Progress In the Quest for Making Notable

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Superintendent’s Report
14 & 15
Message from the School Board Chair
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Academic Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Financial Report
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School District Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 & 9
School Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
School Calendar
A REPORT ON THE CHARLESTON PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE
Making Notable
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MAY 2007
Progress In the Quest for
Excellence
Photo by Larry Monteith
By Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
I am pleased to present my Annual
Report to the people of Charleston
County and to all friends of public
education. This is an important way to
keep the community updated on the
work and the progress of our schools.
We have come a long way together,
winning national recognition for
some of our schools and making dramatic improvement at schools where
some thought success would be
impossible. Our communities have
rallied around our schools, we have
revamped our financial practices,
improved the way we do business,
and we are building state-of-the-art
new schools across the county.
I want the community to fully
understand where we are, how far we
have to go and what it will take to reach
our goals. We have much work ahead if
we are to fulfill our dream of making
each and every Charleston school a
source of pride for the community and
the best in the state by 2010.
I am very proud of the team that
has come together to make the
Charleston Plan for Excellence a
reality. The CCSD team consists of
the Chief Academic Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, the Associate
Superintendents, Principals, central
support staff -- and most importantly, the teachers who are in the classrooms every day and are making a
difference for our students.
When I came here more than three
and a half years ago to become
Superintendent of Schools, we worked
Students in a multi-age class at Jennie Moore Elementary School read with Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson.
together as a community to develop our
roadmap, the Charleston Plan for
Excellence. Our goal is ambitious. By
2010 we expect to be the highest performing South Carolina District as
measured by the performance of individual schools and groups of students
on the scorecard that the community
and the Board uses to judge our success.
To achieve excellence, we must
accelerate student achievement and
implement our clear-cut strategies to
get to where we want to be. Since
2003, the Charleston Plan for
Excellence has framed our work and
made explicit the six core strategies
in which the school district needed
to improve.
I have been candid from Day One
and this assessment will be the same. I
have said from the beginning that real
change takes three to five years and it
takes eight to 10 years to sustain it.
We are not quite to the halfway
point. We have had many victories
and we have had some disappointing
setbacks. We knew it wouldn’t be
easy and it hasn’t been.
We have made notable progress in
each of the core strategies:
CORE STRATEGY 1: Curriculum
and Instruction Improvement
Under the leadership of our Chief
Academic Officer, Dr. Nancy
McGinley, we have implemented the
Coherent Curriculum in English
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The South’s Oldest Daily Newspaper
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson’s Legacy
The following editorial first appeared
in the April 15, 2007 edition of The
Post and Courier.
Three and a half years after she
made her historic debut as superintendent of Charleston County
Schools, Maria Goodloe-Johnson has
yielded to a more lucrative offer and
will take charge of schools in Seattle,
Wash., beginning this summer. She
will leave the district in far better
condition than when she arrived,
both academically and fiscally.
That is not to say that her tenure
has been without controversy or that
all of her goals have been attained.
There still are far too many failing
schools and some even threatened
with a state takeover.
In addition to the unfortunate handling of a racially charged teacher
complaint at Brentwood Middle,
there also is some lingering resentment over certain policy differences
that culminated, in one instance, with
the establishment of a charter school.
But for the first time the district
has an academic blueprint that offers
a coherent long-term plan for academic improvement. Labeled by Dr.
Goodloe-Johnson as the district's
"Plan for Excellence," it includes a
standardized countywide curriculum; acceleration programs aimed at
helping children over age for their
grades; special programs for middle
and elementary students who are
several grades behind; and an
increased number of early childhood
education classes.
Meanwhile, SAT scores have
improved and the number of traditionally underachieving schools that
are closing the gap has risen from
eight to 20 in the last two years. A
district list of achievements during
her administration also notes that
Chicora Elementary is "the first and
only S.C. school to receive the
National Change Award for dramatic improvement."
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson faced a fiscal
crisis early in her tenure, pulling no
punches after discovering a $61 million shortfall in the district's massive
construction and renovation program, attributed primarily to previous poor budgeting and a variety of
fiscal emergencies. She set out to put
the district's fiscal house in order,
establishing a new system of checks
and balances and enlisting advisory
support from a panel of community
leaders with financial expertise.
The biggest challenge before her
departure will be the upcoming budget, now faced with an $11 million
shortfall in state funds. She has taken
the right approach, working closely
with state legislators in an attempt to
resolve the unfairness of the state's
formula for financing assistance to
the local school districts.
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson is not only
the first African-American but the
first woman to head the Charleston
County School District. Her most
likely successor is another woman,
Nancy McGinley, the district's chief
academic officer. At issue is whether
the district should engage in yet
another national search or promote
from within. The latter would seem
the obvious route given Dr.
McGinley's familiarity with and
commitment to the "Plan for
Excellence," which clearly will take
more time to fully implement.
When the news of the Seattle
recruitment effort broke, the district
school board offered Dr. GoodloeJohnson a year's extension of her
contract, but there was a seeming
consensus that it would be hard to
match the Seattle offer. That didn't
prevent some from trying to sway
her to stay. We suspect no voices
were more compelling, or more
touching, than those of several hundred students at North Charleston
High School who, we're told, broke
into a chant urging her not to leave
after her address there last week.
Despite some continued criticism, we
believe the community's appreciation of
the work she has done is reflected in the
fact that during the last school board
election, her most vocal opponent, an
incumbent who made the superintendent an election issue, was defeated.
As a whole, the school board has
strongly supported the
superintendent during her tenure
here, and can be expected to pursue
the academic goals and programs
that she established.
“Thank you for standing with me for public education. Most importantly,
thank you for being a strong and unrelenting voice and advocate for the
students in Charleston County. Please continue to make a difference for
students in Charleston County because they need you.”
— Maria Goodloe-Johnson
to CCSD principals and staff. April 19, 2007. She leaves to become superintendent of Seattle, WA schools.
CHARLESTON COUNTY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
STAFF LISTING
Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Nancy J. McGinley, Ed.D.
Chief Academic Officer
Donald Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
CHARLESTON
COUNTY SCHOOL
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Nancy Cook, Chair
Hillery Douglas, Vice Chair
David Engelman, Toya Hampton
Green, Ruth Jordan, Gregg Meyers,
Brian Moody, Arthur Ravenel, Jr.,
Ray Toler
EDITOR
Jerry Adams
Director of Communications
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Mary Girault
Communications Officer
Peggy Morse
Communications Consultant
Angela Thomas
Parenting / Community Liaison
EDITORS
Tammy Simmons
Diera Haskell
ART DIRECTION / LAYOUT
Craig McLaughlin
The Charleston County School District
75 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401
No portion may be reprinted in whole or in part by any means
without the express written consent of the publisher.
©Copyright 2007 by the Charleston County School District.
2. Mr. David Engelman
James Island
David Engelman is the Chief Analyst for the
SPAWAR Systems Center’s Strategic Planning
Office. A former Navy officer, Mr. Engelman
has received 27 service-related commendations.
He attended both public and private schools
and holds a BA from the Baptist College at
Charleston and a MBA from The Citadel.
843-795-8095 (H); [email protected]
Elected: 11/2004; Term expires: 11/2008
3. Mr. Hillery Douglas, Vice Chair
North Charleston
A former CCSD teacher, Hillery Douglas is a
parent and the owner of Earth Sciences, Inc.
Mr. Douglas previously served on the School
Board from 1984-1992 and he also is a past
member of the District Four Constituent
School Board. He holds a BA in Chemistry
from Allen University and also has completed
graduate studies at Charleston Southern
University, South Carolina State University, and
the Georgia Institute of Technology.
843-554-1792 (W)
Elected 11/2004; Term expires: 11/2008
4. Ms. Toya Hampton Green
Charleston
The mother of a five-year-old daughter, Toya
Hampton Green is an attorney at Hampton
Green, LLC where she has practiced law with
her husband, Dwayne Green, since May 2001.
In 2000, she graduated with honors from the
University of Miami School of Law. She chaired
the City of Charleston’s Board of Architectural
Review for three years and serves on the Board
of Directors of Trident United Way.
843-266-2626
[email protected]
5. Ms. Ruth Jordan
West Ashley
Ruth Jordan is the product of Charleston
County Public Schools, a veteran of 17 years as
a federal procurement officer, a soccer mom and
top-performing real estate agent with a long history of involvement in local community activities. Ms. Jordan attended Mitchell Elementary
School, Wallace Middle School and graduated
from Middleton High. She earned an undergraduate degree from Charleston Southern
University. A former procurement officer at the
Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek, she
joined Prudential Carolina Real Estate. She has
registered more than 50,000 voters and served
on numerous boards and committees.
843-345-4529, 571-7400
[email protected]
6. Mr. Gregg Meyers
Mount Pleasant
Gregg Myers is a parent and a lawyer whose
practice involves many cases concerning child
safety and protection. He has worked with the
Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice and worked on litigation involving the
District. Discussions during that litigation led
to the establishment of the earliest magnet
schools in Charleston.
843-720-8714 (W); [email protected]
7. Mr. Brian Moody
West Ashley
Brian Moody knows the schools in Charleston
County from first-hand experience as a student,
parent, and School Board member since 1996.
He graduated from Clemson University in 1986
with a bachelor's degree in Administrative
Management. He is a partner in the accounting
and consulting firm of Gamble Givens &
Moody and is president of the Chamber of
Commerce.
843-937-9710 (W); [email protected]
8. Mr. Arthur Ravenel, Jr.
Mount Pleasant
Born in Charleston in 1927 and raised on a
small farm in the county, Arthur Ravenel, Jr. is a
product of the public schools and a graduate of
St. Andrew’s High School. A Marine, he attended the College of Charleston on the GI Bill and
graduated in 1950. Ravenel served in the state
House and Senate, and he served in Congress for
12 years. He led the funding effort for the new
Cooper River Bridge that bears his name.
843-884-0291 (H)
Elected: 11/2006 Term expires: 11/2010
9. Mr. Raymond Toler
North Charleston
Ray Toler joined the Navy immediately after
high school graduation and he served as a submarine electrician for the next 24 years. After
retiring from the Navy, he came to work as an
electrician for Charleston County School
District, where he held the position of
Maintenance Foreman for 20 years. He attended public schools, as did all three of his children.
MAY 2007 | 3
An Open Conversation
About Educational
Excellence
By Nancy Cook, Chair
CCSD Board of Trustees
1. Ms. Nancy Cook, Chair
North Charleston
The mother of two young children, Nancy
Cook works as the executive director of The
Good Neighbor Center, a homeless shelter in
North Charleston. She brings to the Board her
perspective as a parent and counselor. Ms. Cook
attended public schools in Charleston and holds
a BA from Limestone College and a Master’s
Degree from Webster University in Counseling.
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pointing, most of us continue to
believe that we are on the right track.
On behalf of the Charleston School
When we talk true school reform -Board of Trustees, I am pleased to pre- “reform of a system” – we are talking
sent this report on our school district. about a change in culture. We underWe thank you for your continued sup- stand that change is hard for most peoport of the work we are doing on behalf ple, but know that our change is based
of the children of this county. They are on solid research and that data drives
our most treasured assets.
our District’s work. Three years into the
The School Board wishes Dr. Maria Charleston Plan for Excellence, we are
Goodloe-Johnson well with her new proud to report that positive change is
challenges as school superintendent in underway.
Seattle. We are grateful for everything
The next few months will be chalshe has accomplished and for the lead- lenging as we work to approve a budget
ership and vision she brought to our for the 2007-08 school year. We are
schools.
talking weekly with our State
The Charleston County School Department of Education and with
District and our schools are better our lawmakers to help ensure that
because of her work here.
Charleston is “held harmless” from any
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson led our com- state budget cuts during the change
munity in creating the Charleston Plan from a system based on property taxes
for Excellence, an academic blueprint to one based on sales taxes.
to improve our schools and show that
These financial uncertainties mean
all children can learn.
that it is critical we continue to evaluate
Under her leadership, we now have a what programs work and which do
standardized countywide curriculum, not. We cannot afford programs that
an assessment system (MAP) and accel- do not produce positive educational
eration programs to help our children results, and we will continue to reevalwho are over age for their grades. We uate 10 percent of our budget and shift
have increased the number of early gears when necessary.
childhood classes and we have “safer”
The School Board understands the
school environments. SAT scores have difficulty of reform and culture change.
improved and the number of our We know that our administrators and
schools closing the achievement gap teachers are dedicated professionals
continues to rise.
who work tirelessly for our children
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson leaves School and we are truly grateful for their work.
District finances in far better shape None of us will be satisfied until every
than when she arrived. Chief Financial child is performing well and meeting
Officer Donald Kennedy now has a our high expectations.
professional operating system and a
The District and the Board have
well-trained staff in place so that the worked very hard together to change
administration and School Board can the culture and produce results. We are
be better financial stewards of the pub- confident in our work and look forlic money entrusted to us.
ward to this year’s PACT results to see
The School Board is encouraged and the fruits of this strategic labor.
inspired by the incredible work that
However, quality public education is
happens on a day-to-day basis in our just one part of a healthy and vibrant
schools. Although the School District’s community that works together to
Report Card rating drop was disapSee ‘Conversation’ on page 13.
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Building
a Foundation for Excellence
McGinley
Named New
Superintendent
The Charleston County School Board
has selected Dr. Nancy J. McGinley as
the new superintendent of schools.
Dr. McGinley came to Charleston in
2004 as Chief Academic Officer and
the person most responsible for driving
the work of the Charleston Plan for
Excellence.
As superintendent, she will build on a
career of public service excellence that
includes service to urban and inner city
students and a strong record of achievement as a school principal and academic administrator. She has combined
that passion for urban education with
her magnetic leadership skills to push
all schools to educational excellence
and make the community proud.
McGinley first earned national recognition as principal of Abington Junior
High School, the largest junior high
school in the state of Pennsylvania, and
a 1997 Blue Ribbon School of
Excellence. She also was principal of a
high poverty, racially diverse
Philadelphia middle school. McGinley
also earned success in the non-profit
sector where she raised more than $65
million for programs to serve the
214,000 children of the Philadelphia
school system.
Early childhood students from Memminger Elementary School show Dr. Nancy McGinley, center, their
handmade loggerhead turtle. At left is their teacher, Chantel Grimball.
By Dr. Nancy J. McGinley
Creating strong schools and effective school districts is like building
skyscrapers. They require extensive
planning, sound blueprints, significant groundwork and solid foundations before the results become visible and the school or building begins
to grow.
The Charleston Plan for
Excellence is our blueprint. For the
past three years our schools and
School District have been building
the strong foundation needed to
make our schools soar to great
heights.
We expect 2007 to be a banner
year, and we expect the hard work in
our schools and classrooms to culminate in improvements on our State
report card. Students benefit when
teachers offer challenging work and
provide the support they need to
master age appropriate material.
OUR FOUNDATION IS STRONG
Our strategies are based on evidence from school districts around
the country that have increased
achievement for all students and
closed the gap between groups. In
the academic arena, our foundation
building has included:
The development of a “coherent”
or core curriculum in English
Language Arts, Mathematics, Social
Studies and Science for grades
kindergarten through eight was an
initial building block in our Plan for
Excellence.
Simply stated, we have produced
and provided to teachers, the content
We expect
2007 to be a
banner year.
— Dr. Nancy J. McGinley,
material that children will be tested
on in each grade and subject. Every
teacher in every school has access to
the same curriculum but they
enhance it by adding their own creativity to accelerate learning.
The curriculum is based upon our
South Carolina state standards and is
aligned with our state assessments
(PACT). We have also produced a
core curriculum in selected high
school courses. High school students must now take end-of–course
exams in certain subjects and for
every one of those subjects, our
teachers now follow a standardized
curriculum.
We introduced benchmark testing
to regularly assess student learning at
key points throughout the year, and
this is now required in all of our
schools. We use a computer administered test called Measures of
Academic Progress or MAP and test
students in three areas: reading,
mathematics and language usage.
By testing during the school year
instead of waiting until the year is
over, teachers can adjust instruction
to meet student needs. The vast
majority of our teachers now view
the MAP test data as an essential tool
that enables them to be very clear
about the learning needs and capabilities of each student. Parents
receive information from MAP that
can help them select appropriate
home reading material for their
child.
This testing helps us tailor instruction and we use MAP results to target or modify instruction according
to student needs. We use differentiated (or individualized) instruction
and create flexible learning groups,
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MAY 2007 | 5
Career Academies Becoming High School Realities
Charleston County School District
is well on the way to reorganizing its
high school curriculum into career
academies.
These career academies and career
pathways will help Charleston’s high
school students better prepare themselves for life after high school in a
highly competitive world. This is
key to the District’s commitment to
helping every student succeed when
they move into the world of work.
“We know that a productive and
prosperous life in today's world requires
education and training beyond high
school,” said Robert Olson, the former
West Ashley High School principal
who now drives the District ‘s career
academy implementation.
“Our students must complete high
school capable of continuing to learn
in a university, technical college, the
military, or in the workplace,” he
said. “Our high school curriculum
must be rigorous where we prepare
students to meet high academic standards. Instruction and training
should be relevant so students understand how what they are learning
supports their goals for the future.”
Career Academies are grouped by
four areas of study: the School of
Arts and Humanities; the School of
Business and Information Systems;
the School of Engineering, Industrial
and Manufacturing Technologies;
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND
HUMANITIES
ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS CLUSTER
• English
• Graphics Technology
• Journalism & Mass
Communications
• Performing Arts
• Visual Arts
• World Languages
EDUCATION & TRAINING CLUSTER
• Early Childhood Education
• Teacher and Training
and the School of Health, Human
and Public Services.
Each school of study contains majors
organized within, what are referred to
as, the 16 Federal Career Clusters.
For example, Business Financial
Management and Accounting is a
major
within
the
Business
Management & Administration
Cluster of the School of Business
Information Systems. For example,
Health, Medical Science and
Research is a major within the
Health Science Cluster of the School
of Health, Human and Public
Services (see colored graphs).
The requirements for high school
graduation in South Carolina will
remain the same, including core academic requirements in English,
Math, Science and Social Studies.
However, electives will be offered in
each major area of study that is more
specific to a future career (i.e., World
Languages). Core academic courses
will include opportunities for students to apply the concepts and skills
they are learning to their major.
Parents sometimes express concern
that their 9th grade children are not
mature enough to choose a career. The
SCHOOL OF HEALTH,
HUMAN AND PUBLIC
SERVICES
HEALTH SCIENCE CLUSTER
• Biomedical Science
• Health, Medical Science and
Research
• Health Service Technology
HUMAN SERVICES CLUSTER
• Personal Care Services
LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, &
SECURITY CLUSTER
• Law And Legal Services
• Public Safety & Security
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION CLUSTER
• Military Science
• Social Sciences
goal of the high school career academies is to provide students with an
early opportunity to explore their
career options in meaningful ways, not
to lock teenagers into a career track.
Olson says the District expects that
many students will, in fact, select a
major and pursue it throughout high
school and that their interest and
focus will result in a more meaningful, exciting and rewarding high
school experience. Unlike college,
however, students will not be
required to "complete" a major in
order to graduate from high school
and will be able to change from one
major to another.
Teams of educators, business leaders and community partners have
identified more than 40 relevant
majors that will be offered next year
in our school district.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT &
ADMINISTRATION CLUSTER
• Administration and Information
Support
• Business Financial Management and
Accounting
• Management
FINANCE CLUSTER
• Banking Services
HOSPITALITY & TOURISM CLUSTER
• Culinary Arts
• Hospitality Management and
Operations
• Sports Entertainment & Recreation
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CLUSTER
• Information Support & Services
• Interactive Media
• Programming and Software
Development
• Networking Systems
MARKETING, SALES, & SERVICES
CLUSTER
• Fashion Design & Apparel
Construction
• Marketing & Public Relations
For academic year 2007-2008, all
rising 9th graders have completed
their individualized graduation plans
(IGP), declaring an area of interest.
If their chosen major is not offered at
the high in their geographic zone,
they have the opportunity to apply
for a transfer to a school that does.
The Career Academies program is
a district-wide initiative where each
high school student is provided
access to a high school curriculum
that supports their academic and
career interest regardless of where
they live. The District is committed
to helping every high school student
graduate well qualified and competitively prepared for a bright future
beyond high school.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
INDUSTRIAL AND
MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGIES
AGRICULTURE, FOOD & NATURAL
RESOURCES CLUSTER
• Environment and Natural Resources
ARCHITECTURE &
CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER
• Architectural Design
• Residential & Commercial
Construction
MANUFACTURING CLUSTER
• Aircraft/Auto Assembly
• Electronics
• Industrial Systems Technology
• Machine Technology
• Metal Fabrication
• Welding
TRANSPORTATION,
DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS
CLUSTER
• Automotive Service
& Collision Repair
• Logistics Planning & Management
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING, & MATHEMATICS
CLUSTER
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Science
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Money
Comes From
upon formulas applied to the
makeup of the student
population. Other funds require
the District to submit competitive
grant applications.
STATE GOVERNMENT
Revenue from the State government comes through the State’s
Department of Education – equal-
FY 07 BUDGET
ing about 23% of the District’s
budget. State funding levels are
determined in part by each county’s “wealth” in terms of property
values. Because Charleston County
is the State’s wealthiest in terms of
property values, we receive a low
per pupil revenue allocation (25%
of the base student cost). By comparison, some counties receive over
FY07 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
REVENUE
90% of the base student cost.
LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES
Approximately 46% of the
District’s budget comes from
Charleston County taxpayers, in
the form of millage applied to
property taxes. (Other local funding
comes through food service sales.)
FY07 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
(EXCLUDES DEBT AND CAPITAL)
3%
4%
7%
1%
3% 1%
5%
4%
5%
19%
10%
8%
3%
9%
56%
15%
17%
46%
9%
12%
52%
2%
23%
10%
LOCAL
$251,948,083
INSTRUCTION
CAPITAL PROJECTS
$81,809,140
STATE
$127,318,633
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
$40,008,329
SPECIAL REVENUE
$51,155,941
FEDERAL
SCHOOL OFFICE
$21,931,468
DEBT SERVICE
$52,690,493
CAPITAL FUND BALANCE $16,144,283
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
EIA
$38,287,238
BONDS & OTHER
$70,619,584
SCHOOL FACILITIES,
TRANS. & FOOD SERVICES
FOOD SERVICE
$18,876,703
TOTAL = $551,222,145
$49,847,918
$105,963,228
SOURCES
TOTAL = $551,222,145
GENERAL OPERATING
This fund is used to pay for day-to-day
expenses of running the school system including teachers' salaries, school buses, classroom
supplies, etc.
EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT
EIA funds are received from a one-cent
statewide sales tax. The EIA act was created in
1984 to generate dollars for improving public
education in South Carolina.
CAPITAL PROJECTS
This fund pays for the design and construction
of new and renovated schools and other facilities.
DEBT SERVICE
This fund is used to pay principal and interest
on the money that the School District borrows by issuing bonds.
SPECIAL REVENUE
These funds are state and federal grants, including revenue from the Office of Vocational
Education, Individuals with Disabilities, the
Office of Early Childhood, and Title 1.
50%
FOOD SERVICE
This fund enables the District to operate 72
on-site and 16 satellite school cafeterias.
$217,895,893
$9,711,709
CHARTER SCHOOLS
$18,428,139
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
& LEADERSHIP
$16,211,456
RESERVES & OTHER
$21,915,934
TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS,
ASST. PRINCIPALS SALARIES & FRINGE
$209,332,651
ALL OTHER SALARIES
& FRINGE
$87,556,597
PURCHASED SERVICES
51,894,518
SUPPLIES & MATERIALS
32,526,921
CHARTER SCHOOLS
18,428,139
TRANSFERS
10,798,242
RESERVES
4,120,134
OTHER OBJECTS
2,065,310
TOTAL = $416,722,512
TOTAL = $416,722,512
The vast majority of operating funds go
directly to instructing students (through
instruction, instructional support, and leadership provided by principals and
assistant principals). The remaining funds
are spent on operations, and program and
district management.
Costs relating to teaching students are the
DATA PROVIDED BY FY 2007 REVENUE SOURCES
Excellence
By Donald Kennedy
The Charleston County School
District is making significant
progress improving the District’s
business processes and systems.
This has led to increased efficiencies, better use of our financial
resources, and greater support to
our schools and the Charleston Plan
for Excellence.
This update to the community
highlights some of the improvements we have made, the areas we
are working on for future improvements, and the financial challenges
we face as a result of the new state
law on school funding.
21%
5%
$308,402,630
GENERAL OPERATING
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Improved Efficiencies Leading to Financial
Where the
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
About 10% of the District’s money
comes from the Federal government. Most Federal government
revenues come through the
Department of Education and are
earmarked for specific programs,
such as the District’s food service
needs. Some Federal funds, such as
Title I funds, are distributed based
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heart and soul of the District’s operating
budget. And, of course, the vast majority
of those costs are associated with salaries.
The core of the District’s budget is teacher
salaries; and no one who is genuinely
interested in educational excellence wants
to compromise our commitment to
attracting and retaining great teachers
throughout the District.
EFFICIENT BUSINESS SYSTEMS
Last year we formed a Business
System Efficiency project team to
improve the District’s business and
management practices. We had
great success. We are now able to
perform detailed financial analyses,
which resulted in the reduction or
reallocation of $12.5 million during
the FY07 budget process. This
reduction allowed us to add additional academic programs without a
tax increase. A mid-year financial
analysis allowed us to redirect more
than $800,000 to support academic
initiatives to help our students perform well on the state’s PACT tests.
Our purchase requisition process
is now fully automated. This has
greatly reduced the time required
for our schools, offices, and school
construction program to purchase
goods and services. Instead of
spending most of their day process-
ing mounds of paper, our procurement staff now devotes time to
strategically planning the school
district’s purchases. For instance,
we can now buy in bulk quantities;
we have negotiated with office supply vendors for price reductions for
school supplies; and we developed a
replacement schedule for student
desks so that our children do not
have to use dilapidated furniture
that is forty or more years old.
We designed and built a data
warehouse that stores student and
teacher data that can be quickly
retrieved and analyzed to help raise
student achievement and close the
achievement gap. The data warehouse also helps us identify student
disciplinary trends, ensures subjects
are taught by highly qualified teachers certified in their subjects, and
helps us maintain compliance with
state rules for spending state funded
education dollars.
The above are examples of some
of our improvements.
Others
include direct deposit for employees’ paychecks, electronic applicant
tracking, and electronic Medicaid
reimbursements.
FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS
In the coming year we will work
on four key areas: better use of technology in the classroom, better use
of technology for increased parent
communication, greater automation
in our Human Resources organization, and improvements in our
teacher recruitment and retention
processes.
A new CCSD technology committee will help us better plan and pri-
oritize our use of technology, especially how best to use today’s technology for classroom instruction.
We believe that the ability for the
school district to quickly communicate with parents helps provide a
safe environment for our students
and helps keep parents informed
about their school. Later this year,
the District will have electronic parent communication systems to
improve our communication with
parents.
New leadership in our Human
Resources department is modernizing our HR processes and systems.
Susan Holiday already has increased
automation and improved business
processes, which allowed us to
increase the number of teacher
recruiters without any increase in
the budget. Our HR focus will continue to be the recruitment and
retention of quality teachers.
We are developing a culture of
continuous improvement in our
business processes and systems.
Our employees see the benefits to
such an approach and I am very
proud that many of them are taking the initiative to review how we
conduct business and work toward
process improvements and cost
saving.
FISCAL YEAR 2007-08 BUDGET
CHALLENGE
CCSD is facing a potential significant budget deficit next year. This
is due to a possible cut of $11.4 million in education funding from the
state and an increase of $12.1 million of unfunded, state mandatory
increases for teacher pay raises and
Don Kennedy
additional charter school costs. The
$11.4 million cut is a result of the
new property tax reform bill that
was passed by the state legislature
last year.
The timing could not be worse.
The state’s academic standards are
becoming more rigorous every year
and our students must be prepared.
The Charleston Plan for Excellence
calls for many aggressive reforms,
including increased early childhood
programs, additional services for
overage students, and other initiatives to improve student achievement and to strengthen our teachers
and school leadership.
This unresolved issue looms as the
and School Board work out the
details of the budget for the 200708 school year. Important local
financial decisions have been
delayed. The Superintendent and
School Board are working with
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn
McConnell, House Speaker Bobby
Harrell and our county’s legislative
delegation to resolve this crisis. We
are hopeful that Charleston County
will be “held harmless” from this
$11.4 million cut.
During May and June, the people
of Charleston County will have
numerous opportunities to learn
more about the School District’s
proposed 2007-08 budget and voice
your opinion.
I hope to see you at one of the
community budget forums.
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ST. JAMES-SANTEE ELEMENTARY
BELLE HALL ELEMENTARY
CARIO MIDDLE
Twelve-classroom addition to the school; $6.1
million; current site; construction MAY 2007
– July 2008
EAST COOPER MONTESSORI
JAMES B. EDWARDS ELEMENTARY
LAING MIDDLE
Design plans for a new school on a new site;
$7 million
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Design plans for a new building; current site;
$1.5 million
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11 MOULTRIE MIDDLE (District 1 & 2 Offices)
New building; $36.7 million; current site;
construction January 2007 – August 2009
12 MT. PLEASANT ACADEMY
12
construction January 2007 – December
2008
13 PINCKNEY ELEMENTARY
13
14 SULLIVAN’S ISLAND ELEMENTARY
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Renovations and additions; $10 million;
construction begins April 2008 – January
2010
15 WANDO HIGH
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16 WHITESIDE ELEMENTARY
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New building; $21.6 million; site to be determined; construction January 2008 – August
2009
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Securing land for a new school; $3 million
19 New Middle School
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Securing land for a new school; $4 million
20 CLARK CORPORATE ACADEMY
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21 FORT JOHNSON MIDDLE
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(District 3 & 9 Offices)
222 HARBORVIEW ELEMENTARY
Design plans for a new building; current site;
$1.5 million
23 JAMES ISLAND CHARTER HIGH
23
Securing land for new athletic facilities; $2.7
million
24 JAMES ISLAND MIDDLE
24
25 JAMES ISLAND ELEMENTARY
25
26 MURRAY-LASAINE ELEMENTARY
26
27 STILES POINT ELEMENTARY
27
New building; $22.1 million; current site; construction June 2007 – May 2009
28 ACADEMIC MAGNET HIGH
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29 BIRNEY MIDDLE
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30 BRENTWOOD MIDDLE
30
31 BURNS ELEMENTARY
31
32 CHARLESTOWNE ACADEMY
32
33 CHICORA ELEMENTARY
33
Design plans for a new school building; current site; $1.5 million
34 CORCORAN ELEMENTARY
34
35 DUNSTON ELEMENTARY
35
36 CENTER OF ARTS AND ACADEMICS
36
A site that will house the School of the Arts
and Academic Magnet High School; cost for
School of the Arts is $53.3 million; cost for
Academic Magnet High School is 432 million;
Bonds-Wilson site; construction November
2006 – August 2009
37 FORD ELEMENTARY
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38 GARRETT ACADEMY OF
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TECHNOLOGY
39 GOODWIN ELEMENTARY
39
40 HUNLEY PARK ELEMENTARY
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41 HURSEY ELEMENTARY
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42 LADSON ELEMENTARY
43 LAMBS ELEMENTARY
43
44 MIDLAND PARK ELEMENTARY
44
45 MILITARY MAGNET ACADEMY
45
New middle school building; $14.1 million;
current site; construction September 2006 –
July 2008
46 MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE
46
47 NORTH CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY
47
48 NORTH CHARLESTON HIGH (Dis48
trict 4 Office) Expansion and renovation of
the current building; $26.1 million; current
site; construction May 2007 – August 2009
49 PEPPERHILL ELEMENTARY
49
50 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
50
51 STALL HIGH
51
New building; $50.9 million; site off Ashley
Phosphate Road; construction October 2006
– August 2009
52
52 New Middle School; $24.4 million; Dorchester Road near the county library;
construction February 2007 – August 2009
53 ANGEL OAK ELEMENTARY
53
54 FRIERSON ELEMENTARY
54
55 HAUT GAP MIDDLE
55
New building $16.6 million; current site; construction June 2008 — August 2010
56 New Elementary School: Securing land for
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a new school; $2.5 million
57 MT. ZION ELEMENTARY
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58 ST. JOHN’S HIGH
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59 ASHLEY RIVER CREATIVE ARTS ELE59
MENTARY
New building; $17.8 million; current site; construction June 2008 — August 2010
60 C.E. WILLIAMS MIDDLE
60
61 DRAYTON HALL ELEMENTARY
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62 MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL
62
63 OAKLAND ELEMENTARY
63
New building; $17.6 million; current site; construction June 2008 — August 2010
64 ORANGE GROVE CHARTER
64
New builiding; $25 million; current site; construction June 2007 – August 2009
65 ST. ANDREW’S MIDDLE
65
66 ST. ANDREWS SCHOOL OF MATH
AND SCIENCE
Design plans for a new building; $1 million;
current site
67 SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY
66
68 STONO PARK ELEMENTARY
67
Design plans for a new building; $1.3 million;
current site
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68 WEST ASHLEY HIGH
70 New Middle School
69
Securing land; $7.2 million
71 WEST ASHLEY MIDDLE
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(District 10 Office)
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72 BUIST ACADEMY
73 BURKE HIGH
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74 CHARLESTON PROGRESSIVE
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75 FRAZER ELEMENTARY
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76 MEMMINGER ELEMENTARY
76
77 MITCHELL ELEMENTARY
77
78 RIVERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
78
Deferred maintenance and renovation; $6.4
million; current site; construction July 2007 –
December 2008
79 SANDERS CLYDE ELEMENTARY
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construction begins October 2007 – August
2009
80 SIMONS ELEMENTARY
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81 BAPTIST HILL HIGH
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82
82 BLANEY ELEMENTARY
83 E.B. ELLINGTON ELEMENTARY
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New building; $13.2 million; site on U.S. Highway 17 near Jacksonboro Rd; construction
June 2008 — August 2010
84
84 JANE EDWARDS ELEMENTARY
85 MINNIE HUGHES ELEMENTARY
85
86 SCHRODER MIDDLE
86
(District 23 Office)
87 MURRAY HILL ACADEMY
87
New builiding; $8.6 million; site off Bonds
Avenue; construction currently underway
and will finish in September 2006
88 SPECIAL DAY SCHOOL
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Moving to a renovated and expanded
Charlestowne Academy; $5.6 million;
construction November 2007 – January
2009
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CHARLESTON PROGRESSIVE
ELEMENTARY #20
Wanda Wright-Sheats
382 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
(843) 720-2967
GOODWIN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Mary Reynolds
5501 Dorchester Road
North Charleston, SC 29418
(843) 767-5911
CHARLESTOWNE ACADEMY #4
Kathy Penick
5841 Rivers Avenue
(843) 746-1349
HARBOR VIEW
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL #3
Keith Mason
1576 Harbor View Road
Charleston, SC 29412-3223
(843) 762-2749
ASHLEY RIVER ELEMENTARY #10
Jayne Ellicott
1871 Wallace Road
(843) 763-1555
BAPTIST HILL HIGH SCHOOL #23
Raymond Davis
5117 Baptist Hill Road
Hollywood, SC 29449
(843) 889-2276
BIRNEY, ALICE MIDDLE
SCHOOL #4
Robert Cook
7750 Pinehurst Street
(843) 764-2212
BRENTWOOD MIDDLE
SCHOOL #4
LaWanda Glears
2685 Leeds Avenue
(843) 745-7097
BUIST ACADEMY #20
Sally Ballard
103 Calhoun Street
(843) 724-7750
BURKE HIGH SCHOOL #20
Charles Benton
244 President Street
(843) 579-4815
BURKE MIDDLE SCHOOL #20
Blondell Gadsden
244 President Street
(843) 579-4352
BURNS ELEMENTARY #4
Albert Villarreal
(843) 745-7113
C.C. BLANEY
ELEMENTARY #23
Cindy Smalls
7184 Highway 162
Hollywood, SC 29494
(843) 889-3992
C.E. WILLIAMS MIDDLE
SCHOOL #10
Judith Peterson
640 Butte Street
(843) 763-1529
CARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL #2
Carol Beckmann-Bartlett
3500 Thomas Cario Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466
(843) 856-4599
CLARKE CORPORATE
ACADEMY #3
Dr. Paula Gaffney
1929 Grimball Road
(843) 762-2774
CORCORAN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Kenneth Plaster
8585 Vistavia Road
(843) 764-2218
DRAYTON HALL
ELEMENTARY #10
John Cobb
3181 Ashley River Road
(843) 852-0678
DUNSTON, MATILDA F.
ELEMENTARY #4
Patty Schaffer
1825 Remount Road
(843) 745-7109
EAST COOPER MONTESSORI
OF MT. PLEASANT
188 Civitas Street
(843) 216-2883
EDWARDS, JAMES B.
ELEMENTARY #2
Thomas Lee
855 Von Kolnitz Road
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-3238
(843) 849-2805
EDWARDS, JANE
ELEMENTARY #23
Melissa Vandewiel
1960 Jane Edwards Road
Edisto Island, SC 29438
(843) 559-4171
ELLINGTON, E B
ELEMENTARY #23
Karen Hollinshead-Brown
5600 Ellington School Rd.
Ravenel, SC 29470
(843) 889-9411
FORT JOHNSON MIDDLE
SCHOOL #3
David Parler
1825 Camp Road
(843) 762-2740
HAUT GAP MIDDLE SCHOOL #9
Deborah Fickling
1861 Bohicket Road
Johns Island, SC 29455
(843) 559-6483
HUGHES, MINNIE
ELEMENTARY #23
Marguerite Middleton
8548 Willtown Road
Hollywood, SC 29494
(843) 889-2976
HUNLEY PARK
ELEMENTARY #4
Michael Ard
1000 Michigan Avenue
(843) 767-5914
HURSEY, MALCOM C.
ELEMENTARY #4
LaDene Conroy
4542 Simms Street
(843) 745-7015
JAMES ISLAND CHARTER
HIGH #3
Robert Bohnstengel
1000 Fort Johnson Road
(843) 762-2754
JAMES ISLAND
ELEMENTARY #3
Cathy Coleman
1872 Grimball Road
(843) 762-8240
MARY FORD ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Janice Malone
3180 Azalea Drive
(843) 745-7131
MCCLELLANVILLE MIDDLE
SCHOOL #1
William Price
711 Pinckney Street
McClellanville, SC 29458
(843) 577-0325
MEMMINGER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #20
Diane Ross
20 Beaufain Street
(843) 724-7778
MIDLAND PARK
Robert Candillo
2415 Midland Road
(843) 574-2183
MILITARY MAGNET
ACADEMY #4
Anderson Townsend
2950 Carner Avenue
(843) 745-7102
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #20
Anne Goodman
2 Perry Street
(843) 724-7262
MONTESSORI COMMUNITY
SCHOOL OF CHAS. #10
Kim Hay
2120 Wood Avenue
(843) 852-4881
JAMES ISLAND MIDDLE #3
Gary MacDonald
1484 Camp Road
(843) 762-2784
MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE
SCHOOL #4
Kala Goodwine
1999 Singley Lane
(843) 745-2000
JAMES SIMONS ELEMENTARY #20
William Dixon
741 King Street
(843) 805-6715
MOULTRIE MIDDLE SCHOOL #2
Jean Siewicki
1560 Mathis Ferry Road
(843) 849-2819
JENNIE MOORE
Karen Felder
1256 Hamlin Road
(843) 849-2815
MT. PLEASANT ACADEMY #2
Jane McGee-Davis
942 Whipple Road
(843) 849-2826
LADSON ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Reginald Bright
3321 Ladson Road
North Charleston, SC 29456-3905
(843) 764-2225
CHARLES PINCKNEY
Leanne Sheppard
(843) 856-4585
FRIERSON ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #9
Blondell Adams
6133 Maybank Highway
Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487
(843) 559-1182
LAMBS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Janice Timko
North Charleston, SC 29418-3736
(843) 767-5900
MURRAY-LASAINE
ELEMENTARY #3
Lara Latto
691 Riverland Drive
(843) 762-2765
ORANGE GROVE CHARTER
ELEMENTARY #10
Larry DiCenzo
1225 Orange Branch Road
(843) 763-1520
PEPPERHILL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Amy Mims
3300 Creola Road
(843) 767-5905
R.B. STALL HIGH
SCHOOL #4
Dan Conner
7749 Pinehurst Street
(843) 764-2200
SANDERS-CLYDE
MiShawna Moore
220 Nassau Street
(843) 724-7783
SCHRODER R.D. MIDDLE
SCHOOL #23
Raymond Davis
7224 Highway 162
Hollywood, SC 29449
(843) 889-2391
SEPARATE SCHOOL
PROGRAMS #4
Stephanie White
1800-A Pearly Avenus
(843) 566-8893
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY #10
Jacquline Dinge
2741 Clover Street
(843) 763-1538
ST. ANDREW’S ELEMENTARY #10
Kevin Conklin
30 Chadwick Drive
(843) 763-1503
ST. ANDREW'S MIDDLE
SCHOOL
Benjamin Bragg
721 Wappoo Road
(843) 763-1533
ST. JAMES-SANTEE
ELEMENTARY #1
Lerah Smith-Lee
8900 Highway 17 North
McClellanville, SC 29458-9422
(843) 723-0863
ST. JOHN’S HIGH SCHOOL #9
Kenneth Wilson
1518 Main Road
John’s Island, SC 29455
(843) 559-6400
STILES POINT ELEMENTARY #3
Steve Burger
883 Mikell Drive
(843) 762-2767
SUSAN G. BOYKIN
ACADEMY
Dee Gathers
4851 Rivers Avenue
(843) 744-8882
WANDO HIGH SCHOOL #2
Lucy Beckham
1000 Warrior Way
(843) 849-2830
WEST ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL
#10
Mary Runyon
4060 W. Wildcat Blvd
(843) 573-1201
WEST ASHLEY MIDDLE
SCHOOL #10
Jennifer Coker
1776 Kennerty Drive
(843) 763-1546
WHITESIDES ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #2
Lona Pounder
1120 Rifle Range Road
(843) 849-2838
YOUTHBUILD CHARTER
SCHOOL
Annette Goodwin
7555 North Spartan Blvd.
North Charleston SC 29420
(843) 553-1474
ASSOCIATE
SUPERINTENDENTS
DISTRICT 1 & 2
Dr. Lynda Davis
665 Coleman Blvd.
(843) 849-2878
Fax: (843) 849-2860
DISTRICT 3 & 9
Dr. Doug Gepford
1825-B Camp Road
(843)762-2780
Fax: (843)762-2798
DISTRICT 4 & 10
(ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS)
Dr. Vashti Washington
4720 Jenkins Avenue
(843)745-7150
Fax: (843)566-7799
DISTRICT 4 & 10 (MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOLS)
Patricia Yandle
725 Wappoo Road
(843) 763-1500
Fax: (843)769-2251
DISTRICT 20 & 23
Earl Choice
1002 King Street
(843)937-6597
Fax: (843) 937-6600
Achievement
South Carolina has several testing
programs that are designed to hold
schools and districts accountable for
the achievement of their students. This
is a look at the testing programs, what
they are designed to measure and why
standards are becoming more difficult
to reach.
All students in grades 3 through 8
take the Palmetto Achievement
Challenge Tests (PACT) at the end of
the school year in English/ Language
Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social
Studies.
All students in their second year of
high school, regardless of their grade
level, take the High School Exit
Examination (HSAP). Students must
pass both sections of HSAP –
English/Language
Arts
and
Mathematics – in order to receive a
state high school diploma.
The End-of-Course Examination
Program (or EOCEP) is the most
recent addition to statewide testing.
Students enrolled in Algebra I or Math
for the Technologies II are required to
take the state’s Algebra I exam. End-ofcourse exams are also administered to
students enrolled in English I and
Physical Science. Students taking U.S.
History and Constitution will have an
end-of-course exam this spring for the
first time, but these students will not
get scores because this administration is
a “field test.”
PACT scores are used to determine
elementary and middle school Report
Card Absolute and Improvement ratings of student achievement, which are
components of South Carolina’s
accountability system.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is the
federal government’s accountability system -- enacted as part of the No Child
Left Behind legislation. AYP also uses
PACT scores, but AYP adds student given much time last year to provide
attendance for accountability for grades this documentation, but this year the
3 through 8.
AYP uses requirements are clear and our high
English/Language Arts and Math schools will be better prepared to proscores only, while the state Report Card vide the necessary documents.
recently added Science and Social
The District Report Card was revised
Studies.
last year (2005-06) and this caused a
For high schools, AYP calculations decline in the Absolute ratings for
use HSAP results for achievement and Charleston County and many other
graduation rates instead of student school districts. No district in the state
attendance.
was rated Excellent for the 2005-06
The state’s School Report Card rat- school year, and only 9% of the state’s
ings for high schools are based on four districts rated Good.
components:
This is how District report cards are
• The percent of students who pass calculated and why the CCSD rating
both sections of HSAP on their dropped from Good for two years in a
row to Below Average last year:
first attempt;
Sixty percent of the overall Absolute
• The percent of students who pass
both sections of HSAP within two rating is based on PACT scores, 30% is
years after taking it for the first based on the District’s four-year graduation rate, 5% is based on the percent
time
• The percent of passing scores (70 of high school students passing both
or higher) on all of the state end- sections of HSAP on their first attempt,
and the remaining 5% is based on the
of-course tests administered;
• The four-year graduation rate, i.e., End-of-Course passing rate. Our
the percentage of students enrolled PACT results and HSAP results were
for the first time in ninth grade Average, the End-of-Course results
four years earlier who earn a state were Good, but the four-year graduation rate was Below Average. The
high school diploma.
Students who take more than four increased weighting of graduation rate
years to graduate with a state diploma, from the previous year caused the overstudents who earn a GED, and stu- all District rating to drop.
dents who receive a cerNumber of Schools Rated “Excellent” or “Good”
tificate are not considered “graduates” and 40
actually lower a school’s 35
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FORT JOHNSON
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MOULTRIE
ORANGE GROVE
SANDERS-CLYDE
SPRINGFIELD
JAMES ISLAND CHARTER HIGH
BLANEY
CHARLESTOWNE ACADEMY (ELEM)
CHARLESTON PROGRESSIVE (ELEM)
DUNSTON
HUNLEY PARK
JAMES ISLAND (ELEM)
JAMES ISLAND (MIDDLE)
JANE EDWARDS (MIDDLE)
LAMBS
LINCOLN
OAKLAND
STONO PARK
A.C. CORCORAN
ANGEL OAK
CHARLESTOWNE ACADEMY (MIDDLE)
CHICORA
FRIERSON
GOODWIN
JAMES SIMONS
JANE EDWARDS (ELEM)
LADSON
MARY FORD
MC CLELLANVILLE
MEMMINGER
MIDLAND PARK
MITCHELL
MT. ZION
MURRAY-LASAINE
PEPPERHILL
ST. JAMES-SANTEE
WEST ASHLEY (HIGH)
WEST ASHLEY (INTERM)
WEST ASHLEY (MIDDLE)
ALICE BIRNEY
BAPTIST HILL
BRENTWOOD
BURNS
BURKE (MIDDLE)
BURKE (HIGH)
CHARLESTON PROGRESSIVE (MIDDLE)
CLARK ACADEMY
FRASER
HAUT GAP
HURSEY
MILITARY MAGNET
MORNINGSIDE
N. CHARLESTON (ELEM)
N. CHARLESTON (HIGH)
ST. JOHN’S
STALL
CHAS. DEVEL. ACAD. (CHARTER)
SUSAN G. BOYKIN (CHARTER)
Did not meet AYP
LAING MIDDLE SCHOOL #2
Deborah Price
2213 Highway 17 North
(843) 849-2809
MURRAY HILL
ACADEMY #4
Lee Gilliard
2670 Bonds Avenue
(843) 745-9540
OAKLAND ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #10
Deitra Brown
2728 Arlington Drive
(843) 763-1510
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND
ELEMENTARY #2
Susan King
2015 I’On Avenue
Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482-9799
(843) 883-3118
Met AYP
CCSD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS #4
Rose Maree Myers
1600 Saranac Street
(843) 529-4990
FRASER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #20
Annette Gadsden
63 Columbus Street
(843) 724-7767
MT. ZION ELEMENTARY #9
Deborah Fordham
3464 River Road
(843) 559-3841
NORTH CHARLESTON HIGH
SCHOOL #4
John David Colwell
1087 E. Montague Avenue
(843) 745-7140
STONO PARK ELEMENTARY #10
Ruth Taylor
1699 Garden Street
(843) 763-1507
Excellence = Accountability For Student
STATE ABSOLUTE ACHIEVEMENT RATINGS 2005-2006
BELLE HALL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #2
Terri Nichols
385 Egypt Road
(843) 849-2841
CHICORA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL #4
Camille Lee
1912 Success Street
(843) 745-7099
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL #1
Michell Glover
714 Lincoln School Road
McClellanville, SC 29458
(843) 577-0970
NORTH CHARLESTON
Charles Cavileer
4921 Durant Avenue
(843) 745-7107
UNSATISFACTORY (20)
ANGEL OAK ELEMENTARY #9
LaToya Thomas
6134 Chisolm Road
(843) 559-6412
LAUREL HILL ELEMENTARY #2
Michael Antonelli
(843) 856-4585
BELOW AVERAGE (21)
GARRETT ACADEMY OF
TECHNOLOGY #4
David Parsons
2731 Gordon Street
(843) 745-7126
AVERAGE (12)
CHARLESTON
DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
Cecelia Gordon Rogers
233 Line Street
(843) 722-2689
ACADEMIC MAGNET
ASHLEY RIVER
BELLE HALL
BUIST ACADEMY (ELEM)
BUIST ACADEMY (MIDDLE)
CHARLESTOWNE ACADEMY (HIGH)
CHARLES PINCKNEY
GARRETT ACADEMY
HARBOR VIEW
JAMES B. EDWARDS
JENNIE MOORE
MT. PLEASANT ACADEMY
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (MIDDLE)
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (HIGH)
ST. ANDREWS
STILES POINT
SULLIVANS ISLAND
WANDO
WHITESIDES
EAST COOPER MONT. (CHARTER)
GOOD (12)
ACADEMIC MAGNET HIGH
SCHOOL #4
Michael Tolley
1425 Avenue B South
(843) 746-1300
MAY 2007 | 11
EXCELLENT (20)
Charleston County School Contact Information
Quest
12 | MAY 2007
Quest
Charleston Plan
2006 – 2007 Calendar
December 2007
May 2007
7 - 22
28
29 - 6/4
PACT Testing & Make Up Testing
Holiday/Memorial Day — Schools and Office Closed
Exams
5
6
7
Half day for students
Last Student Day — (180th day) — Half day for students
(10) Workday/No Students
July 2007
4
TBA
19 - 1/2
24, 25, 26
Winter Break – No School for Students
Holiday/Offices Closed (holiday for all employees)
January 2008
June 2007
4th of July Holiday (Schools and Offices Closed)
New Teacher Orientation (All New Teachers & Teachers
hired under a Letter of Agreement in 06-07 returning
under contract in 07-08)
1
2
3
16
17
18
21
Holiday/Offices Closed
District Wide Professional Development — No Students
Students return
End of 1st Semester (90th day)
Professional Development Day — No Students
Teacher Workday — No Students
Holiday/Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — Schools & Offices
Closed
February 2008
6
18
Early Dismissal/Parent Conferences
Holiday/Presidents’ Day — Schools Closed
August 2007
15
16
17
20
21
District Wide Professional Development — No Students
Professional Development School-based — No Students
First day for students
March 2008
21 - 28
21 & 24
31
September 2007
April 2008
3
2
4
22
23
24
22 - 5/2
Holiday/Labor Day — Schools and Offices Closed
October 2007
23
24
24
25
26
23 - 11/2
HSAP Fall Testing ELA — Day 1
End of 1st grading period (45th day)
HSAP Fall Testing ELA — Day 2
HSAP Fall Testing Mathematics
HSAP Fall Make Up Testing
Spring Break — No School for Students, Teachers
Spring Holiday — Schools and Offices Closed
School Resumes for Students
End of 3rd grading period (135th day)
HSAP Spring Testing ELA — Day 1
HSAP Spring Testing ELA — Day 2
HSAP Spring Testing Mathematics
HSAP Spring Make Up Testing
May 2008
12 - 23
26
PACT Spring Testing & Make Up Testing
Holiday/Memorial Day — Schools and Office Closed
Exams (TBA)
November 2007
7
21 - 23
22 & 23
Early Dismissal/Parent Conferences
Wed.-Fri. Holiday/Thanksgiving – Schools Closed
Thurs. & Fri. Holiday/Thanksgiving — Offices Closed
Notes: End of Course exams are TBA after week(s) of finals are determined.
Inclement Weather Make-up Days for Students: June 5,6,9
Inclement Weather Make-up Days for Teachers: June 6,9,10
for accountability and system-wide
evaluation.
Two to three times each year we
conduct district-level accountability
reviews and require principals and
associate superintendents to explain
and analyze data in a collegial setting. Building level leaders must
show the link between test results,
budgetary expenditures, and instructional strategies. Central Office
administrators keep a record of
results and they follow up with
schools and principals that need
assistance. We have a system where
everyone is accountable for student
success.
ACCELERATING PROGRESS
While Phase I (2003-2006) of the
Charleston Plan for Excellence has
successfully built a foundation for
success we recognize the need to
improve the consistency of our
implementation and accelerate
progress. This school year we introduced “Annual Growth Targets” that
tell our schools how much improvement is expected. We launched the
“50 Day Countdown to PACT
Testing” to increase supports to
teachers and students and help them
do well on our state test.
Our work will continue to be
refined in the next phase of the
Charleston Plan for Excellence. We
are confident that if we stay on
course, all of our schools will reach
great heights and all of our children
will be able to reach for the stars.
Conversation continued from page 3
June 2008
4
5
6
A CONTINUUM OF CARE
literally moving students to different
We have learned in the last three
teachers based upon their needs and years, that in addition to our basic
talents. This approach is sometimes instructional program we need altercalled “Walk to Read” or “March to native approaches for students who
Math” since students may leave their have fallen behind. Significant
classroom and/or grade to attend a efforts have been put into place for
learning group that is designed for students who need specialized help
them. These strategies, once rare, are either academically and behaviorally.
now common practices in our eleOverage middle school students
mentary and middle schools.
have benefited from our Middle
Grades Acceleration Project (MSUPPORTS TO ACCELERATE
GAP) and elementary students have
SUCCESS
made extraordinary progress in EChanges in classroom practices do GAP, the Elementary Grades
not happen consistently across a Acceleration Project. Through the
large school district without an Office of Exceptional Children we
effective implementation strategy.
are greatly improving our services to
Three years ago we created a posi- children with special needs. We also
tion called “Teacher Coach” to help hired a parent liaison and are reachclassroom teachers learn the cur- ing out to parents and helping them
riculum, understand student data, secure appropriate educational proand develop instructional expertise grams for their children.
in the classroom. Teacher coaches
Additionally, we are working to
provide professional development create more opportunities for gifted
and support. They have been and talented students. We have
extremely valuable in helping our recently secured a one million dollar
principals move the academic grant to expand Advanced
reforms into the classroom and Placement programs in some of our
improve the quality of instruction high poverty schools.
across the district.
In every part of the county our ACCOUNTABILITY
Associate Superintendents work to
improve instruction in the schools relies on data based decision making
in their district. Each district has a at every level. Schools are using stu“Coherence Team” staffed with dent data.
Public displays of
instructional experts. They provide progress toward our goals are now
on-site professional development visible in nearly every school. We
and “over the shoulder” coaching to have “Scorecards” for our principals
help schools become more effective. and other district leaders that we use
Half day for students
Last Student Day (180th day) Half day for students
July 2008
HSAP Testing (TBA)
improve the quality of life for all of its
citizens.
More than half of our school children live in poverty. Far too many of
our children spend their childhood
worrying about having enough food,
clothing and school supplies and
whether they are receiving proper care
and their basic needs. Far too often,
our schools are expected to fill the void.
Let us resolve to eradicate poverty
and put it in a museum like we do any
other social injustice. Hopefully, one
day, we can look back at this piece of
our history and ask, “how did we ever
let this happen?” Let us now work
MAY 2007 | 13
Newsweek Magazine named the
Academic Magnet the 10th best high
school in the U.S.
for Excellence Means Fortifying our Schools
continued from page 4
Quest
together to build a healthy and sustainable community for all -- not just for
some. Our future depends on it.
Thank you for the trust you put in
the School Board as we ask the hard
questions, confront the brutal realities,
and do what is right for the 43,000
children in our public schools.
In 2006 CCSD graduates earned
more than $33 million in college
scholarship money.
Chicora Elementary School is the
first and only SC school to receive
the National Change Award for
dramatic improvement.
Ms. Mary Reynolds of Goodwin
Elementary School was named the
best elementary school principal in
the state.
Twenty Charleston County schools
were recognized by the State
Department of Education for Closing
the Achievement Gap. This is an
increase from 13 schools last year
and from eight schools two years ago.
A CCSD student was the only
student in South Carolina to score a
perfect 2400 on the SAT.
SAT scores have increased 30 points
in the last 5 years.
CCSD received more Palmetto Gold
and Silver Awards than any other
district in SC — a total of 26.
The percentage of students with
scores of 3 or higher on AP exams
increased in 2006 to 62% and was
the highest in the history of the
District. (The state average is 55%.)
CCSD has 335 Nationally Board
Certified Teachers, and ranks 20th in
the nation in number of certified
teachers.
CCSD has added eight new early
childhood classes in the last 2 years
for at-risk children. 970 of the CD
students began the year in the
bottom half nationally and 735 of
them improved enough to score in
the top half nationally by the end of
the year.
Out of every budget dollar, 78
percent directly supports the
schools, while 3.5 percent supports
the administration of CCSD.
14 | MAY 2007
Quest
Making Notable
Progress In the Quest for
Excellence
continued from page 1
Language Arts, Algebra, Geometry,
Science and Biology. We now have a
clear, understandable outline of the
material students should master at
each grade level and for each course
designed to make sure that all schools
are teaching the S.C. standards.
This also helps keep students on track
when they move between schools, ensuring that the standards taught on John’s
Island are the same on Sullivan’s Island.
We are using Measures of
Academic Progress or MAP to regularly benchmark student improvement. All students Kindergarten10th grade take this test at regular
intervals throughout the year. This
information is designed to help
teachers tailor instruction to each
student’s strengths and weaknesses.
Differentiated Instruction is a system-wide teaching strategy. This is
how teachers make adjustments for
individual student needs. Teachers
meet in groups by grade level or by
course content area to determine
how students may be better grouped
for instruction. The makeup of these
groups is flexible since some students
are strong in reading but weak in
math or other areas.
We have assigned Teacher Coaches
to support teachers in the schools
and improve the quality of instruction across the District by moving
academic reforms into the classroom.
We have also provided intervention
strategies, such as READ 180, and
Academy of Reading and Math, to
help struggling students.
We have reorganized the Department
of Exceptional Children, and the recent
positive state department audit is a testament to the success of these efforts.
We now have a Special Education
Parent Advocate, and we have made
great strides with the challenge of filling
all of our special education teacher
vacancies—starting the year with only
three vacancies.
Our acceleration programs for overaged students, alternative schools, and
additional early childhood classes and
ESOL classes have all supported turnaround improvement.
How does this translate to our students? It means that more than half of
our schools are doing exceptionally
well academically, and that the other
schools still have more work to do.
We know that our students will be
successful when the essentials of the
Charleston Plan for Excellence are
properly implemented in each and
every classroom.
1. Effective leadership
2. Implementation of the Coherent
Curriculum
3. Measures of Academic Progress
4. Quality Teaching in every classroom
5. Extended Learning Time
6. Professional Development to
support teachers
7. Safe Schools
8. Engaged parent community
And we must find a way to provide
early childhood education to all of
our at-risk 4 year olds to begin the
permanent fix to the system.
Fifty-one percent of our students
live in poverty. We must close the
gap in performance. We can make
more progress by preparing our 4
year olds prior to attending kindergarten more easily than we can in the
later grades. The permanent fix is to
create a system where students come
to school ready to learn.
Research shows that taxpayers gain
17 dollars for every dollar spent on
high-quality preschool. Students
who participate in high quality early
childhood programs are less likely to
repeat one or more grades; they have
higher high school graduation rates,
earn higher wages as adults, and are
far less likely to be arrested. Our own
district data has shown tremendous
gains for 4 year olds in preschool
programs.
In our 51 early childhood classes
last year, 970 of the students tested at
Photo by Larry Monteith
Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson works with a student at Jennie Moore Elementary as Charleston
County Teacher of the Year Cassie Norvell, right, looks on.
the beginning of the year in the
BOTTOM half nationally and 735
of them improved enough to score in
the TOP half nationally by the end
of the year.
Early childhood education is
an expensive, but very necessary,
investment.
CORE STRATEGY 2: Best Financial
and Business Practices
Under the leadership of our CFO,
Mr. Don Kennedy, the district has
significantly improved its business
and financial practices. We have
made tremendous strides.
We actually have a positive fund
balance of $11.6 million for the first
time in years and we were able to
reduce or repurpose $12 million in
the budget this year.
More than three-fourths of the budget — 78 percent — goes to direct
student support — and we are in the
midst of our second comprehensive
and much-needed school construction program that will lead to 17 new
schools and four total renovations.
Moving forward, Don will lead us
through the District funding realities
of the new state laws. We are fortunate for his leadership because the
way we fund public education in SC
has changed dramatically.
The state has capped the millage
for school districts and local governing bodies and we no longer have fiscal autonomy.
Beginning July 1st, a significant
portion of our General Operating
Fund will be financed through a
statewide one-cent sales tax instead
of through local residential taxes. For
next year, our funding revenues will
remain essentially the same.
However, our operational costs —
things like contracts and gas for
school buses — and mandatory
increases for things like teacher raises
and charter schools are going up.
This means that we will likely have a
serious budget shortfall to contend
with in the coming months. And this
doesn’t even take into consideration
things we would like to add to the
budget, like more early childhood
classes and additional support for
failing schools.
Our message about the budget has
to be very clear to parents and all
invested in public education:
Because of these realities, the community needs to fully understand
where we are now, what we need to
move forward, and the financial
challenges ahead.
While State funding has become
more and more restrictive and state
standards continue to accelerate, the
acceleration of student progress cannot be equally limited.
For the last two years, we have
reduced or repurposed the budget by
10 percent; and we will continue to
evaluate the budget, analyze the
effectiveness of our programs and
make cuts and modifications where
necessary — but we must fortify all
of our schools. We have 39 schools
that will continue to require additional resources to make progress.
CORE STRATEGY 3: Accountability
and Evaluation
Accountability means setting performance goals and giving people the
tools to succeed. It means holding
ourselves accountable and making
changes as needed.
The Charleston Plan for Excellence
requires district-level accountability
reviews twice annually and requires
principals and associate superintendents to publicly explain and analyze
each school’s data. We require a link
between test results, budgetary expenditures and instructional strategies.
These reviews have taught us that
we must be even more explicit about
what we expect and that we must
define accountability at all levels.
Our expectations must be clearly
defined at the classroom level
because nothing is more important
than what happens in the classroom.
CORE STRATEGY 4: Integrated
Public Engagement
Educators have long known that
parents are crucial partners in a
school’s success, and we pledge to
you that this year you will see a
renewed commitment to parental
and civic engagement.
We have not done enough to reach
out to parents. We can and will do
more. The front office staff will
receive customer service training, and
parents will have ample opportunity
to give input on major decisions
through the new Parent Engagement
Protocol. This protocol was devised
with the help of the Superintendent’s
Parent Advisory Council, which
meets with me regularly.
We will do our part. We owe it to
parents. All I ask is that parents get
involved — at whatever level they can.
Going forward, we need to engage
all of our stakeholders more fully in
the Charleston Plan for Excellence.
We are grateful for the support of
parents, legislators, the higher
education community, and our
many, many generous business partners. We are grateful to the 75 business leaders who participated in
Principal for a Day and have pledged
to continue to support their partner
school.
We must and will continue to pursue public/private partnerships to
increase and maintain improvements.
We are planning to create
Preservation High, which has
received initial funding from the
World Monument Fund.
The Chamber of Commerce and
the City of Charleston have stepped
up to the challenge and agreed to be
partners to create High Tech High.
We have many other exciting and
evolving partnerships. The YMCA is
partnering with the District’s afterschool programs on physical fitness
and wellness. World-renowned artist
Jonathan Green and the Charleston
fine arts community are working
with us on the new Sanders Clyde
Elementary, which will bring an arts
emphasis to downtown students.
Wachovia, First Federal and
Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union
are helping finance The New Teacher
Project, which will help attract more
certified teachers.
The College of Charleston continues to be a wonderful partner and is
helping us restore excellence to
Burke High School and return it to a
place of academic prominence.
Building on this successful model,
the Citadel, Trident Tech and
Charleston Southern University are
also in discussions with us about
partnering with three other highneeds schools.
CORE STRATEGY 5: Safe Schools
Three and a half years ago when I
came to the district, safety for students and teachers was an enormous
concern in our schools. Thanks to
the Department of Prevention and
Intervention, things are different
now — they are much better.
We now have Murray Hill Academy
to provide an alternative setting for
students who disrupt and have behavioral problems. While this isn’t a perfect fix, this option increases safety at
other schools and gives many students
a structured opportunity to turn their
lives in the proper direction.
We have an anti-bullying task force
working to eliminate the frustrations
of intimidation and harassment.
We have added new Student
Concern Specialists and other staff to
support safety efforts in the schools.
And we’ve increased the number
of schools implementing the model
of Positive Behavioral Support —
from 17 to 36 schools — almost all
of these schools have seen a dramatic decrease in suspensions. We plan
to boost the number of schools
using the Positive Behavioral
Support model and we will be
relentless in our strides to ensure
that every school is safe and orderly—providing an environment in
which teachers can teach and students can learn.
CORE STRATEGY 6: High
Performance Organization
In talking about CCSD as a high
performance organization, I must
talk about our teachers.
I was so excited to learn that we
ranked as the 20th highest district in
the nation (out of 16,000 plus districts) in the number of teachers who
earned National Board Certification
this year.
I was excited, but not surprised.
For our teachers are surely our
greatest assets.
Our 3,500 passionate professionals
tackle an inordinate number of issues
every day, besides math and science,
with grace … bringing a higher purpose to the lives of our 43,000 students. Everything in this organization
should exist to help teachers do their
job of teaching our students well.
We will continually strive to
improve our organizational effectiveness to support student achievement. For instance, we know that
school leadership is one of the keys
to success.
We have changed the leadership in
schools where we haven’t seen the
expected progress. Since 2003 we
have changed the leadership in 37
percent of our schools and 76 per-
Quest
MAY 2007 | 15
cent of our Below Average and
Unsatisfactory rated schools now
have new principals.
Along with these accomplishments, however, we have some BRUTAL FACTS — we must face and
address. As Jim Collins, author of
Good to Great, would remind us …
you have to put the brutal facts on
the table and deal with them.
While we have many achievements
to be proud of and 41 highly successful schools, we still have the reality of 39 schools that are not performing where they need to be. We
have 18 unsatisfactory rated schools,
and we have 21 schools that are
rated below average.
This number has increased since
2003 — not the direction we want
to go.
Every year, the standards rise, making them more and more difficult to
meet. South Carolina standards are
among the highest in the country —
in fact, in the top 3. This means that
a school in another state that performed lower than a Charleston
County school could actually come
out with a better rating than a
Charleston County school.
As you see, our challenges are
great, but the Charleston Plan for
Excellence is our path to schools that
will make all of us proud.
In closing I have a message for all
of the students we serve from all of
us in the CCSD family:
We care about you.
We know you can succeed, and we
will support you every step of the way.
I am optimistic for the future —
and for all of the students of
Charleston County.
The expectations that my mother
has of me have shaped the expectations I have as superintendent.
Emulate quality and expect quality.
Do it right the first time or keep
doing it over until it is right.
Do not say — or even think — “I
can’t.”
We can and we will reach our goal
of making Charleston proud of all its
schools. That is my pledge and my
commitment to all of you. You can
look forward to a brighter 2007 with
higher achieving schools for all of
our students!
Together, we will create our future.
We have no other choice.
CONGRATULATIONS
to the students, faculty and staff for your work
Closing the Achievement Gap!
Harbor View Elementary
Sanders-Clyde Elementary
Buist Academy
Minnie Hughes Elementary
Springfield Elementary
Belle Hall Elementary
E B Ellington Elementary
St Andrews School of Math & Science
Charleston School of the Arts
Jennie Moore Elementary
Stono Park Elementary
Charles Pinckney Elementary
Oakland Elementary
Mamie Whitesides Elementary
James Island Elementary
Orange Grove Elementary
Ashley River Creative Arts
Drayton Hall Elementary
Matilda F Dunston Elementary
C E Williams Middle School

Progress In the Quest for Making Notable

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