Arlington Public Schools Whom are we serving? Who is providing the services? What is changing?

1. Arlington Public Schools Whom are we serving? Who is providing the services? What is changing? How are the services provided? October 2009

2. Whom are we serving?

3. Student Demographics

4. Students on Free/Reduced Lunch 2001-2002 38.31% 2002-2003 37.65% 2003-2004 35.84% 2004-2005 36.09% 2005-2006 35.02% 2006-2007 33.63% 2007-2008 29.52% 2008-2009 31.56%

5. Gifted Students 18% of K-12 population (September 2009) identified as Gifted, of that 18%: • 11% Asian • 8% Black • 14% Hispanic • 66% White • 1% Unspecified 5% dually identified Gifted and Special Education

6. Students with Disabilities • 2997 students, (14.5% of September 2009 student population) receive special education services • All APS schools, including alternative programs, service students with disabilities

7. Students with Disabilities The following is a breakdown of disabilities: • 30% Specific Learning Disabilities • 16% Other Health Impairment • 17% Speech or Language Impairment • 11% Developmental Delay • 7% Emotional Disturbance • 9% Autism Spectrum Disorder

8. Students with Disabilities The following is a breakdown of disabilities: • 4% Cognitive Disabilities 1,2,3 • 2% Multiple Disabilities • <1% Hearing Impairment • <1% Orthopedic Impairment • <1% Traumatic Brain Injury • <1% Visual Impairment

9. Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students 3,656 students K-12 (approximately 18% of September 2009 student population) receive ESOL/HILT services. As of October 2009: • 1,101 students in exited Year 1 and Year 2 • 780 in exited Year 3 and Year 4 • 591 in preK classes • 156 eligible but not receiving services

10. Title I Services • 18.0 Title I Reading Teachers • 4 Mathematics Instructional Resource Teachers (MIRTs) • 2,688 students receive Title I services at ten elementary schools • 267 in Targeted Assistance schools (direct services to Title I eligible students) • 2,421in School-wide schools (Title I teachers provide services to all K-5 students)

11. Other School-Based Staff • 28.5 Reading Teachers across 22 elementary schools providing coaching/modeling for teachers and some direct instruction • 0.5 Mathematics Instructional Resource Teachers (MIRTs) at each elementary school providing coaching/modeling for teachers and some direct instruction • 0.5 Testing Coordinator at each Title I school • 28.5 Instructional Technology Coordinators (ITCs) providing support for teachers in integrating instructional technology throughout the curriculum • 21.5 Resource Teachers of the Gifted (RTGs) providing coaching/modeling for teachers, some direct instruction, and student identification • 1.0 (elementary schools >500) or 0.5 • 1.0 at each middle and high school

12. Important Links -- Data Free/Reduced Lunch: http://www.apsva.us/15401081104241813/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=54554 Civil Rights Statistics: http://www.apsva.us/15401081104241813/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=54557 Enrollment Data: http://www.apsva.us/15401081104241813/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=54558

13. Who is providing the services?

14. APS Organizational Chart

15. APS Department of Instruction Assistant Superintendent Curriculum Areas Instructional Programs Special Projects Library Media Services Instructional Technology Extended Instruction CTAE Arts Early Childhood Media Processing AETV & Distance Learning Summer School Adult Education English/ Language Arts ESOL/HILT Professional Library Materials Production & IVL Business APS DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION 2009-2010 Central Office Staff Staff identified are located at Syphax Academic Center, Career Center, Clarendon, or Marshall. Foreign Languages Gifted Family and Consumer Health and P.E. Minority Achievement GED Mathematics Professional Development REEP Science Title I YES Social Studies

16. Important Links -- Program School Options: http://www.apsva.us/154010811517240/site/default.asp Four-Six Year Academic Plan: http://www2.apsva.us/15401081151831300/site/default.asp

17. What is changing?

18. Capacity Process Overview to Date May – August: Stakeholder meetings with Parents and citizens (FAC P/C Subcommittee) Principals & Staff August 27 Board Work Session Clarify direction to consultant September MGT of America hired as consultant team Data gathering begins MGT meets with FAC P/CS MGT begins tours and interviews

19. Fall/Winter Capacity Process October Complete school tours and interviews Data analysis Development of options Meeting with community November MGT makes final report to APS Superintendent recommends short-term and/or long-term options December Board action on short-term and/or long-term options

20. MGT of America Your Team : Dr. Bill Carnes – Partner-in-Charge Dan Schmidt, JD – Project Director Dr. Ed Humble Dodds Cromwell, AIA Lynda Fender MGT of America has offices in: Olympia, WA Sacramento, CA Austin, TX Tallahassee, FL Washington, D.C. Schmidt Associates : an Indiana-based facility planning, design, and construction management firm • MGT and Schmidt have teamed for • projects in: • - St. Louis Public Schools, MO • - State of Colorado • - Rapid City Area Schools, SD • - Fort Wayne Community Schools, IN • - MSD of Decatur Township, IN • - The Public Schools of Brookline, MA • - Smyth County Public Schools, VA • - Vigo County School Corporation, IN- Porter Township Schools, IN • Fresno Unified School District, CA • State of Wyoming • Citrus County Public Schools, FL • Boulder Public Schools, CO • Anne Arundel Public Schools, MD • - Indianapolis Public Schools, IN

21. Capacity Process Timeline

22. An evaluation of current methods and estimates of calculating capacities and projecting enrollments; An analysis of space utilization at our elementary and secondary schools and associated short-term and long-term recommendations for better using space within or among our buildings; and Identification of opportunities and recommendations for increasing permanent capacity at individual schools (including feasibility, scope and cost) for consideration in the upcoming CIP planning process. Consultant Scope of Work

23. Information and materials related to process: http://www.apsva.us/elemcapacity This web page has an e-mail option for comments and suggestions. This web page also has links to previous boundary/capacity processes and to the ongoing Middle School Design Process. Important Links -- Change

24. How are the services provided?

25. How Do We Pay For It? • School Board provides guidance to the Superintendent • Revenue Sources • Revenue Sharing Agreement with County • Total Budget and Expenditures • School Operating Fund

26. Where Does the Money Come From? (FY10)

27. Where Does the Money Go?(School Operating Fund Only)

28. Important Links -- Fiscal Additional Information on the FY 2010 Adopted Budget, including Planning Factors: http://www.apsva.us/15401081151845893/site/default.asp FY 2008 Washington Area Boards of Education (WABE) Guide: http://www.apsva.us/15401081151845893/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=54313&15401081151845893Nav=|&NodeID=1785

29. Arlington Public Schools Whom are we serving? Who is providing the services? What is changing? How are the services provided? October 2009