2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR

Fayetteville Board of EducationThe Fayetteville Board of Education elected the following officers for the 2011-12 school year:

Member 2011 Training HoursSusan Heil, president 22.25Tim Hudson, vice president 23.25Jim Halsell, secretary 23.50Bryn Bagwell 27.25Justin Eichmann 21.50Steve Percival 17.25Becky Purcell 30.50

State Reporting RequirementsAccreditation: All Fayetteville Public Schools were fully accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education for the 2011-2012 school year.

Soft Drink Revenue: The Fayetteville School District received $50,000 in soft drink revenue in the 2011-2012 school year. The money was distributed to district schools based on enrollment.

Benchmark TestingAs indicated by the charts below, our students performed very well on the Arkansas Benchmark Tests, given in grades 3 through 8, and on end-of-course exams given in Algebra 1 and Geometry. All grade levels scored above expected performance in literacy and math.

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Note from the SuperintendentAs Superintendent of the Fayetteville Public Schools,

I am proud of our accomplishments in the 2011-2012school year and thank our students, teachers, administrators, support sta�, and parents who work hard for academic success every day. We have a great opportunity to achieve even greater heights as our district embraces the new challenges coming from the Common Core Standards. �ese standards de�ne the knowledge and skills students should have during their K-12 education experience so that they will graduate fully prepared for college and careers.

We have organized to meet these challenges, areproviding focused professional development oppor-tunities, and are supporting the work through a budgetthat places teaching and learning at the forefront.Teachers are designing an aligned curriculum and assessments based on an analysis of student data that creates a strategy toolkit to meet diverse learner needs in all classrooms. Our focus for the year is on “rigor, relevance, and relationships,” because we know the more essential and memorable the learning, the greater the success for our students.

On behalf of the Fayetteville Public Schools, we thankyou for the outstanding community support we receive.It is the partnership between school, home, and communitythat provides our students with a wonderful place to learn,grow, and become productive citizens.

Sincerely,

Vicki �omas

District BudgetHere is the district budget for the 2011-2012 school year:

Property Tax Reserve $3,000,00021C Fund $900,000Capital Funds for FHS Phase I $2,278,635Restricted Carryforwards $2,712,502State Funds $22,705,524Local Funds $55,034,303Interest on checking account $75,000Fed Funds/Grants/Restricted $11,344,586Vocational Education $27,000Coke Contract $50,000Athletic Gate Receipts $125,000E-rate $0Miscellaneous $130,000Food Service sales $1,463,104Reserve $5,281,200Total Revenues & Reserve: $105,126,854

Salaries $58,051,410Fringe Benefits $14,512,853Debt Service Payments $11,020,000Maintenance & Operations:

Maintenance $1,230,755 Utilities $1,673,899 Transportation $846,873 Food Service $1,054,183 Technology $469,614 Curriculum & Instruction $1,569,423 School Improv/Prog. Devlp. $235,422 Athletics/Physical Education $323,926 Grant Expenditures (not personnel) $2,195,794 Miscellaneous $405,000 Tuition $44,000

C21 Curriculum $500,000Capital Expense $0Reserve $5,281,200Unrestricted Carryforward $3,000,000Restricted Carryforward $2,712,502

Total Expenditures & Reserve: $105,126,854

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Federal ProgramsHere’s how our 2011-12 Federal funds were used:

ESEA AccountabilityEach year the Arkansas Department of Educationevaluates every public school on the progress their students have made on the Benchmark and End-of-Course exams. Here are the results for the 2011-12 school year:

Elementary: Six of our elementary schools metthe standards for math, and all nine met the standards for literacy. Six of the elementary schools were ranked as Achieving, and three were ranked as Needs Improve-ment.

Middle: One of our middle schools was ranked as Achieving, and one was ranked as Needs Improvement.

Jr. High & High School: Both junior high schools wereranked as Achieving, and FHS was ranked as Needs Improvement.

Building Budget Asbell $234,650Butterfield $148,850Happy Hollow $133,250Holcomb $150,150Leverett $165,100Owl Creek $284,700Washington $154,050Holt $185,250

Title I: Economically Disadvantaged $2,313,941Title II: Improving Teacher Quality $346,804Title III: English Language Learners $71,602

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Noteworthy from 2011-12:The FHS Class of 2012 accepted more than $10.5 million in college scholarship and was offered an additional $15 million more.

21 FHS seniors were named as National Merit semifinalists, the most in Arkansas and the most ever at FHS.

Ramay Jr. High School received a 2011 Governor’s Quality Award.

FPS named in the Top 10 in the U.S. in technology by the National School Boards Association.

Connotations, FHS’ award-winning literary magazine, won national awards from ColumbiaScholastic Press and the National Council of Teachers of English.

FHS seniors Andrew Bakewell, Emile Blouin, Erin Boss, Brandon Fross, Katherine Gea, Kaitlyn Hurbut, Andrew Kiser, Hunter Latourette, Macy Manning, Peter Montgomery, George Paulson, Carlin Purcell, Hyrum Richardson, Rob Rutherford, Tyler Steiner, Emily Webb, and Rachel Zweig were named as finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Competition. Another senior, Bethany Sykes, was named as a finalist in the 2012 National Achievement Scholarship program

FHS senior Macy Manning made the highest score possible on the 2011 ACT Exam.

FHS teacher Rita Caver received the 2012 Advanced Placement Award from the Southwest Region of the College Board.

221 FHS students earned AP Scholar honors.

FHS teams won state titles in football, girls golf, cheerleading, girls indoor track, and boys outdoor track.

The FHS Band marched in the 2011 Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia and performed in concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall.

“Colors in White,” a film by FHS students, won the Best Youth Film at the 2012 Little Rock Film Festival, as well as 3 of the 4 scholarships awarded.

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Literacy Challenges & OpportunitiesCurriculum Design: The effective and timely use of data is criticallyimportant in helping us make informed decisions about our instructional strategies. Teachers are learning to use the MAP data to drive instruction, monitor and adjust. Our goal for the 2012-13school year is to tie together the data analysis and new instructional techniques that incorporate model lessons and assessments that focus on high rigor and relevance.

Fayetteville High School Transformation: Phase 1 is complete and opened on August 20. Phase 1 includes the student commons area and servery, performing arts center and rehearsal spaces, TV and film classrooms, editing bays and video studio, competition arena, two practice gyms, locker rooms, and coaches’ offices.

Work continues on Phase 2, which be completein August of 2015. The northwest quad, with threefloors of new academic space, will open in Augustof 2013.

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Reserve $5,281,200

Debt Service Payments $11,020,000

Maintenance $1,230,755

Transportation $846,873

Technology $469,614

School Improv/Prog. Devlp. $235,422

Grant Expenditures (not personnel) $2,195,794

Tuition $44,000

Capital Expense $0

Unrestricted Carryforward $3,000,000

Total Expenditures & Reserve: $105,126,854