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Joy Shaw
27 Jan. 2016
Setting and Context: Thompson Valley High School
Thompson School District:
Thompson School Districts total enrollment for the 2015-16
school year is 16,000 flat. Of those 16,083 students, 11.924 (74.6%)
are White with the second largest ethnic group, Hispanics, making up
only a quarter of that at 3,151 (19.7%). The remaining ~6% of the
student population is made up of primarily students that identify as
Multiple Races (2.9%), Asians (1.2%), and Blacks or African Americans
(1%) while American Indians/Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians and
Other Pacific islanders are just less than 1% of the entire population in
Thompson School District. The gender make up is majority male
(51.8%) (thompsonschools.org). Funding per pupil sits pretty low in
Thompson School District compared to the other districts in Larimer
County with a little over $6,000/student in 2012-13 (same as Poudre
Valley). The total funding for the districts sits between Poudre and Park
with about $90,000,000/year in 2012-13
(http://www.larimer.org/compass/). Thompson School District also uses
an online support system called Infinite Campus that students, parents,
and teachers can use to stay up to date on records, grades,
attendance, and important notifications with ease. Infinite Campus