Post by admin on Mar 22, 2008 8:47:03 GMT -5
Check out the schools site. There are some nice bits of news hitting it as well as the budget presentation that 99.9999999 percent of us did not attend. Here is the cut and paste of a press relese found on that site. It is good news. The budget cannot be cut and pasted because it is PDF. Go to the site and read it for yourself.
www.freeholdboro.k12.nj.us/
District News
The NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT...
Freehold Boro MAKING THE GRADE!
Press Release 3/20/2008
The Freehold Borough School District was notified today by the New Jersey Department of Education that all of their schools (Freehold Learning Center, Park Avenue Elementary, and Freehold Intermediate School) have made the benchmarks for Adequate Yearly Progress or safe harbor. Previously, the NJDOE incorrectly identified Park Avenue Elementary as not making AYP in the special education subgroup in language arts literacy. However, this status was changed after rescore of state assessments. Therefore, Park Avenue Elementary, like FLC and FIS, made all 41 out of 41 indicators for student achievement and attendance. For more information on AYP and student achievement, please visit www.nj.gov/education/title1/accountability/.
This news marks unprecedented growth in student achievement in the Freehold Borough Schools. While the average achievement growth in math and language arts literacy is between approximately 0 and 2% for each district factor group (NJDOE assessment scores, 2002-2007), the Freehold Borough Schools (total population and subgroups) have demonstrated growth well above this number since 2006. Most notable, this has been done without an adequately funded budget or essential resources needed. In 2007, the district cut numerous teaching and support positions, and also a math supervisor.
This district expects to continue its growth in student achievement in mathematics, science and language arts literacy. Most recently, the school district has retooled its entire mathematics and language arts literacy curriculums developed a new professional development model that targets individual teacher and school needs, written grants to address student needs in areas such as literacy and technology, and focused on research based initiatives that are appropriate for all children.
www.freeholdboro.k12.nj.us/
District News
The NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT...
Freehold Boro MAKING THE GRADE!
Press Release 3/20/2008
The Freehold Borough School District was notified today by the New Jersey Department of Education that all of their schools (Freehold Learning Center, Park Avenue Elementary, and Freehold Intermediate School) have made the benchmarks for Adequate Yearly Progress or safe harbor. Previously, the NJDOE incorrectly identified Park Avenue Elementary as not making AYP in the special education subgroup in language arts literacy. However, this status was changed after rescore of state assessments. Therefore, Park Avenue Elementary, like FLC and FIS, made all 41 out of 41 indicators for student achievement and attendance. For more information on AYP and student achievement, please visit www.nj.gov/education/title1/accountability/.
This news marks unprecedented growth in student achievement in the Freehold Borough Schools. While the average achievement growth in math and language arts literacy is between approximately 0 and 2% for each district factor group (NJDOE assessment scores, 2002-2007), the Freehold Borough Schools (total population and subgroups) have demonstrated growth well above this number since 2006. Most notable, this has been done without an adequately funded budget or essential resources needed. In 2007, the district cut numerous teaching and support positions, and also a math supervisor.
This district expects to continue its growth in student achievement in mathematics, science and language arts literacy. Most recently, the school district has retooled its entire mathematics and language arts literacy curriculums developed a new professional development model that targets individual teacher and school needs, written grants to address student needs in areas such as literacy and technology, and focused on research based initiatives that are appropriate for all children.