Huskie Report Oct 2016

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The HUSKIE REPORT Cardinal School District First Quarter Report ~ 2016-17

By Dr. Scott J. Hunt, Superintendent

Fall, 2016. The end of the first quarter of school has come and gone! Although this summer presented some challenges it also was quite rewarding.

Cardinal High School has had the benefit of participating in the CRO (College Ready Ohio) grant. This grant provided us with the student iPads and rigorous training in the Trailblazer Teacher program. The training prepared several teachers with the opportunity to learn how to utilize the iPads with students and how to digitize their course content. In fact, Mr. Ben Clutter (biology teacher), was invited to present his work at a national conference in Colorado this summer. In fact, the CRO group at CHS, will be presenting at the CRO Showcase in Columbus this October. The group is excited to share their knowledge as the audience for the presentation is the: • State Superintendent and others from Ohio Department of Education, • State Chancellor and others from Ohio Department of Higher Education and • Governor/Governor Chief of Staff and others from Governor’s office.

This event will showcase successes achieved by the College Ready Ohio collaborative Straight A funded project. Teachers and administrators from College Ready Ohio schools will present about the impact the project has had on their learning communities.

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In addition, through our partnership with The Ohio State University via CRO, we were able to install a green screen at the high school. Students are already using that space to produce, edit and post our morning announcements. We continue to offer 30-plus college credits through the CC+ (College Credit Plus) program.

These credits are provided at Cardinal High School and the courses are taught by our teachers. Members of the CMS staff also presented, in Columbus, their learning and expertise in using Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

UDL is a method teachers use to design and deliver high quality lessons that meet the needs of all students. Over the next couple of months some of our Lake County colleagues will visit our middle school to see how we implement UDL. I am also very proud to report that both CMS and JES are being recognized this year for their work in Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS). Both buildings will be officially recognized at the PBIS Showcase in December earning BRONZE Award status. At JES and CIS our students continue to get the very best our teachers have to give as they focus on literacy and getting students to be great readers.

Strategic Planning, Task Force, and November Levy This school year is slightly different than the last few. I had to reduce staff this spring in the midst of ongoing budget concerns.

In fact, I cut six teachers and two administrators in the spring so that we could operate with a positive balance in the books. You will notice that those who were cut are NOT returning.

The budget issue is real and will not be alleviated unless we pass the November levy.

The future of the schools and our students really do depend on the response from the community. I have spent

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a great deal of time this fall meeting with groups and producing videos that outline the Facts v. the Myths. In early October I held a Town Hall meeting that was taped by G-TV and is available for viewing on our site and theirs. During that meeting I addressed several topics that continue to be areas of concern in the community. The first discussion is the topic of the Kent State Consolidation.

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Here are the facts regarding the consolidation discussion.

Cardinal Local School District Facts 1. 4.5 mills = 1.3 million, 2. Over the last 5 years, the cuts in our budget caused a reduction of 21 employees, including administrators, teachers, and classified personnel.

3. The levy will allow us to continue to operate and maintain current programs.

4. The cost of the levy will be approximately $13/month on a home with an assessed value of $100,000 or $156/yr.

Total Cost to support Cardinal Schools $156/yr.

Consolidation Facts 1. Will raise total millage from 53 to 60 mills. A 7 mill increase to support construction of building(s). See Geauga County Maple Leaf article. 7/15.

2. 1 percent Income Tax: (Middlefield Village Residents already have a 1 percent Income Tax and all other areas will get the 1 percent Income Tax) ie: Household income of $60,000 = $600 in taxes.

3. The Operating Levy is separate from the cost of building and will also need to be passed.

4. It is extremely difficult to project a total cost of consolidation. However, the income tax alone is 4 times the cost of our 4.5 mill levy.

Cost to support Consolidation Minimum $600/yr. (based only on income tax).

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We need the money to continue to operate and maintain local control.

Where Are We Using The Money?

Here Is Where The Money Goes... $13.5 million approximate budget $10.53 million in salaries/benefits and $2.97 million left after salaries/benefits

Approximately $2 million in Special Education Costs Of the $970,000 approximately $440,000 in Purchased Services (ESC/personnel) Online and Charter Tuition/Materials and Supplies/Open Enrollment and all other operating expenses are covered with the remainder of the $440,000.

Finally, people have asked: What happens when the levy fails?

The highest cost to any organization is staffing, therefore the greatest savings comes in eliminating staff. This is done “by the numbers.”

When staff members are eliminated, you then diminish the quality of the programs you offer and the opportunities for students.

Specific programs won’t be targeted but a significant increase in fees will most certainly eliminate

those costs. Yes….football, volleyball, band, choir, etc. will be impacted if we have increased fees.

The district becomes at risk of Fiscal Watch or Fiscal Emergency.

The state takes over the system and the community has no choice or voice in what happens for their children. Your local control is gone.

It will be critical for the district’s survival to

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pass the levy in November.

It is also critical to make sure that we have truly identified some avenues to bring the community back to the school to assist us making sure Cardinal remains a great place to get an education. I have two initiatives that I hope will bring back that missing community piece. First, the district will focus on creating a strategic plan that will allow us to engage the community and invite the community to the table to participate in the conversation. If you are reading this and have an interest in participating please contact me directly.

Your voice will be necessary in designing the future of our schools. In addition, I have created a Task Force on School Operations. This group will conduct research and study our district in

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all areas of our operation.

After answering some key questions the Task Force will make recommendations to the board this spring.

We have many great things happening at Cardinal Schools for our students and I hope you will continue to be part of success!

Please feel free to contact me by email or phone. I can be contacted via email scott. hunt@cardinalschools.org or in the office at 632-0261.

Also, follow me on Twitter @ DrSJHunt.

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A. J. Jordak/Cardinal Intermediate School

t Jordak Elementary, we are celebrating our Fall MAP Scores in grades K-4 as our students have scored higher this year than in past years. We are proud that our teachers have the opportunity to collaborate and discuss how to help children by examining their grade level assessment data and also work to incorporate ways to meet students’ emotional needs, in addition to creating lessons and planning as a grade level. We believe that our scores are rising because we have every day, all day kindergarten, we are using data to drive instruction, and we have begun the work of aligning our curriculum to increase the effectiveness of lessons so that they meet the needs of all students. We include all students by providing push-in support services so that all students get additional help when they need it.

Our physical education teacher has started “Morning Workout Club” and students stop by in the morning to work through a series of 30-second centers in the gym; they then move on to pick up breakfast and go to class to begin their day! Mrs. Brodnan wanted all students to feel as though they belong and also to promote healthy living and help with brain health for student academics.

The Middlefield Fire Department visited Jordak to meet with

kindergarteners about fire know that little ones make Each week there are three safety. Each child received mistakes and are learning to five students whose a firemen’s badge and fire every day! Our goal is to comments are featured and hat. First graders walked produce happy, healthy, read aloud. This is always to the Middlefield Fire emotionally sound citizens! posted on the website.

Department for a tour and We are very pleased that This week, Sakena Wiley, to learn about fire safety. many of our high school an intermediate student The Positive Behavior students come to the K-4 had her opinion featured.

Interventions and Support campus to volunteer and Jordac has a celebrity! team has opened the first accumulate community Sakena wrote an opinion Huskie Pride store and service hours. They are about solar cars and was students can spend their great role models for the published. We are very hard earned Huskie Huskie pups and the proud!

Second, third, and Bucks at the pups look forward fourth graders are store.

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“Growing appropriate to them, working Arboretum HUSKIE in Science” behavior in seven with them in Students PRIDE! different school centers, helping program and have just areas: Classroom, teachers with completed their first full Cafeteria, Playground, quick “assessment day at Holden learning and Bus, Hallway, Bathroom, checks” and other experiencing the science of and Huskie Hut. There is classroom activities. Seven nature. Hands on learning a rubric with appropriate community volunteers and experiences with nature behaviors listed for come to the elementary first hand allows students each place connected buildings weekly to assist in to make connections that to PRIDE: Productive, classrooms and spend very will serve them well across Respectful, Involved, important academic time the grades. We are excited Determined, and with the pups. Thank you to be in year two of this program! In the winter, the Empathetic.

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ardinal High School teachers Ben Clutter and Maureen Fowler will participate in the College Ready Ohio Showcase at The Ohio State University.

Ben and Maureen have been working with College Ready Ohio for the past two years. College Ready Ohio is a statewide program that is currently working with ten school districts to help prepare Ohio’s students for college and careers in the 21st century by providing schools and teachers with mobile learning technology and training.

Ben and Maureen will present how this technology and training has positively impacted our students’ education to leaders from the Ohio Governor’s Office, the Department of Higher Education, and the Department of Education.

Since working with College Ready Ohio, Cardinal High School students and teachers have received iPads and are utilizing them to maximize learning potential and opportunities. With this technology, students and teachers have access to a wide range of information, including digital and multimedia content; teachers have new tools to quickly assess what students know, and are able to provide instant feedback to ensure that all students are learning; and students can now apply the information they are learning by creating real-world products that demonstrate their knowledge, rather than taking the traditional paper and pencil test. In this new learning environment, students are learning and applying skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century.

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and staff, so this is really exciting to be recognized for our work in this area!”

With the help of their local state support teams, schools all across Ohio are implementing this system into their districts. Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes in school communities while preventing problem b e h a v i o r.

The key attributes of PBS include preventive ac tivities, data-based decision making, and a problem solving orientation.

At Cardinal the PRIDE rubric has been implemented where each letter of “pride” stands for a positive behavior: P= productive, R=

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he Cardinal Local School District has received two bronze awards from the Ohio PBIS Network and State Support Team 4. Jordak Elementary and Cardinal Middle schools are each being recognized for their successful implementation of the positive behavior interventions and supports ( P B I S ) within their buildings. The schools are just two of nine in Lake and Geauga counties to receive recognition. “PBIS has been a huge part of our daily routine within all of the buildings at Cardinal,” says PBIS Coach Sherry Peters.

“It’s still a relatively new concept within the district, this is the third year we’ve been working to implement and our efforts seem to be paying off - it’s really catching on with students

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respectful, I = involved, D = determined, and E = empathetic. Students have attended assemblies to help them better understand and identify the expected behaviors associated with each area, the behaviors are practiced and modeled and praised when carried out appropriately.

At the elementary level, the praise results in students earning tickets to use to purchase school items or attend special events like lunch with the principal.

At the middle school level pride tickets are placed in a bin, one per grade level, and at the end of each week names are drawn for each grade and those students receive a small prize. Having the tickets allows Administrators to measure the outcome data to determine successes and barriers to reaching the desired goals. “This has really proven to be a successful way to get our students, particularly our K-8 students, involved with school and help grow that Huskie Pride,” Peters says. “The staff collaboration on developing strategies to incorporate these positive behaviors and rewarding students for their accomplishments on a regular basis with pep rallies, or ice cream socials has resulted in 50% or more reduction in behavior referrals, higher participation levels in activities, and all-around more respectful individuals. The PBIS program is working well here at Cardinal.”

The state is recognizing districts that exemplify best practices in the implementation of PBIS with gold, silver and bronze awards. A recognized school demonstrates

best practices within its system, and also is open and transparent in the sharing of their knowledge and resources with other schools. PBIS Award level schools have easily identifiable characteristics and are consistent in their methods of: 1) maintaining organized team based planning, 2) maintaining high levels of administrative involvement and support, and 3) systematically collecting, reviewing and applying data using a problem-solving process. These schools do a superior job of enhancing their school climate and culture in support of students and their academic achievement. These schools recognize that improvement in student behavior and achievement requires changes in adult behavior and in school systems.

According to the Ohio PBIS Network, bronze level schools can document evidence of a comprehensive system of behavioral supports at the first level. The essential elements in this level are implemented with fidelity and consistency across all school settings.

Bronze level schools consistently utilized data-based problem solving in existing team structures. These schools could produce evidence of organized team meeting notes and data based program planning.

PBIS team members from both Jordak Elementary and Cardinal Middle schools will be recognized at the 2016 Ohio PBIS Showcase on December 1 in Wilmington, Ohio.

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The Middlefield Fire Department visited our Kindergarten classes on Thursday, Oct.13, 2016! In light of National Fire Safety week, figherfighters took time to talk to our students about how firefighters fight fires, the gear they wear, other emergencies they respond to, and most importantly demonstrating how to stop, drop and roll. Every student also got a chance to sit in the fire truck and went home with a special sticker and firefighter hat - what a thrill for them! Thank you again for your time and for your service!!

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he CLSD Pupil Services Department oversees the needs of all students in the district, including those of our exceptional children. Our exceptional children include those who are gifted, are English Language Learners, and our students with disabilities. This year we welcome several new pupil services team members whose goal is to work diligently to “wrap around” our exceptional students and promote their well-being and school success.

We currently have over 100 students identified as gifted in the areas of reading, math, and/or cognitive ability.

Over the past year, we have introduced specialized services for these students that are being provided in a variety of ways depending on their grade level and individual needs. These services include cluster grouping, classes that are co-taught with our Gifted Intervention Specialist, honors classes, subject and grade acceleration, advanced placement courses, and college credit plus courses. Additionally, our Gifted Intervention Specialist works with all teachers to support their instruction in

addressing the individualized special needs of each of our gifted students. ​We are proud to have earned an “A” on the gifted indicator of our State Report Card. Every fall we screen each student new to the district to determine if their primary language is other than English.

For those students who have other languages spoken in their home, a specialized assessment is given to determine the extent of their English Language Proficiency.

Once identified as English Language Learners, individualized plans are put into place to assist their acquisition of the English Language as they are immersed in our general education curriculum. This year at CLSD we are very excited to bring new programming to our elementary schools to support those students with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges through our Behavior Resource Center. Our general education teachers, intervention specialists, and paraprofessionals Continued on Page 11

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have worked collaboratively with a behavior consultant been trained so that every situation is a teachable moment to learn various strategies and interventions to best and learned strategies will support students within a provide for our students’ needs. Specialized professional variety of settings.

This year our team of district-wide special education development trainings are occurring for all staff in the elementary buildings, and support meetings for providers have been meeting on Early Release the core BRC team will continue throughout the Wednesdays to work collaboratively on fine year. tuning our special education services as we What’s strive to close the achievement gap. These The goal of the BRC is to have every Inside? meetings include our pupil services and student receive instruction in the classroom with their typical peers, and our staff is special education directors, school psychs, HUSKIE providing ongoing supports to assure that speech pathologists, intervention specialists, PRIDE! students are learning the skills necessary to administration, and related service providers.

Discussions have centered around ways to do so. These supports include frequent checkprovide services for all students in the most ins with the BRC staff, availability of staff to assist effective “wrap around” approach. This “wrap around” students in the classroom, private areas for therapeutic calming techniques, incorporation of daily social skills approach considers the “whole child” while using researchlessons, as well as individualized sensory diets that are based methodologies to meet each student’s specialized carried out within the sensory classrooms. The staff has needs.

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