ESUHSD Weekly Report (WR) October 15, 2010

Community & School 100 Black Men of Silicon Valley -- 16th Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala On Saturday, October 2, 2010, the 100 Black Men of Silicon Valley gathered for their 16th Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala to express their gratitude to the community and corporate partners for helping student and families in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. The 100 Black Men of America are committed to the growth and development of American’s Youth. In addition to engaging in mentoring educational, health & wellness and economic development programs the organization aids in the developing talented young Americans in the pursuit of higher education. In their 16th year of the Scholarship Program, the 100 Black men of Silicon Valley, Inc. have granted near $600,000 to 200 college-bound high school seniors. This year’s twenty finalists represent a diverse group of students form high schools and districts throughout the Silicon Valley including: Bellarmine, Evergreen Valley, Sobarto, St. Francis, Oak Grove, Valley Christian, Silver Creek, Dr. T.J. Owens Early College, St. Francis, Sequoia, Abraham Lincoln, Mitty, Piedmont Hills, and Mt. Pleasant. From East Side Union High School District, award recipients representing the class of 2011 are Samya Abdela (SC), Ihan Ahmed (OG), Megan Gage (EV), Artondra Gray (MP), Shaunita Hampton (PH), and Sabrina Robleh (OG).

Community Events – Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Oak Grove High School Participate in a community discussion on attending college sponsored by Education Equality. The agenda includes: The benefits of attending college Why a UC system school What you need to know to get there Admission changes at UC and its affect on diversity: Good or bad?

Date: Tuesday, October 19th Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: OGHS Theatre

W.C. Overfelt High School Participate in a Community Conversation sponsored by NEA, CTA, ESTA, AREA, Alum Rock School District, and East Side Union High School District. The community forum will discuss: The achievement gap On-going efforts to improve parent involvement Safety in the community.

This first-of-its-kind community outreach represents a ground-breaking approach to increase genuine involvement of parent and the community at large in the education and acceleration of our students. Date: Tuesday, October 19th Time: 5:30pm Dinner 6:30pm – 9:00pm Discussion Where: WCO – Multipurpose Room (F-5)

National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

Crystal Vo, Silver Creek High School Senior, wins Second Runner-up Award at the Oppenheimer Funds / NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York City. The Challenge hosted a field of 31 competition finalists, all business completion winners from their respective regions. The finalists were required to present original business plans as part of their entrepreneurial studies utilizing curriculum created by NFTE. Crystal was inspired to create Sweet Tooth Bites when her NFTE teacher gave the class an assignment to invent a new kind of sweet or candy. Crystal’s mini cake bites, or cake balls, quickly gained popularity among her family and friends. But Sweet Tooth Bites most notable success to date is an order from Intel for 2,000 cake balls. Crystal gives credit to her NFTE coach, Mrs. Ka-Ling

The finalists of the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge and NFTE’s Elevator Pitch Challenge met with President Obama in the Oval Office on Tuesday,  October 12, 2010. (l‐r) Amy Rosen, NFTE’s President & CEO; Nia Froome, 1st place  winner; Nina Velic and Belma Ahmetovic, 2nd place winners; Crystal Vo, 3rd place  winner; Steven Gordon, Elevator Pitch Challenge winner 

Scoppettone (SC Teacher), who not only prepared her well for competition, but also helped open doors for her and her biggest customer to date – Intel.

Calendar: October 16 – 23

Oct 16 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 23

8:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

W.C. Overfelt High School EC: Board Room W.C. Overfelt – Multipurpose Room Oak Grove High School Theater EC: Board Room EC: Board Room 1300 South El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402

Latino / Latina Role Model Conference Latino Parents Coalition Community Mtg. A Community Conversation Attending College APED / Instruction Meeting Closed Session -- Board Meeting Open Session at 6:00 p.m. CA Schools – The Mess We’re in and How to Get Out

Administration & Business Services

Business Division Solar Project a 3-Week Look Ahead Schedule as of 10/15/10

Independence Adult Center Start Date 1. Electrical Wiring In process

Mt. Pleasant High School 1. Z-Metal Installation In Process 2. Module Installation In Process 3. Electrical Wiring In Process

Yerba Buena High School 1. Underground boring In Process 2. Z-Metal Installation In Process 3. Module Installation 10/18 M 4. Electrical Wiring 10/26 T

Silver Creek High School 1. Underground boring In Process 2. Z-Metal Installation 10/25 M 3. Module Installation 11/1 M

Piedmont Hills High School 1. Drilling/Concrete Columns 10/15 F 2. Underground boring 10/20 W 3. Steel Erection 10/25 M 4. Z-Metal Installation 11/1 M

Oak Grove High School 1. Tree removal In Process 2. Underground boring 10/15 F 3. Fencing Installed 10/21 Th 4. Drilling/Concrete Columns 10/22 F 5. Steel Erection 11/1 M

James Lick High School 1. Fencing installed 10/27 W 2. Underground Boring 10/27 W 3. Drilling/Concrete Columns 10/28 Th 4. Steel Erection 11/5 F

Student Enrollment – Week 9

The District enrollment for the 9th school week has dropped compared to the previous year by 549 students or 2.2%. On 10/15/2010 the enrollment is at 24,412 students compared to the same week in the previous year of 24, 961 students. NPS enrollment is 48 students.

ESUHSD Weekly Enrollment Comparison  

2009‐10 & 2010‐11  

School Week

2009-10 Enrl

2010-11

Enrl

Inc/Dec Over Last Year

Inc/Dec % 

1 24,609

24,152 (457)

‐1.9%

2 24,828

24,406 (422) ‐1.7%

3 24,959

24,478 (481) ‐1.9%

4 24,999

24,508 (491) ‐2.0%

5 25,011

24,506 (505) ‐2.0%

6 24,999

24,509 (490) ‐2.0%

7 24,997

24,452 (545) ‐2.2%

CBEDS 10/6/10 25,003

24,451 (552) ‐2.2%

8 24,977

24,435 (542) ‐2.2%

9 24,961

24,412 (549) ‐2.2%

Adult Education / Career Services / Facilities

Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) Four members from the CBOC toured the new construction and modernization projects taking place at James Lick and Mt. Pleasant. At James Lick the current projects include the Fire Science Center, Child Care Center and Teaching Lab, and Two-Story 500 Building for a total of $21.5 million. And at Mt. Pleasant the current projects include a Classroom/Multi-Purpose Building and Modernization of Building 200, 300, 600, 700, and 800 for a total of $27.8 million.

Instructional Division

Instruction

Categorical Program Monitoring (CPM) Our District was previously selected to receive an on-site categorical program monitoring (CPM) review during the 2008–2009 school year. This CPM review was put on hold based on Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell’s, February 2009 announcement that all non-mandated on-site monitoring visits would be suspended for at least one year. The California Department of Education (CDE) notified all Local Education Agencies (LEAs) scheduled for an on-site review that their CPM review had been suspended, and that the CDE would notify them in the future regarding the rescheduling of their suspended on-site review. Our district will be in this next CPM cycle and will be scheduled for a review in the spring of 2011. For this cycle, the California Department of Education (CDE) is using an online monitoring protocol using the California Accountability and Improvement System (CAIS) to do their preliminary reviews. While only a sampling of our schools will be chosen to be reviewed, history suggests that Program Improvement (PI) schools will likely be visited. In addition to individual school reviews, the CPM process will review major categorical programs such as: The English Learner program, Title I, Migrant Education, Title II, etc. The CPM will cover the following areas/dimensions:

Program Dimensions

Each categorical program is reviewed using the following interrelated seven dimensions:

I. Involvement. Parents, staff, students, and community members participate in developing, implementing, and evaluating core and categorical programs.

II. Governance and Administration. Policies, plans, and administration of categorical programs meet statutory requirements.

II. Funding. Allocation and use of funds meet statutory requirements for allowable expenditures.

IV. Standards, Assessment, and Accountability. Categorical programs meet state standards, are based on the assessed needs of program participants, and achieve the intended outcomes of the categorical program.

V. Staffing and Professional Development. Staff members are recruited, trained, assigned, and assisted to ensure the effectiveness of the program.

VI. Opportunity and Equal Educational Access. Participants have equitable access to all programs provided by the local educational agency (LEA), as required by law.

VII. Teaching and Learning. Participants receive core and categorical program services that meet their assessed needs

What charters don't address The charter school movement is a major political success but a civil rights failure, according to a report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. As the country moves toward greater segregation of students of color into schools with lower achievement and graduation rates, the rapidly expanding charter school sector is even more segregated than regular public schools. An analysis of 40 states, the District of Columbia, and several dozen metropolitan areas with large charter school enrollments reveals that charter schools are more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every state and large metropolitan area in the nation. The charter effort, which has largely ignored the segregation issue, has been justified by claims about superior educational performance, which are not sustained by the research. Moreover, decades of social science studies find important benefits associated with attending diverse schools, and, conversely, related educational harms in schools where poor and minority students are concentrated. The report recommends that the U.S. Department of Education update its now archived guidance on civil rights regulations for charter schools, and strengthen these by including provisions known to have been successful in programs like magnet schools, which combine school choice with high-quality, diverse student bodies. Read more: http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/integration-and-diversity/choice-without-equity-2009-report or ask the Interim Superintendent’s office for a copy.

Special Education

Parent Advisory Group/ESUHSD Special Services Department The link below containing meeting dates and agendas for the 2010-11 school year was sent to all parents of students with special needs in the District. Teleparent phone calls in English and Spanish are placed to households twice during the weekend before as a reminder of the Monday meeting date and time. WR Oct 15 Parent Advisory Committee Calendar 2010-2011 (2).pdf

WorkAbility I Region 3 Fall Business Meeting & Training Sherri Gow, Arlene Ramon and Carole Hersom attended this conference held in Santa Rosa October 11 and 12 in Santa Rosa. Keynote Speaker was Jan Tomsky, Partner with Fagen, Friedman & Fulfrost located in the firm’s Sacramento office. Her presentation was entitled “Transition to Post-Secondary Life.” The two and a half hours were full of important information which gave the three of us much to think about in our daily dealings with students, parents, teachers, transition specialists, job coaches/developers, outside agencies and employers. The Individual Transition Plan (ITP) of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) was the focus of her presentation and the necessity of those documents focusing on training, education, employment and independent living skills. Pertinent case studies and a Q&A session were the culminating activities of the morning. Other workshops attended were “Career Fair/Expo Model” presented by Oakland Unified School District WorkAbility 1 Program. This was offered as a one day solution to connect with mainstreamed students. “Planning a Job/Career Fair so that employers will participate and students will attend!” presented by the Mt. Diablo WorkAbility 1 Program offered further suggestions on how to service those hard to reach Resource Specialist Program (RSP) students to connect them with transition possibilities. "Connecting with Your Region Managers and Mentors" was an excellent opportunity to meet, connect and offer appreciation to those folks who are instrumental in assisting with contract writing, amending and implementation. Last year Santa Clara County was connected with Region 4 which encompasses school districts located east of San Jose, such as Elk Grove, Sacramento, etc. This year Santa Clara County is part of Region 3 which extends more northeasterly to include Santa Rosa, so this conference enabled us to meet our new counterparts. Also, as part of the assurances of the WorkAbility Contract, we must attend the fall and spring regional conferences. Additionally, also a requirement of the contract is attendance the State conference which will be held in November in Los Angeles.

COME JOIN USfor a community discussion on attending college!

For more information call (415) 350-0972.RSVP to Glen Wong at glenwong44@gmail.com

Date

Time

Venue

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Oak Grove High School Theatre285 Blossom Hill RdSan Jose, CA 95123-2099

o The benefits of attending collegeo Why a UC system schoolo What you need to know to get thereo Admission changes at UC and its affect on diversity: Good or bad?

Light refreshments servedFree parking

Public Engagement Project For more information contact (510) 357-1806

Sponsored by: Alum Rock Educators Association

Alum Rock Union Elementary School District California Teachers Association East Side Teachers Association

East Side Union High School District National Education Association

Parents

School

+ Community

= Student Success

PLEASE ATTEND! A Community Conversation Tuesday, October 19, 2010

5:30 pm Dinner ~~~ 6:30-9:00 pm Discussion Child Care & Translation will be provided

RAFFLES!

Together We Can…

Unidos Podemos When we work together, e

very

student can succeed in school.

Please join us to share your

ideas. Every voice counts!

W. C. Overfelt High School

Multipurpose Room

1845 Cunningham Avenue

San Jose, CA 95122

ALUM ROCK EDUCATORS

ASSOCIATION

AREA

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT (PEP)

Union leaders, superintendents, administrators, and parents from the Alum Rock and East Side area have

formed an important collaborative to engage our community as we discuss the elimination of the achievement gap and

on-going efforts to improve parent involvement and safety in the community. Initially, this Public Engagement Project

(PEP) was recommended and facilitated through David Hernandez, Community Outreach Staff who represents the Cali-

fornia Teachers’ Association (CTA) and the National Educators’ Association (NEA). A multi-agency planning team

formed immediately and includes an excellent “vertical slice” made up of ARUESD and ESUHSD Superintendents José

L. Manzo and Dan Moser, ARUESD Union President Jocelyn Merz, ESTA President Marisa Hanson, parent leader Julie

Ramirez, Kirsten King and Aurora Quevedo who are administrators with ESUHSD and ARUESD, and CTA Staff Bruce

Berg and Kris Clarke. In the East Side Union High School District, parents from W. C. Overfelt and James Lick High

School communities have been invited to be part of an initial dialogue. In Alum Rock, the invitation to participate in-

clude the Fischer and Mathson Middle School communities and surrounding elementary schools. This first-of-its-kind community outreach, jointly planned by representatives of both districts as well

as the CTA and NEA, represents a ground-breaking approach to increase genuine involvement of parents and

the community-at-large in the education and acceleration of our students. The planning group has repeatedly

reaffirmed its commitment to the collaborative and agreed that we would work toward implementation of a

strategic outreach campaign leading to a K-12 community forum which will take place on Thursday, October

19, 2010, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the W. C. Overfelt High School Multipurpose Room. It is intended that

this event will also involve representatives from government and service agencies as well as neighborhood

associations and community advocates. The questions which will be used to “guided the dialogue” are at-

tached and will be presented in the context of the following three assumptions:

Our districts are focusing on raising expectations, demanding excellence of all students, and having higher

standards for student achievement.

Alum Rock and East Side are focused on increasing parental and community involvement to help all stu-

dents become more successful.

Alum Rock and East Side are focusing on ensuring a safe and respectful learning environment.

Topic A: Our districts are focusing on raising expectations, demanding excellence of all students, and

having higher standards for student achievement.

Alum Rock has put in place high academic achievement standards for all students in order for students to be

prepared to enter high school. East Side has put in place high academic achievement standards for all students

in order for students to be prepared to enter college or post secondary career training. All students are tested

regularly to determine how well they are progressing academically to ensure that all students receive the sup-

port they need to succeed.

Questions to consider:

What do you think about these strategies for achieving academic excellence for all students?

Are academic expectations the same for all students? If not why are they different?

Are parents informed about student expectations at each grade level? If not why?

Why is there a difference among student achievement and what do you think needs to be done for all stu-

dents to achieve at the same level? What is the parent role, the school role, the community role?

Topic B: Alum Rock and East Side are focused on increasing parental and community involvement to

help all students become more successful.

Both districts are concentrating on making sure all parents have the information they need about their child’s

education. They are working to make the schools more welcoming and convenient for all parents and guard-

ians, as well as other community members. Finally, they are providing opportunities for parental involve-

ment through parent empowerment groups such as the PTA, ELAC, and a multitude of ethnic parent groups.

What do you think about these strategies for encouraging parent involvement?

What does parent involvement mean to you?

How can parents and schools work together to help students succeed?

Topic C: Alum Rock and East Side are focusing on ensuring a safe and respectful learning environ-

ment.

Both districts have strong policies focusing on eliminating bullying and harassment among students. They

have taken proactive measures and allocated both financial & personnel resources to provide a safe learning

environment on all campuses. Finally, they are fostering relationships with both city agencies and commu-

nity groups to provide intervention for troubled youth .

What do you think about these strategies to ensure a safe and respectful learning environment?

Who are the students being bullied and what do we know about them?

Who are the bullies and what do we know about them?

How can parents and schools work together to eliminate bullying, violence, and drugs on campus to en-

sure a safe and respectful learning environment?

AGENDA

5:30 p.m. Registration & Dinner

6:00 p.m. Principal Welcome

Vito Chiala, Overfelt High School Principal

6:30 p.m. Opening Session

David Hernandez, CTA Community Outreach Consultant

José L. Manzo, ARUESD Superintendent

Dan Moser, ESUHSD Superintendent

6:45 p.m. PowerPoint Presentation & Questions to Guide the Dialogue

Kirsten King, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, ESUHSD

Marisa Hanson, ESTA President

7:00 p.m. Small Group Discussions

8:00 p.m. Large Group Reports

9:00 p.m. Next Steps

9:15 p.m. Adjournment

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