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DPS Board of Education Work Session
January 18, 2011
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2010 Denver Plan Alignment
y Focus on the Instructional Core
◦ Key strategy is to “Implement a continuous improvement process informed by
data and best practice”, which includes “creating new schools to increase
student options”
◦ To succeed in improving performance across the district and meeting 2010
Denver Plan Goals, DPS must both: 1) improve its existing schools where the
vast majority of our students are enrolled and 2) welcome promising new high‐
performing options.
y 2010 Denver Plan Goals
1. All students will graduate from DPS schools prepared for postsecondary
success.
2. All students will demonstrate at least one year’s growth in the core content
areas and meet or exceed state standards.
3. The number of high‐performing schools as measured by the School
Performance Framework will increase.
4. All students will have access to full day kindergarten.
5. Enrollment will continue to increase in the Denver Public Schools. 2
Tentative Timeline: Call for Quality Schools
y January 27: Final Call officially released
y March 11: Letter of intent due
y April 15: Final proposal due
y April 18 – May 31: Application evaluation phase
(community meetings, ART, public hearings, etc.)
y June 6: Board focus session including new school
recommendations
y June 23: Special public comment session
y June 27: Board work session
y June 30: Board votes on proposals and regional
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Highlighted Sections
y Equities of Opportunity, Access & Responsibility, and
Accountability
◦ References to the guiding principles of the District‐Charter
Collaboration Compact
y Proposal Review Criteria
◦ Adds enhanced criteria for serving ELL students, students with
disabilities, and G&T students
y Facility Considerations
◦ Highlights the limitations on available district space and the need
for applicants to explore third party options in some regions
y Turnaround and New Schools
◦ Welcomes applicants to indicate willingness to serve as an high‐
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Programmatic Needs Section
y Technology‐Enhanced Personalized Learning Models
◦ Asks for innovative school models that leverage
interactive software to personalize and differentiate
instruction for every student based on their academic
needs and learning styles
◦ School models would also potentially leverage
technology to also provide teachers with technological
resources, such as real‐time data to inform instructional
and intervention needs, cutting‐edge software to tailor
instruction, and/or a bank of on‐line curriculum tools
that can be modified and extend well beyond a
traditional textbook
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Programmatic Needs Section (con’t)
y Alternative Education/Multiple Pathways Models
◦ Asks for models that are targeted for 6th–12th grade
students who are at‐risk, over‐aged, under‐credited,
and/or who have dropped out of school and need a
personalized relevant pathway that will lead to
postsecondary success
◦ Asks applicants to work in partnership with the district
to develop a financially viable model
◦ Includes link to neighborhood maps with data on
reported off 9th grade attendance rates, 9th grade
students on track to graduate, etc.
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Regional Needs Section: Near Northeast
y Summary of Needs
◦ Asks for a strong 6‐8 middle years option on the Manual HS campus
¾ 53% of middle school students in the region are not enrolled in a performing school
¾ Of the 1,000 middle school students living in the region, about 300 left to attend
middle school in other parts of town in the 2009‐2010 school year
¾ Of the 1,200 high school students in the region, 600 attend schools other than
Manual or Bruce Randolph in the 2009‐2010 school year
¾ Projected increase of approximately 3,500 school age children in the Near Northeast
over the next five years
¾ There are currently about 300 more students in grades 3 thru 5 than there are in
grades 6 thru 8 in the region
y Special Considerations
◦ Notes NNE community process underway and Manual’s intent to submit a
proposal to convert its 9‐12 program to a 6‐12
◦ Encourages applicants to attend community meetings and to partner with
Manual on proposal
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Regional Needs Section: Far Northeast
y Summary of Needs
◦ Asks for several new school options (flexibility on grade configuration: ECE‐5,
6‐8, 9‐12, ECE‐8, or 6‐12) to meet projected enrollment growth
¾ 77% of students are not enrolled in performing schools (the lowest percentage of any
region in the city)
¾ In the 2009‐2010 school year, 1,050 more high school students and 400 more middle
schools students left the region to attend DPS schools elsewhere than entered the
region to attend the region’s schools.
¾ Projected increase of approximately 4,500 school age children in the Far Northeast
over the next five years.
y Special Considerations
◦ Notes facility limitations in region and possible need for new school
operators to secure a non‐district, third party facility, at least for several
years until a district facility could become available
◦ Notes turnaround efforts that took place in 2010 in the region
◦ Notes that new secondary schools will be expected to participate in the
enrollment zone 8
Regional Needs Section: West Side
y Summary of Needs
◦ Used a focused “west side” area (south end of NW and the north end of SW)
to highlight need to improve feeder pattern in this area
◦ Asks for a strong middle years option on the west side and notes need for a
strengthened 9‐12 program or programs at West HS. States this need could
be addressed in the form of opening 6‐8 or 6‐12 programs on the West HS
campus
¾ 72% of middle school students are not enrolled in a performing middle school
¾ Approximately 1,075 students dropped out of schools in the west side
¾ Approximately 870 students choiced out of West High School to attend other DPS
high schools in other regions in the 2009‐2010 school year
y Special Considerations
◦ Notes community process underway on west side
◦ Encourages applicants to attend meetings and to partner with West
community on proposal
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Regional Needs Section: Northwest
y Summary of Needs
◦ States there is not an immediate need for new schools in this
region
¾ Projected increase of approximately 1,200 school age students in the
Northwest over the next 5 years
¾ Projected demographic does indicate a potential need for an additional high
performing elementary school option to open in the 2013‐14 or 2014‐15
school year, which could be addressed in future application cycles
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Regional Needs Section: Southwest
y Summary of Needs
◦ Asks for a new elementary option and a new secondary option (6‐8 or 6‐12)
to meet projected demographic growth
¾ 100% of high school students are not enrolled in a performing high school
¾ Projected increase of approximately 2,600 school age students in the Southwest over
the next five years
¾ Need to relieve existing overcrowding at Henry World School (6‐8), Abraham Lincoln
(9‐12), and Kepner (6‐8)
y Special considerations
◦ Notes John F. Kennedy HS as potential facility for secondary option and
encourages applicants to explore facility share and partnership options with
JFK community
◦ Notes facility limitations in region, aside from JFK
◦ Notes that approval of DSST IV / V could meet need for secondary option
◦ Also notes district’s MOU with WDP HS at Lutheran. States potential to
expand facility with Kepner, but with funding and that master planning will
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begin in early 2012
Regional Needs Section: Southeast
y Summary of Needs
◦ Asks for at least one new elementary option and a new secondary option (6‐8 or 6‐12)
to meet projected demographic growth
¾ 53% middle school students are not enrolled in a performing middle school
¾ Projected increase of approximately 3,000 school age students in the Southeast
over the next 5 years. This demographic growth, coupled with the existing
overcrowding at the majority of elementary schools across the region
¾ Nearly half of the elementary students living in the Southeast region attend
private schools or schools in neighboring districts
y Special Considerations
◦ Notes Thomas Jefferson and Merrill as possible facility options (TJ for secondary option
and Merrill for elementary option) and encourages applicants to explore facility share
and partnership options with school communities
◦ Notes facility limitations in region, aside from TJ and Merrill
◦ Notes that approval of DSST IV / V could meet need for secondary option
◦ Also notes that the significant secondary need is in the southern part of the Southeast
region
◦ Byers campus is vacant but has an estimated $10+ million cost to renovate the facility
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is in a part of the region with significant available capacity at the secondary level
Call for Quality Schools
DISCUSSION
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