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Valdez City School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Alaska. The district has a graduation rate of 93%.[1]
Website evaluation
The good
- School board members, their terms, their positions and their contact information is posted on the district's website.[2]
- School board policies are posted.[3]
- Administrative officials and their contact information are listed on the website.[4]
- Report cards for the district for the 2007-08[5] and 2008-09[6] academic years are available on the website and provide information about academic performance.
- Presentations on budgets for FY08[7] and FY10[8] are posted.
The bad
- The website does not provide information regarding background checks, although the application for a certified position does state that a favorable record check will be a condition of any offer of employment.[9]
- No tax information is posted on the website.
- Although budget information is posted for two years, budget for FY09 is not found.
- Audit information is not found on the district's website.
- No contract information is available.
- No information regarding how to make a request for public records is found on the district's website.
School Board
| Name
|
Position
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Term Expires
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| Laurie Hull-Engles |
President |
2011
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| Grace Huhndorf |
President |
2011
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| Dolores Gard |
Treasurer |
2010
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| Kathleen Todd |
Clerk |
2012
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| Duane Edelman |
Member |
2010
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| Dan Walker |
Member |
2011
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| David Walker |
Member |
2012
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[2]
Academic Performance
The district did not meet Annual Yearly Progress standards established by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.[1] However, grades 3-5 and 9-12 did meet Annual Yearly Progress.[1] The district was placed at AYP Level 1, which acts as an alert and necessitates that the district develop a school plan.[10]
For the 2007-08 academic year, 86% of third through twelfth grade students in the district were proficient in language arts and 77% were proficient in mathematics.[11]
For the 2008-09 academic year, 87% of third through twelfth grade students in the district were proficient in language arts and 78% were proficient in mathematics.[1]
The district also posted the 2008-09 report cards for each school in the district.
| school
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% Proficient in Lang. Arts
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% Proficient in Math
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| Hermon Hutchens Elementary School |
88 |
79[12]
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| Gilson Junior High School |
86 |
81[13]
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| Valdez High School |
86 |
73[14]
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Financial Information
Sources of funding for FY09
| Source
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Amount
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| Local |
$8,874,177
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| State |
$4,565,339
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| Federal |
141,000
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| Grants |
644,000
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Operating Fund expenditures for FY09 were as follows:
| Category
|
% of Operating Fund Budget
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| Regular Instruction |
39
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| Operations/Maintenance |
18
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| Special Education |
11
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| Support Services |
6
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| Technology |
4
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| Vocational Education |
4
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| Building Administration |
4
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| District Administration |
3
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| District Administration Support |
3
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| Building Administration Support |
2
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| Special Education Support |
2
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| Curriculum |
1
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| Bilingual/Bicultural |
1
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Lobbying
The district is a member of the Association of Alaska School Boards.[15] The AASB states on its website that it promotes pro-education legislation and to protect the principle of local control of public education, with its efforts led by its Executive Director.[16] The AASB also issues a Legislative Handbook to members of its Legislative Network and publishes a Legislative Bulletin.[17][18] The AASB is also an affiliate of the National School Boards Association and its Federal Relations Network, which addresses the legislative process at a national level.[19][20]
External links
References
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