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Why are Policymakers Supporting Community Schools? A conversation with School and Local Government Leaders Monday May 18, 2009 Slide 2 Agenda Welcome from the Coalition for Community Schools, Marty Blank, Director Why Community Schools? Mayor Kathy Taylor, Tulsa, OK Insight from the Inside Superintendent Dr. Karen S. Angello, Allentown, PA Local Government Leadership for Community Schools, Lolenzo Poe, Senior Policy Advisor, Portland, OR Slide 3 Why Community Schools? Presented by: Mayor Kathy Taylor, Tulsa, OK Slide 4 Tulsas Need Number of Tulsa Public School kids in poverty:82.9% Tulsas dropout rate:29.8% Number of students who did not graduate from Oklahomas high schools last year14,700 Lost lifetime earning for the 2007 class of drop-outs$3.8 b Savings to Oklahoma in health care costs if they had earned their diplomas $137.6 mil Slide 5 Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative (TACSI) Successful Students Healthy Families Engaged Communities Slide 6 Slide 7 Community Schools Insight from the Inside Presented by: Karen S. Angello, Ph.D., Superintendent of Allentown School District Slide 8 The Allentown School District Fourth largest district in Pennsylvania, 22 schools,18,000 students Lehigh Valleys changing demographics and impact on the city of Allentown Snapshot of academic performance, forward motion and challenges Barriers to progress: lack of coordinated supports for students & their families and inconsistent communication links Slide 9 COMPASS Community Schools: Connecting Community, Creating Pathways Purpose: linking schools/communities in effective ways to address student achievement and poverty Key features: principal leading vision, full-time co- located staff from partner organization, parents at table of site-based leadership team, results- focused plan, web of partnerships, programs, services Benefits: authentic parent/community engagement, process to organize/connect meaningful programs and services Slide 10 Genuine Positive Results: Three ASD Community Schools Contribution to academic progress Dozens of examplesimproved parent engagement Community School Coordinators as trusted relationship managers Authentic community engagement and investment in student success and neighborhood improvement Slide 11 Lehigh Valleys Community School Initiative: In Forward Motion Expansion and growth in the Allentown School District Continued blending of community investors for success Expanding services and increased parent engagement/leadership development United Ways commitment to expand Community Schools across the region Slide 12 Local Government Leadership for Community Schools Presented by: Lolenzo T. Poe, Jr., Senior Policy Advisor to Chair of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners Multnomah County, Oregon Slide 13 Multnomah County, Department of County Human Services 53 SUN Community School sites across 6 school districts This represents about 1/3 of the Countys schools Our initiative is a partnership between Multnomah County, the City of Portland, School Districts, Non-Profit Organizations and business SUN Community Schools are part of a larger coordinated system of comprehensive services delivered countywide called the SUN Service System Slide 14 Slide 15 Why Community Schools in Multnomah County Community Schools is one of the key priorities of the County Chair and is an important anti-poverty strategy None of us can do it alone - SUN is about bringing together all important entities that need to work together to ensure success of all of our children and families; sharing this work makes it stronger Slide 16 Expansion of Community Schools 3 elements of expansion over the past 3 years: Partnership Development & Joint Ownership Every School a Community School Statewide Initiative Slide 17 Challenges the SUN Initiative Has Faced Funding Politics Ownership Slide 18 Additional Resources Tulsa, OK, Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative www.csctulsa.org/community_schools.htm www.csctulsa.org/community_schools.htm Lehigh Valley, COMPASS Initiative www.unitedwayglv.org/pages/get/130/COMPASS www.unitedwayglv.org/pages/get/130/COMPASS Portland, OR, Schools Uniting Neighborhoods www.sunschools.org/Public/EntryPoint?ch=d569b24c43 4b1110VgnVCM1000003bc614acRCRD www.sunschools.org/Public/EntryPoint?ch=d569b24c43 4b1110VgnVCM1000003bc614acRCRD Coalition for Community Schools www.communityschools.org www.communityschools.org Slide 19 Contact Information for Local Initiatives Lehigh Valley, PA - Marci Ronald, marcir@unitedwayglv.org marcir@unitedwayglv.org Tulsa, OK - Jan Creveling, jancreveling@aol.comjancreveling@aol.com Portland, OR - Peggy Samolinski, peggy.l.samolinski@co.multnomah.or.us peggy.l.samolinski@co.multnomah.or.us Slide 20 Thank You for Participating! www.communityschools.org For more information: ccs@iel.orgccs@iel.org