ACT with high school students. One student qualified for state recognition and attended the awards ceremony at UALR. • 4th grade GATE students at Gandy Elementary came in 1st place in the Stock Market Game for the spring semester. The students received medals and cash prizes at the awards ceremony in North Little Rock. • Ten (10) 12th grade GATE students received the Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship. • The WHMS Quiz Bowl Team were undefeated champions at the Quiz Bowl Competition • GATE students participated in the Stock Market Game and won first or second place for the past 11 years. They receive medals and cash prizes at the awards ceremony in North Little Rock. • 8th grade students at WHMS won 1st place in the U1200 Section at the US Amateur South Chess Championship at the University of Memphis.

24. Maintenance & TransportationCedric Hawkins White Hall School District Transportation Department Where Safety Is Our Main Concern The purpose of the Transportation Department of the White Hall Public Schools is to provide the safest, most efficient transportation possible for those students who are to be transported between their homes and schools. This process is the responsibility of the entire community and requires the cooperation of all students, parents, school personnel, and citizens who drive on the streets in the presence of the school buses. Bus transportation is provided for students who live more than 2 miles from their assigned schools or, in the case of' smaller children, where the density of traffic presents a safety hazard. School buses are viewed as an extension of the classroom. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner, which will allow safe transport to and from school. A schedule of bus routes is published at the beginning of the school year and posted on the district website. The Director of Transportation coordinates the transportation schedules. .

25. White Hall School District School Choice Update 2019-2020 • Economic Impact 100 Students x $6,781.00 = $678,100.00

26. White Hall School District School Choice Update by Campus & Grade Level 2019-2020 • Economic Impa

27. White Hall School District District Ethnicity Primary Race Percentages October 1, 2019

28. White Hall School DistrictNew for the Future2019-2020 Graduation Requirements: Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, secondary students must pass the test approved by ADE that is similar to the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in order to graduate. SMART CORE CURRICULUM & GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASSE OF 2020 All students are required to participate in the Smart Core curriculum unless their parents or guardians, or the students if they are eighteen (18) years of age or older, sign a Smart Core Waiver Form to not participate. While Smart Core is the default option, both a Smart Core Informed Consent Form and a Smart Core Waiver Form will be sent home with students prior to their enrolling in seventh (7th) grade, or when a seventh (7th) through twelfth (12th) grade student enrolls in the district for the first time and there is not a signed form in the student’s permanent record. Parents must sign one of the forms and return it to the school so it can be placed in the students’ permanent record. This policy is to be included in student handbooks for grades six (6th ) through –(12th) and both students and parents must sign an acknowledgement they have received the policy. Those students not participating in the Smart Core curriculum will be required to fulfill the Core curriculum or the requirements of their IEP (when applicable) to be eligible for graduation. Counseling by trained personnel shall be available to students and their parents or legal guardians prior to the time they are required to sign the consent forms.

29. White Hall School DistrictNew for the Future2019-2020 • Student Promotion and Retention • At least once each semester, the parents and teacher(s) of a student in kindergarten through eighth (8th) grade shall be notified in writing of the student’s independent grade-level-equivalency in reading and the remediation provided for students scoring below the recommended reading level. • Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, each student shall have a student success plan (SSP) developed by school personnel in collaboration with the student’s parents and the student that is reviewed and updated annually. • A student’s SSP shall use multiple academic measures to personalize learning in order for students to achieve their grade-level expectations and individual growth. The SSP will identify if the student is in need of additional support or acceleration. Academic measures to be used in creating and updating a student’s SSP shall include, but are not limited to: • Statewide student assessment results; • Subject grades; • Student work samples; and • Local assessment scores. • By the end of grade eight (8), the student’s SSP shall: • Guide the student along pathways to graduation; • Address accelerated learning opportunities; • Address academic deficits and interventions; and • Include college and career planning components.

30. White Hall School DistrictNew for the Future2019-2020 • Based on a student’s score on the college and career assessment: • The student’s SSP will be updated in order to assist the student with college and career readiness skills, course selection in high school, and improved academic achievement; and • Provide a basis for counseling concerning postsecondary preparatory programs. • An SSP shall be created: • By no later than the end of the school year for a student in grade eight (8) or below who enrolls in the District during the school year; or • As soon as reasonably possible for a student in grade nine (9) or above who enrolls in the District at the beginning or during the school year. • A student’s individualized education program (IEP) may act in the place of the student’s SSP if the IEP addresses academic deficits and interventions for the student’s failure to meet standards-based academic goals at an expected rate or level and includes a transition plan that addresses college and career planning components. Promotion/retention or graduation of students with an IEP shall be based on their successful attainment of the goals set forth in their IEP.

31. White Hall School DistrictNew for the Future2019-2020 • Student Promotion and Retention continued • Based on a student’s score on the college and career assessment: • The student’s SSP will be updated in order to assist the student with college and career readiness skills, course selection in high school, and improved academic achievement; and • Provide a basis for counseling concerning postsecondary preparatory programs. • An SSP shall be created: • By no later than the end of the school year for a student in grade eight (8) or below who enrolls in the District during the school year; or • As soon as reasonably possible for a student in grade nine (9) or above who enrolls in the District at the beginning or during the school year.2 • A student’s individualized education program (IEP) may act in the place of the student’s SSP if the IEP addresses academic deficits and interventions for the student’s failure to meet standards-based academic goals at an expected rate or level and includes a transition plan that addresses college and career planning components. Promotion/retention or graduation of students with an IEP shall be based on their successful attainment of the goals set forth in their IEP.