DOS PALOS-ORO LOMA JUSD

RE-ORGANIZATIONPROS AND CONS

November 2007

Configurations that won’t work…

1. K–12

2. K–8

3. K–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–12

Configurations to Consider

1. K-5

2. K-2, 3-5

3. K-2, 3-6

4. K-3, 4-6

5. K-1, 2-5

K-5 Pro’s

1. More Collaboration2. More vertical articulation3. Reduced transitions4. Multiple grade levels tested5. Control capacity to meet staffing ratios6. No breaks in learning to read and language

acquisition7. Siblings on same campus8. Admin. Knowledge base. . .9. Discipline long term/consistent10. More teaching flexibility in assignments

K-5 Con’s

1. Boundaries

2. Waivers

3. Polarized community

4. Program improvement

5. Dissention amongst teachers

6. Decrease parent involvement

7. Less enrollment, less money

8. Created a high / low / forgotten school

K-2 3-5 Pro’s

1. Lay community concerns to rest

2. Let people believe students not separated by social/economic levels

3. No boundaries

4. Some teachers and staff would be pleased

5. Easier to “house” materials

6. ?All students/parents on one site of a grade level ?

7. Efficient use of current facilities

K-2 3-5 Con’s

1. Testing – one grade level at one site – could cause Program Improvement in 3 years

2. Limited to no articulation of instruction, rules, sense of community

3. Too many transitions in sites of attendance4. Parents have the increased possibility of having

children at multiple sites5. Coordination to place teachers at grade level/sites

for expertise6. Potential combination classes7. Bubbles with few young children on older campus or

few old children on younger campus

K-2 3-5 Con’s (continued)

8. No choice except one school for Program Improvement

9. Too many teachers on one grade level for frequent training and collaboration

10. Limits employee teacher choice for area of expertise (grade level)

11. Loss of intense sense of accountability K-2 vs. 3-5 – high sense of accountability

12. Limited comparability of campuses across state.

Scenario #1: 2 K-5’s (current configuration)

A. Current configuration AT 2 K-5’s 1. Marks Elementary

a. Marks Elementary has current CBED enrollment of 422 regular education students.

b. 19/28 classrooms are currently being utilized.c. Due to the fact that only 19 classrooms are being utilized, there

is 1 vacant classroom and the flexibility to use 8 other possible classrooms for alternative programs including Special Education.

d. Currently using extra classrooms for:1) Reading Recovery2) Parent Room3) AIM Coaches Room4) RSP5) CELDT6) Computer Lab7) SDC8) Print Shop

Scenario #1: 2 K-5’s Current Configuration (continued)

A. Current configuration at 2 K-5’s

2. Dos Palos Elementarya. DPE has current CBED enrollment of 612 regular education

students.

b. 28/36 classrooms are being utilized.

c. Due to the fact that only 28 classrooms are being utilized, there is the flexibility to use 8 other possible classrooms for alternative programs, including Special Education.

d. Currently using extra classrooms for:1) SDC

2) Literacy

3) Computer Lab

4) RSP

5) Intervention

6) CELDT

7) Media Book Storage

8) Parent Coordination Room

Scenario #2: K-2 / 3-5

A. K-2 / 3-5 Configuration 1. Dos Palos Elementary

a. Dos Palos Elementary would have 544 students as a K-2 school.

b. 27-28 classrooms would be necessary to hold these students. c. Since 27-28/36 classrooms will be utilized, there is still

flexibility to hold the current 8 alternative programs at this site.1) The question is would all of these programs be necessary at

this site as only a k-2 school?

2. Marks Elementary, the 3-5 Schoola. Marks Elementary would have 490 students as a 3-5 school. b. 19-20 classrooms will be necessary to accommodate these

students. c. Since only 19-20/28 classrooms would be utilized, Marks

could preserve its 8 alternative programs using the 8-9 extra classrooms.

d. No additional portables would need to be purchased to accommodate the rest of the programs.