Fluvanna County Public Schools: Case Study

Payette School District is located in Payette, Idaho and was founded in 1885. Payette is a small town in Idaho right next to the Oregon border with about 7,430 residents. The school district is employing 77 teachers and has a total staff of 81. With around 1,617 students, the schools, in total, currently have a 21:1 student to teacher ratio.

Clay Country Schools are located in the southwest corner of North Carolina. The school district is currently the only that serves the county providing all grade levels, Pre-K through 12th Grade located on one campus. The campus consists of Hayesville Elementary School, Hayesville Middle School, and Hayesville High School. Historically Clay County Schools has not always been the only public school system to serve the county. Below is a case study of the history of the schools in Clay County and the demographic and fiscal characteristics of the current school system along with statewide comparisons and a recent North Carolina school lawsuit.

Saginaw Public School District, located in Saginaw Michigan is the urban school district of Saginaw, Michigan. The district has approximately 7,500 students and operates 15 schools which include, 10 elementary schools, 1 middle school and 3 high schools. Over the past 10 years there has been a drastic decrease in student enrollment. The main cause of the decrease in enrollment include Michigan’s failing economy. The closing of automobile factories has resulted in a huge decrease in the city of Saginaw’s populations. During the past 10 years there has also been closing of many schools in the Saginaw Public School District. The district is also operating in a deficit and has been required by the state of Michigan to decide a plan to eliminate

I recommend that the classrooms throughout the Federal Way District School System comply with The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards. All classrooms should be tested. If the noise level in an unoccupied classroom exceeds 35 dBA it should be modified to meet the recommended and appropriate acoustical levels.

Polk county school district is the eighth largest in Florida and the thirteenth in the country. There are more than one hundred and fifty public school and more than one hundred thousand students. This makes Polk county the largest employer of over thirteen thousand employees. Polk county has a large diversity of students including “43.9 percent white, 20.7 percent black, 30.2 percent Hispanic, 1.6 percent Asian, 0.5 percent American Indian or Alaskan Native, 3 percent two or more races and 0.1 percent native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. There are more than 10,600 students whose primary language is other than

Haverstraw Elementary School is located in Rockland County, New York. Rockland County is a middle class neighborhood in a well mixed residential and commercial area. The surrounding neighborhoods include West Haverstraw, Thiells, Garnerville, and Stony Point. Haverstraw New York has a wide range of demographics and according to statistics has a population of about 12,060 people with the median age being 32 years old. In Haverstraw 49.44% of the population is Caucasian,30.65% Hispanic, 17.96% African American, and 1.95% are Asian. Only 36% of the town speaks English and 58% speaks Spanish. The median cost for a home is 270,000 and the median income is 50,000. The population by education level is as follows: High School or less 35%, High School

I am writing as a concerned Loudoun County parent, with two children attending Catoctin Elementary School, and a daughter who attends JL Simpson Middle School. As you are aware, the Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue is visiting Catoctin Elementary school today. In the past Loudoun County schools have hosted administration officials from both political parties; however, I cannot recall a time when a major national policy announcement perceived as controversial was enacted on one of these visits during school hours.

The case I chose was one that took place in Houston, TX, in the Houston Independent School District. I chose it because Houston is where I was born and grew up, and I wanted to use a case that felt close to home for me. This case was about a student who, throughout the course of about two years, displayed several signs of aggression, defiance, and general misbehavior both in class and at home. The misbehaviors ranged from “pestering and irritating” his/her siblings at home, throwing tantrums, and becoming easily upset or angered. The student also led a lonely life, both in class and school, expressing dislike and resentment towards siblings and other family members, as well as stating that student “feels student has no friends.” In class, the

Hawkins County School System is located in upper east Tennessee, halfway between the Bristol Motor Speedway and the University of Tennessee.The cities and towns where our schools reside are Bulls Gap, Rogersville, Surgoinsville, Church Hill, Mt. Carmel, and the surrounding communities. Our service includes about seven thousand students The School system includes 11 elementary schools, four middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, one kindergarten through twelfth grade school, and one alternative school. My case study is Rogersville Middle School located in the city of Rogersville. We serve just under 500 students who come from three feeder schools in the county.

I am an excellent candidate to assist school leadership with surpassing its annual goal. As a Turn Around administrator, I developed the skills and systems to review school improvement plans, analyze and disaggregate data, look for trends and gaps and implement scientific researched based intervention. I worked with principals to implement Response to Intervention (RtI) program. At the end of the program was a significant increase in student proficiency rate on formative and summative assessments. I used different strategies to address concerns with achievement gaps on formative and summative assessment, student and staff discipline and attendance and community involvement. I supported and implemented several mentoring programs. Several lives

Roxboro Community School is a college preparatory school, it’s main focus is to ready you for the outside world. Here, we are given harder assignments in a short period of time to ready us for college level work. We have many Advanced Placement course in which we can take. Technology also plays a large role in my educational experience. We started learning how to type in second grade, making it easier to accomplish larger tasks later on in life. Tests on paper have mostly been replaced with tests on a computer. All of our research mostly comes from the internet rather than books. For two weeks, I studied abroad in Oviedo, Spain spring break of my junior year. Although it was not a long period of time I still got to experience the world, meet

The Hempfield Area School District has board policy – number 215, which outlines attendance and disciplinary issues. The district also publishes a handbook that outlines those attendance and disciplinary items in detail. However, other than a mention of a successful student needs to be in school there seems to be no school related policies or publications that directly tie attendance to grades.

I am excited to talk about my unique qualifications for the Office of Sheriff. I bring over 30+ years of law enforcement experience, as do several of the other candidates. However, unlike the other candidates, I have and am actively involved with the sheriff’s office and the community since I began serving with the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office(ECSO). From the beginning, I have made a strong effort to meet members of the community in order to understand both their needs and concerns.

There are several reasons I feel I would be a quality candidate for this position. My past personal experience included being a military wife for 23 years. It allowed me to travel and experience a variety of cultures but more importantly it taught me how to adapt. Moving every few years has given me invaluable lifetime experience, outstanding organizational skills and the ability to prioritize. As a volunteer Girl Scout leader/Service Unit Manager, I was a dedicated team player and learned to remain calm and gracious under pressure while dealing with large groups of children and adults. As a PTA president I collaborated with school staff, administration, and coordinated school events all requiring strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Interviewing these six people really opened by eyes to how little our community understands about how our district spends their tax dollars. I am going to report my findings by summarizing each interview, then I will give a brief reflection of the interview process, and at the end I will give recommendations for our school to improve collaboration with the community and how they could better inform tax payers in regards to how the school obtains funds and allocates