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Packet
For
PublicDistribution
For
the
September
10,
2008
Board
of
Edu£ation
Meeting
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2555
SouthStateStreetAnnArbor,MI48104
734.9
94.2230
MEMORANDUM
T
odd
Ro
be
rts,Ed.D.Superint
en
dentofSchools
robertst@aaps.kI2.mLus
To:From:Date:Subject:BoardofEd
ucafli
rustees
ToddRob
ert
sSeptember8,208
InformationUpdate
Read180BriefingIncludedontheagen
da
foeWednesday'smeetingasfirst
br
iefingistherequestto
expand
Read180
toourremaining
mid
dleschools(Ta
ppanand
Clague).Asyourecall
wedidafirst
br
iefingonthisinJuneat
wh
ichtimetr
ust
ees
had
a
num
berofquestions
relatedtotheeffectivenessoftheprogram.Incl
uded
intheBlueBookisinformation
pertainingtotheimplementationoftheprogramatSlauson
and
Scarlettforthepast
threeyears.ThisinformationwaspresentedtothePlanning
Com
mitteelastTuesday.
Asyoucanseefromthedata,twoofthethreeyearsatScarlettthedatashowssignificant
gainsiorstudentsusing
Read
180
and
atSlausonallthreeyearsshowgains.Atthe
pr
esentationinJuneonlythedataforlastyear
was
shownwhichleadtoquestionsabout
thesuccessoftheprogram.Aswasindicatedinthe
pr
esentationinJune,thelackof
successatScarlettlasty
ear
canbeattributedtoachangeinstaff
and
noteffectiveimplementation.We
knowwha
tcomponentsareneedinordertoachievethemost
effectiveoutcomesiromtheprogramandthesearedescribedinthe
On
-ModelImplem
en
tationstepsthatareoutlinedinthepresentationincludedintheBlueBook.
Ibelievethatthe
program
hasproveneffectiveinAAPSaswellasinot
her
districtsaroundthestateandc
ountr
y.Wealsoknowclearlyhowtoimplementtheprogram
effectivelyandwearemakingsurethatwehavetheappropriatestaffinplacealong
withtheappropriatetrainingandoversighttoins
ure
that
we
haveanonmodel
implementationineachofourschoolsusingtheprogram.
If
basedonthisinformationandthepresentationonWednesdayni
ght
theBoard
wan
tstoconsid
er
thisasasecondbriefingandwantsto
appr
ovetheitem,
we
arepreparedto
moveforwardwiththeap
pr
oval.AnnArborLanguage
Partne
rshipPresentationTheLanguagePartnersh
ip
issch
edu
ledforsecondbrieiingatWednesday'smeeting.I
haveinclud
ed
informationfromthefirstbriefingintheInformationPacket(TabI)in
caseyouneedtoreviewtheinformationagain.
If
youhaveanyquestionsletmeknow.
Proposed
PioneerStormWater
Containment
Project
Update
Theapprovalofthestormwatercontainment
pr
ojectisonthe
agen
daasasecond
briefingitem.Theinformationabouttheprojectthatwewere
pre
sentedatourlast
meetingandinthestudysessiononthesameeveningisincludedintheBlueBookfor
yourreview.Atthispointwearejustbeingaskedtoap
prove
theprojectatthePioneer
site.Wearenotbeingaskedtodecidewhicho
pt
ion
toapprove.Irecomm
end
thatwe
pr
ovideapprovalbasedonthemeritsoftheproject
and
itsb
en
efitstotheAllenCreek
Water
shed
areaandthefactthatitwillnotsignificantlych
an
ge
our
useoftheproperty
noworinthefuturegiventheease
men
tsanddrainage
pip
es
that
alreadyexist
on
the
pr
operty.
If
youhave
any
questionsletmeknow.
FacilitiesU
pdate
IncludedontheagendaforWe
dn
esdaynightsmeetingisourmonthlyfacilitiesupdate.
Wewillsummarizethe
work
that
was
donethissummer
and
isstillongoing.Afewof
ourprincipalswillattendtodiscusstheir
pro
jects.Wealsohaveonthea
gend
aforfirstbriefingthebidawardrecom
men
dationsforthe
Carpenter,Ebe
rwh
ite,andBach
pr
ojects.These
award
rec
omm
endationswere
presentedtothePlanningCommitteelastTuesday.Asyoucanseefromtheinformati
on
providedintheBlueBook,allofthebidsarefavorable.
InformationPacket
Items
IncludedintheInformationPacket(Tab2)isfe
edb
ackpertainingtothe
marke
tingc
amp
ai
gn
ideasthatwasgather
ed
inthefocusgr
oup
sthatLizheldthissummer.This
informationhasallowedustofurtherrefinethe
adv
ertisingcomponentofthecampaign.
Therevised
ads
willbepresentedforyourfe
edb
ackas
par
toftheretr
eat
nextweek.
TheAnnArborCha
mbe
rofCo
mme
rceisholdingitsann
ua
lIMPACTmeeting,
IMPACT
2008
onW
edn
esdayofthisweek.Thefocusofthisyear'seventisoneducationand
localgovernment.Asapartofthemeeting,BillMillerandIwillbeapartofa
pan
eldiscussionandpresentation.Wearegoingtofocusonschoolfunding,coun
tyw
ideconsolidationefforts,st
ud
entachievement,andourneeds,goalsandchallenges.There
willthenbeabreakoutsessioninwhichthetopicswillincl
ude
schoolfunding(Robert
andBrianMarcelwill
pre
sent
this),the
Success
by
Six
pro
gram.InnovativePrograms
(
wh
ichwillincludethecountyMiddleCollegePro
gram
and
Skyline),andthefinal
br
eakoutareawillbedisc
uss
ionofaWashtenawPromise.T
here
hasb
egun
tobesome
discussioninthecou
nty
oflookingat
wha
tKalamazoodidwithitspromise
that
paysforallofitsgra
dua
testoattendcollege.ThisconversationinWa
sht
en
aw
Coun
tyisintheverybeginningstagesandthisbreakoutsessionwillbetogaugewhatlevelof
interesttheremightbeinthebusinesscommunityforthinkinga
bou
tthisidea.
Hopefullythismeetingwillemphasizetheimp
ort
anceofeducationandgoodschoolsto
thecountyasawhole
and
s
pa
rkfurtherconversationab
out
theneedtosupport
educationinthecounty.
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