Great Schools Community Conversations

Southwest

Welcome! What do YOU think

makes a great school?

Rosemary Rodriguez Board Member

DPS Board of Education

DPS Regions

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NNE

NW

FNE

Our Goals

Learn how Denver Public Schools makes decisions about great schools Explore performance and enrollment trends in your region Give feedback on what you think makes a great school Participate and stay engaged in future conversations

By 2020, 80% of DPS students will attend a high-performing school, measured by region using the district’s school performance framework. By 2020, 80% of DPS third-graders will be at or above grade level in reading and writing, lectura and escritura. By 2020, the four-year graduation rate for students who start with DPS in ninth grade will increase to 90%. By 2020, we will double the number of students who graduate college and career-ready, as measured by the increasing rigor of the state standard. By 2015, a task force, including DPS staff, community partners and city agencies providing services to DPS students, will recommend to the Board of Education a plan to measure this goal and track progress. By 2020, the graduation rate for African American and Latino students will increase by 25 percentage points. Reading and writing proficiency for third-grade African American and Latino students will increase by 25 percentage points.

LEARN | Denver Plan 2020

Landon Mascareñaz Community & School Development Specialist

PARTICIPATE | Table Talk

Introduce Yourself

What Do Great

Schools Look Like To

You?

Denver Plan 2020 School Performance

Framework Strategic Regional

Analysis

Tiered Support Framework: Support For Existing Schools

Design of New Schools If Needed

LEARN | Working Together for Great Schools

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LEARN | Great Schools in Every Neighborhood

EXPLORE | Overview of Southwest Region

Performance and Growth: • 52% of students in the Southwest

attend blue/green schools – much work remains to get to 80%

• SW student population predicted to

grow about 3% by 2018, the lowest growth rate in the district

• As a result of improvements, 66% of elementary seats are blue/green in 2014 versus 53% in 2013

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EXPLORE | Growth in Southwest

• Capacity may continue to be a concern due to - regional student-age population increasing - gentrification in northwest Denver families

moving south

• No new residential developments in the region

• Has been large growth in elementary, beginning to level off

2013 2018

Elementary 9,380 + 3% (9,646) + 6%

Middle 3,499 + 4% (3,634) + 11%

High 3,965 + 2% (4,039) + 8%

Total 16,844 17,319

District

• 52% of students in the

Southwest attend a Blue or Green school

• Students in Red and

Orange schools: - Elementary:

1,800 students (28%) - Secondary:

3,000 students (18%)

EXPLORE | Performance in Southwest

EXPLORE | Present and Future

We Have… We Will…

• Continue to work with struggling elementary schools in the Southwest to improve performance

• Compass Academy (6-12) opening for the 2015-16 school year, proposed two-year location at Kepner

• Rocky Mountain Prep (K-2) proposed temporary placement at Kepner

• Looking to expand seats at KIPP Sunshine Academy

• Henry Middle School receiving tiered supports and monitoring

• STRIVE Prep, Kepner Beacon and DSST VII opening for the 2016-17 school year

• Opened Pascual LeDoux Early Ed center

• Purchased Ruby Hill to house additional elementary school

• Addition to Godsman Elementary

• Worked with community to create better options at Kepner

• Created the SW MS Enrollment Zone to promote better equity and access in MS

• Engaged with community organizations calling for better options for kids (Ya Basta)

• Worked to address transportation challenges

• Working to improve struggling elementary schools with leadership transitions (Valverde)

• Programs to support career development at Jefferson and Lincoln HS

• New leadership at Kepner

Susana Cordova Chief Schools Officer

Denver Public Schools

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Denver Plan 2020

SRA*

Call for New Quality Schools

SPF

TSF: Supports for existing schools

LEARN | Timeline

*May be released in Spring

If schools are performing, we…

Look at best practices Support school collaboration Look at potential replication

LEARN | How We Support Existing Schools

If schools are not performing, we…

LEARN | How We Support Existing Schools

Evaluate leadership

Evaluate school design

Redesign Turnaround Closure

If problems persist…

Increase resources

If schools still aren’t performing…

Or growth needs aren’t met…

Call for New Quality Schools

LEARN | Designing New Schools

• Strategic Regional Analysis released October

• Call for New Quality Schools – Part A released

• Application Guides & Rubrics released December

• Call for New Quality Schools – Part B released January

• Letters of Intent due February 20

• Proposals due March 20

• First review by Application Review Team April 8-22

• Applicant presentations at DPS-hosted regional meetings April 15-29

• Applicant Interviews April 27-May 1

• Second review by Application Review Team May 4-15

• Applicant Presentations to DPS Board of Education June 1 (tentative)

• Staff Recommendation to DPS Board of Education June 4 (tentative)

• Public Comment to DPS Board of Education June 11 (tentative)

• DPS Board of Education vote June 18 (tentative)

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Context DPS will host regional meetings April 15-29 to secure feedback from community members about proposed new schools. These meetings do not serve as a proxy for the community engagement and demand that applicants must demonstrate as part of their applications. Applicants should note that DPS offers workshops August-February to support development of quality applications. Visit http://osri.dpsk12.org/school-development/ for more information. DPS Action Applicant Action

LEARN | Timeline for Call for New Quality Schools

PARTICIPATE | Table Talk

TEACHERS!

LEADERS!

CULTURE!

GOVERNANCE!

PROGRAM!

At DPS, we believe ALL schools have the same ingredients.

Participate in School Design

Serve on an Application Review Team (ART)

Meet with New School Applicants in April

PARTICIPATE | Get Involved

• Join a school governance group (CSC, etc.)

• Volunteer at your school • Talk with your teachers and principal

• Sign up for Parent Portal

PARTICIPATE | Get Involved

• See results from meetings

• Hear ideas from community

• Give feedback

PARTICIPATE | Stay Involved

http://face.dpsk12.org

PARTICIPATE | Continue the Conversation

Wednesday, January 21 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Location TBD

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