Transcript Kent School District

October 5, 2011
KSD By The Numbers
1 Most diverse district in Washington State
2 Second-largest employer in the Kent area
4 Fourth-largest district in Washington State
8 Serving the cities of Kent, Covington, and parts of Auburn,
Black Diamond, Maple Valley, Renton, SeaTac, and
unincorporated King County
40 schools
72-square miles
Over 130 languages spoken by KSD students
1.6 million miles driven over 119 bus routes
3.4 million meals served in a year
Demographics 2000-2010
2000
1.1%
American Indian
Alaskan Native
2010
.8%
Asian
16.70%
Pacific
2.10%
Islander
Combined
Pacific
Islander/Asian
AfricanAmerican
Hispanic
White
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
12.8%
18.90%
9.1%
11.90%
6.10%
17.40%
70.80%
43.90%
Languages Spoken
Afrikaans
Chuuk
Italian
Albanian
Creole
Japanese
American Sign L
Czech
Kakwa
Amharic
Dari
Karen
Arabic
Dire
Khmer
Armenian
East Indian
Kikuya
Balinese
Efik
Kirundi
English
Kiswahili
Ethiopian
Kmhmu
Fallani
Korean
Farsi
Kosraean
Fijian
Krahn
Filipino
Krio
French
Kurdish
Fula
Burmese
Lao
Georgian
Cambodian
Liberian
German
Lingala
Carolinina
Grand Total
Lithuanian
Cebuano
Gujarati
LUGANDA
Chamorro
Hawaiian
Malayalam
Chewa
Hindi
Mandingo
Chin
Hmong
Marathi
Chinese Cantonese
Hungarian
Marshallese
Chinese Mandarin
Ibo
Mien
Chinese-Unspecified
Ilokano
Mixteco
Chungki
Indonesian
Moldovian
Bambara
Bangala
Belorussian/Bye
Bemba
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Navajo
Nepali
Nuer
Oromo
Pahlavi
Palau
Papago
Pashto
Persian
Phillippine
Pilipino
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian/Ukrainian
Samoan
Serbo-Croatian
Somali
Spanish
Stoney
Sudanese
Swahili
Syrian
Tagalog
Taishan
Taiwanese
Tamil
Telugu
Thai[Thailand]
Tigrina
Tigrinya
Tongan
Trukese
Turkic
Turkish
Twi
Unknown
Urdu
Vietnamese
Yoruba
More than
130 languages
spoken by
KSD students
and families
Free And Reduced Lunch
 The dots
represent
identified
households.
 F&R meals
served in KSD is
at 52.13%*
* As of 10/5/11
Comparison to State Assessment Scores
Comparison to State Assessment Scores
Comparison to State Assessment Scores
We Have Shifted Our Definitions of
Success From:
Universal
Access to
Universal
Success
Systems Approach to Achievement Gap
 Strategic Plan from over 7,000 voices
 Seven Goals and System Action Plans
 Intense Analysis of District Achievement Principal District
Support Teams: Targeted Support for School Improvement
 Tiered Intervention supports all students at a particular
skill and moves them to the next level
Systems Approach to Achievement
Gap continued
 To support English Language Learners (ELL), the district
partnered with Heritage University to provide ELL
certification to teachers
 Inclusive Education (Special Education) increases access
for each student to grade-level curriculum and instruction
within the general education setting
College Readiness/College Bound
Scholarship
 91% enrollment in the College Bound Scholarship
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in 2010-2011 up from 31% in 2007-2008
District’s combined average SAT scores are higher
than the state’s.
2010 Four National Merit Scholarship Finalists
2011 Two more National
Merit Scholarship SemiFinalists announced.
Cradle to College
Graduation Rates Are Increasing
On-Time Graduate Rate
KSD by Ethnicity
2008
2009
2010
86.5%
86.1%
79.3%
75.2%
82.7%
80.9%
78.6%
76.0%
73.5%
66.7%
66.6%
66.8% 67.1%
65.7%
82.7%
83.8%
82.0%
78.2%
76.7%
69.2% 68.5%
67.0%
57.7%
55.8%
56.2%
55.6%
54.9%
56.5%
54.4%
48.5%
Low Income
ELL
SpEd
White
Hispanic
African
American
Asian/Pacific
Is.
Asian
Native
American
KSD Total
Full-Day Kindergarten
 In all elementary schools for 2011-2012
 School Board views this as a priority
 Research shows efficacy full-day K
Refugee Transition Center
 Opened in 2008
 Serve students K-12
 Ensure refugee
students’ high
academic
performance
 Strengthen the skills,
knowledge of parents
 Iraq, Burma, Bhutan,
Nepal, Somalia,
Ethiopia,
Afghanistan, and Iran
 Tutoring 110 students
Kinder to College
Giving Kids Wings to Their Dreams
Started 2010
- Green River &
Highline
- Community
Colleges
2011
- 900 students
& 200 parents
- 8 colleges and
universities
- NPR heard on
187 stations
nationally
Community Engagement
Key to Current and Future Success
186 partnerships include:
Area Daycares & Preschools
Faith-based Community
Chambers of Commerce – Covington
& Kent
Kent Fire Department
Cities of Covington & Kent
Kent Police Department
Citizens’ Budget Review Committee
KSD & Auburn School District
Civic Groups & Civic Leadership
Summit
School-Site Councils
Strategic Planning Committee
 Parent volunteers, student-family support, mentors, instructional
support tutors, financial support, building, and grounds.
 $725,575 and growing daily
Technology
 One-to-One Laptop
 Tech Expo
 Bridging the Gap
 Best of the Web 2011
Parent Engagement
Opportunities to Foster Success
Some of the many ways families can become involved:
Curriculum Nights
Art Docent Programs
Coffee with the Principal
Love & Logic Parent Training
Science Fairs
Multicultural Nights
Math Nights
Parenting/ELL Classes
Watch D.O.G.S.
Tech Expo
Bridging the Gap
KSD and Stand For Children
Education is everyone’s business
STAND TOGETHER to advocate for and support historically
underrepresented students, parents, and communities with
sustainable policies that insure:
 Equitable Funding in Education
 Adequate Funding for Education
 Vigorous Pre-K Educational Opportunities
 Increased Parental Involvement At All Levels
and
 The Resources Needed to Continue to Close the
Achievement Gap