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DeKalb Schools 2017 Turnaround, Priority & Focus Schools

Posted on November 27, 2017 | 4 comments

Turnaround Eligible Schools replaces the “Chronically Failing Schools” expression that GOSA used in prior years.
Priority School is a school which has a 3-year average of CCRPI Content Mastery scores in the lowest 5% or is a high school with a graduation rate less than 60% for 2 consecutive years.
Focus School is a school which has a 3-year average of CCRPI Achievement Gap scores in the lowest 10%. Achievement Gap compares the lowest 25% of achievers in a school with the state average.
Title I Schools – 99% of schools in Region 3, 4 and 5 are Title I

Yellow Schools

– Removed From Chronically Failing School List

Red Schools

– Added to Chronically Failing School List

DeKalb Schools 2017 Turnaround Eligible (Chronically Failing) Schools

Region School Name Title I Priority School Focus School Chronically Failing School 2016 2015 Final CCRPI Score 2016 Final CCRPI Score 2017 CCRPI Score Change from 2016 to 2017
1 Cross Keys HS X X 74.4 81.9 78.3 -3.6
1 Dresden ES X X 54.9 48.8 57.1 8.3
1 Montclair ES X X X 55 52 52.7 0.7
2 Smoke Rise ES X X 61.8 59.3 69.1 9.8
2 Avondale ES X 58.5 56.1 59.2 3.1
3 Clarkston HS X X 72.1 70.9 75.4 4.5
3 Dunaire ES X X 53.2 48.8 53.5 4.7
3 E.L. Miller ES X X X 55.9 57.6 57.6 0
3 Freedom MS X X 56.5 61.4 65 3.6
3 Jolly ES X X 53.8 56.5 62.3 5.8
3 Princeton ES X X 54.3 61.5 56.7 -4.8
3 Redan ES X X 58 46.7 56.5 9.8
4 Browns Mill ES X X X 56.3 51.8 51.2 -0.6
4 Chapel Hill ES X X 57.5 50 63.4 13.4
4 Destiny Achievers Academy X X 52.7 48.4 54.8 6.4
4 Fairington ES X X 43.9 45.9 53.6 7.7
4 Flat Rock ES X X 59.4 55.3 58.2 2.9
4 Lithonia MS X X 65.6 47.1 55.9 8.8
4 Panola Way ES X X 52.3 42.5 59.6 17.1
4 Stoneview ES X X X 46.3 45.8 55.6 9.8
5 Barack H. Obama ES X X X NA NA 59.2 NA
5 Canby Lane ES X X X 54.9 57.1 62.1 5
5 Cedar Grove MS X X 55.2 51.7 60.5 8.8
5 Columbia ES X X 57.3 53 60 7
5 Columbia HS X X 67.8 64.7 68 3.3
5 Flat Shoals ES X X 45.9 47.5 51.1 3.6
5 Mary M. Bethune MS X X X 55.2 54.9 61.7 6.8
5 McNair HS X X 64.4 58.2 64.5 6.3
5 McNair MS X X 53.1 52 58.2 6.2
5 Oakview ES X X 46.7 47.7 55.5 7.8
5 Peachcrest ES X X X NA 44.1 49.2 5.1
5 Ronald E McNair Discovery X X X 48.1 53.6 58 4.4
5 Rowland ES X X 54.2 54.9 54.1 -0.8
5 Snapfinger ES X X X 53.6 50.4 55.3 4.9
5 Toney ES X X X 57.7 54.3 51.4 -2.9
5 Towers HS X X 61.3 57.2 59.6 2.4

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Class of 2018 Graduation Ceremonies Schedule

Posted on November 17, 2017 | 15 comments

Stan Jester
Board Of Education

During the summer of 2016, Dr. Green created a District Graduation Task Force to begin looking at venues, available dates and costs for specific locations to house district ceremonies. Based on a cost and accessibility comparison, the committee determined that the best option would be the Georgia World Congress Center. At price tag of $300K, I’m not sure about that cost analysis.
All high school graduations will be held during the week of May 21-26, 2018 at the Georgia World Congress Center. This is the second year to have graduation ceremonies at the GWCC. Last year the ceremonies were on time, air conditioned, streamed online with great production value.
What are your thoughts that I can share with the school administration and board members?

Superintendent Stephen Green

Georgia Wescott
Chamblee Charter High School graduating Class of 2017
Expressed her thoughts last year.

Open letter to DeKalb County School System:
How are you going to move our graduation against our will and then make us, the students who are graduating, pay to attend it? On top of that, how are you going to hold it at a time where no teachers or other students can attend because it’s on the last day of school immediately after school gets out all the way in downtown Atlanta? At this point I’m not even looking forward to my own graduation because the fact that it costs money has taken away money from some of our senior activities that we’ve been looking forward to. –Georgia Wescott
Superintendent Stephen Green

Dr. Stephen Green
Superintendent, DeKalb County School District

Graduation ceremonies are a major component of the closing of each school year. In recent years, schools have used governmental buildings, arenas and even churches to hold events. During the 2015-16 school year. However, the district was challenged by the AFL-CIO on the holding of school district graduation ceremonies in religious facilities. While measures were taken to comply with the request to not house ceremonies in religious venues (and some locations were changed), it was agreed that the district would work to address the [concern].

DeKalb County School District Graduation Schedule
Georgia World Congress Center
Graduating Class of 2018 (Congratulations!!)

Date School Time
Monday, May 21, 2018 Lithonia High School 10:00 AM
Elizabeth Andrews High School 1:00 PM
Dunwoody High School 4:00 PM
Chamblee Charter High School 7:00 PM
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 Lakeside High School 10:00 AM
Southwest DeKalb High School 1:00 PM
Miller Grove High School 4:00 PM
Druid Hills High School 7:00 PM
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Destiny Achievers High School 10:00 AM
Arabia Mountain High School 1:00 PM
Stone Mountain High School 4:00 PM
Towers High School 7:00 PM
Thursday, May 24, 2018 Martin L. King, Jr. High School 10:00 AM
Tucker High School 1:00 PM
DeKalb School of the Arts 4:00 PM
Cedar Grove High School 7:00 PM
Friday, May 25, 2018 McNair High School 10:00 AM
Columbia High School 1:00 PM
Redan High School 4:00 PM
Clarkston High School 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 26, 2018 Stephenson High School 10:00 AM
DeKalb Early College Academy 1:00 PM
Cross Keys High School 4:00 PM

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