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Homer High School. Where are we? Where are we going? When will it be over? Will we make it?. Objective Measures. HSGQE – High School Graduation Qualifying Exam AWA – Analytic Writing Assessment SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test ACT NCLB AYP – No Child Left Behind’s Adequate Yearly Progress.
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Homer High School Where are we? Where are we going? When will it be over? Will we make it?
Objective Measures • HSGQE – High School Graduation Qualifying Exam • AWA – Analytic Writing Assessment • SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test • ACT • NCLB AYP – No Child Left Behind’s Adequate Yearly Progress
Top-Notch HSGQE Scores • Class of 2005: 83% Passed Reading, 92% Passed Writing, 86% Passed Math • Class of 2004: Only 8 Students Need to Pass Any Section • Determinant of AYP
NCLB - AYP • Minimums To Pass: 64.03% in Language and 54.86% in Mathematics • HHS scores: 89% in Language and 84% in Mathematics • 95% Participation Required of Whole School and Subgroups • All groups achieved 95% Participation • If one more student were absent – NOT!
Already Lost: Spanish, Library, P.E, Art, ½ A.D., ½ Counselors Classified Lost: 1.5 Custodians, ½ Secretary Enrollment at 463, with 506 Projected District Costs Increasing State Funding to Decrease Lose 1.0 Staff in January Lose 2 – 4 Next Year Where are we going?
Which Programs Will Go?What About Activities? What kinds of options do we have? Every dollar we receive is constrained!
When will this devolution end? • When student population in Homer and on the Kenai rebound. • When the fundamental question of how the State of Alaska will fund essential services is answered. • When students return to HHS in preference to other options. • We probably won’t reach bottom for another five years at least.
Will we make it? Will Homer High survive? • We will not have the same “look” Homer High has had in the past. (Read this as fewer options and electives.) • Activities will not be supported financially by the district. The burden will fall to parents. • Fundamental programs will remain strong. Test scores will vary, but will remain good. • Much more often you will hear: No, we cannot do that.
The Morals to this Story? We have to work together to provide opportunities for children. We must be self-reliant and take nothing for granted. We must engage in conversation with our political leaders.