Closure Recommendations Effective for the 2016-17 School Year

Board Work Session

April 19, 2016

Recommendations

• Close the following schools – Carver High School

– Northside High School

– Messick Adult High School

• Revocation of the charters for the following schools: – Omni Prep Lower

– Omni Prep Middle

– Southern Avenue Middle

– Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering (MASE)

– KIPP Collegiate Middle

– KIPP Collegiate High

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Carver High School

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Carver High School to Hamilton High School

• Close Carver High School and rezone all students to Hamilton High School

• Hamilton High School is committed to providing a nurturing, safe, and professional environment

• Hamilton High School is an Izone school receiving extra resources for achievement

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Carver High School to Hamilton High School

Additional staff for Hamilton High to support school merger

• Guidance counselor to assist students with credits and academic needs

• Behavioral specialist to assist students with social needs

• Security officer to assist principal and administration with additional students

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Carver High School to Hamilton High School

Community Engagement Effort

• Individual family support through the transition process

• Parent Meeting to inform families about the change

• Family Informational Fair

• Open house at Hamilton HS

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Considerations

• Poor academic performance with a TVAAS score of 1 and a state status of Priority School

• Carver currently performs in the bottom 0.3 percentile of all schools across the state

• With 198 students (61 seniors), Carver is severely under-enrolled

• Underutilized facility at 31%

• High deferred maintenance cost of $3.5 million

• Declining enrollment over the last ten years from 701 students to 198 students

• Declining birth trend over the last ten years and an enrollment projected to continue to decline

Fiscal Impact

Net savings of $892,546

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Carver High School to Hamilton High School

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Northside High School

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• Close Northside High School and rezone all students to Manassas High School

• Manassas High achieved the highest literacy growth on the 2014-2015 End of Course Exams

• School staff is highly qualified, dedicated, motivated, and committed to continuously improving their teaching practices

• Families and the community act as collaborative partners in the education of our children

• The "Undefeated" documentary highlighting the football team and coach won Best Documentary Oscar

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Northside High School to Manassas High School

Community Engagement Effort

• Individual family support through the transition process

• Parent Meeting to inform families about the change

• Family Informational Fair

• Open house at Manassas High

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Northside High School to Manassas High School

Northside High School to Manassas High School

Considerations

• Poor academic performance with a TVAAS score of 1 and a state status of Priority School

• Northside currently performs in the bottom 1.6 percentile of all schools across the state

• With 265 students (59 seniors), Northside is severely under-enrolled

• Underutilized facility at 23%

• High deferred maintenance cost of $5.1 million

• Declining enrollment over the last ten years from 999 students to 265 students

• Declining birth trend over the last ten years and an enrollment projected to continue to decline

Fiscal Impact

Net savings of $941,876 12

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Messick Adult High School

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Messick Adult High School

• The recommendation is to close Messick Adult High School

• Students on track for graduation can transition to Northwest Prep Academy, Virtual School, or the GED programs offered by Hope Works or Goodwill

• Operate Project Graduation as an intervention for junior and seniors in need of additional credits for on time graduation

Considerations

• Fewer than 65% of adult high school students complete the program

• Adult High School currently enrolls part-time students (only) who are slated to earn a high school diploma – Fall 2015 Enrollment = 1,485

– Spring 2016 Enrollment = 844

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Messick Adult High School

Considerations (cont.)

• The adult CTE only serves 48 tuition paying students providing insufficient funds to sustain the program

• No academic achievement measures to determine student success rate (i.e., TEM scores for teachers, EOC scores, TVAAS growth measures, graduation rate)

• Leading trends in adult education have moved to more efficient online programs to serve students seeking high school diplomas

• Deferred maintenance costs of $5.4 million

Fiscal Impact

Net savings of $1,200,000

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Charter School Recommendations

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Recommendations

• Shelby County Schools recommends the revocation of the following charter schools for “material violation of any of the conditions, standards, or procedures set forth in the charter agreement.” TCA 49-13-122 (c) (1). In addition, due to the financial impact to the District in maintaining such low-performing charters, Shelby County Schools recommends the revocation of the charter schools under T.C.A. 49-13-108(b), because the “substantial negative fiscal impact” on SCS would be contrary to the best interest of students.

– Omni Prep Lower

– Omni Prep Middle

– Southern Avenue Middle

– Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering (MASE)

– KIPP Collegiate Middle

– KIPP Collegiate High 18

Omni Prep Lower School

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Omni Prep Lower School

• Omni Prep Lower currently performs in the bottom 1st percentile of all schools across the state

• Omni Prep Lower received a Level 1 TVAAS score in 2015

• Omni Prep Lower has been open for 6 years

• Sample Performance Objectives in the Application/Contract: Omni Prep students who have attended the school for two or more continuous years will perform at an achievement level that is equal to or greater than the achievement level of their peers across the state and across the district in all grades and in all tested subjects. As of 2015, only 22.4% of Omni students were proficient in Math and only 13.0% were proficient in Reading Language Arts; the comparable district percentages were 40.4% and 32.6% respectively.

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Omni Prep Middle School

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Omni Prep Middle School

• Omni Prep Middle currently performs in the bottom 5th percentile of all schools across the state

• Omni Prep Middle received a Level 3 TVAAS score in 2015

• Omni Prep Middle has been open for 6 years

• Sample Performance Objectives in the Application/Contract: Omni Prep students who have attended the school for two or more continuous years will perform at an achievement level that is equal to or greater than the achievement level of their peers across the state and across the district in all grades and in all tested subjects. As of 2015, only 32.2% of Omni students were proficient in Math and only 24.8% were proficient in Reading Language Arts; the comparable district percentages were 40.4% and 32.6% respectively.

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Southern Avenue Middle School

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Southern Avenue Middle School

• Southern Avenue Middle currently performs in the bottom 5th percentile of all schools across the state

• Southern Avenue Middle received a Level 1 TVAAS score in 2015

• Southern Avenue Middle has been open for 6 years

• Sample Performance Objectives in the Application/Contract: Southern Avenue Middle School will meet or exceed the state testing averages in mathematics & reading. As of 2015, only 20.1% of Southern Avenue Middle students were proficient in Math and only 27.0% were proficient in Reading Language Arts; the comparable district percentages were 40.4% and 32.6% respectively & the comparable state averages were 55.6% & 48.4% respectively.

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Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering (MASE)

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MASE

• MASE currently performs in the bottom 6th percentile of all schools across the state

• MASE received a Level 3 TVAAS score in 2015

• MASE has been open for 13 years (District recommended closing MASE during the 2013-14 school year for poor academic performance)

• Sample Performance Objectives in the Application/Contract: Stated as its primary goals for (1) all students to be proficient in math, reading language arts, and science (2) achieve a 100% high school graduation rate; as of 2015, MASE’s graduation rate was 75% and the highest passage rate for MASE was 53% (English I); the lowest was 22.6% (6-12 Math).

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KIPP Collegiate Middle

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KIPP Collegiate Middle

• KIPP Collegiate Middle currently performs in the bottom 6th percentile of all schools across the state

• KIPP Collegiate Middle received a Level 1 TVAAS score in 2015

• KIPP Collegiate Middle Charter has been open for 9 years

• Sample Performance Objectives in the Application/Contract: Each year, the percentage of KIPP Collegiate Middle School students ranked as proficient/advanced in all grade levels and on all subject tests on TCAP or (PARCC) will exceed the percentage of students ranked as proficient and advanced in the district; in 2015, only 10.8% of KIPP students were proficient in math; 16.3% of KIPP students were proficient in reading/language arts. The comparable district percentages were 40.4% and 32.6% respectively.

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KIPP Collegiate High

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KIPP Collegiate High

• KIPP Collegiate High currently performs in the bottom 9th percentile of all schools across the state

• KIPP Collegiate High received a Level 2 TVAAS score in 2015

• KIPP Collegiate High has been open for 5 years

• Sample Performance Objectives in the Application/Contract: By the end of the 2014 school year, KIPP committed to 100% of its students being proficient or advanced on all end of course exams; as of 2015 the highest passage rate for KIPP Collegiate High was 54% (English I); the lowest was 13.8% (Chemistry)

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Schools with Available Seats

Students being affected by these recommended school closures and charter revocations may choose to attend their zoned school or choose to attend any school with available space with an Optional or Choice transfer. Optional transfers require all Optional qualifications be met.

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Schools with Available Optional Seats

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Elementary Schools

Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary

Brownsville Road Elementary

Cordova Elementary

Cummings Elementary

Delano Elementary

Douglass Elementary

Downtown Elementary

Germantown Elementary

Grahamwood Elementary

J. P. Freeman Elementary

Keystone Elementary

Oak Forest Elementary

Rozelle Elementary

Snowden Elementary

Whitehaven Elementary

Willow Oaks Elementary

Middle Schools

Bellevue Middle

Colonial Middle

Cordova Middle

Craigmont Middle

Cummings Middle School

Douglass Middle

Germantown Middle

J. P. Freeman Middle

Ridgeway Middle

Snowden Middle

High Schools

Bolton High

Central High

Germantown High

Overton High

Ridgeway High

White Station High

Whitehaven High

Schools with Available, Higher-Quality Choice Transfer Seats

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Alton Elementary

Bruce Elementary

Cummings Elementary

Downtown Elementary

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

BTW High

Cummings Middle

Kingsbury Middle

Ridgeway Middle

Sherwood Middle

Treadwell Middle

HIGH SCHOOLS

BTW High

Central High

East High

Kingsbury High

Melrose High

Ridgeway High

Questions?

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