Mattapan Early Elementary School Opening
Monica Roberts,Mary Driscoll,
Walter Henderson,Joelle Gamere
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• Ensuring every child is placed in a higher performing school
• Maintaining a laser focus on academic and social emotional learning for current students and families, including acceleration academies and summer programming
• Developing new vision for the school with support from a cross-functional team
Ensuring Every Student Receives Support
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School Committee Vote - November 16, 2016
● Close the Mattahunt Elementary School on June 30, 2017;
● All current students will have priority in the school choice transfer process;
● All students shall be guaranteed a seat at a higher performing school;
● On July 1, 2017, open a new school serving grades K0-1; and
● All current K0-K2 students will be guaranteed a seat in the new school, if they choose.
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Ensuring a Smooth Transition
● Provided buses for Showcase in Our Schools (December 3)
● Info Sessions held at Mattahunt (December 12, 19, 20)● Mobile Registration Center established at Mattahunt
(December 12, 2016-February 3, 2017)■ Included evening, Saturday and Sunday hours■ One-on-one consultation ■ Created School Choice Forms specific to Mattahunt
(with MA DESE level)● Communications to families included meetings,
backpacked handouts, robocalls, individual calls, mailings● Home Visits conducted in the last week of registration
round 1 (January 28 & 29)
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Update on Student Assignment of Current Mattahunt Students
Level 1 23%
Level 2 38%
Level 3 23%
No Level 9%
DESE Level of School Assignments
Most Frequent AssignmentSchool frequency percentage
Mattapan Early Elementary School
55 9%
Mildred Avenue K-8 School 54 9%
Lee K-8 School 48 8%
Haley Pilot School 42 7%
Taylor Elementary 40 7%
Young Achievers K-8 School 33 6%
Philbrick Elementary 29 5%
Conley Elementary 27 5%
Bates Elementary 25 4%
Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower
24 4%
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Update on Student Assignment of Current Mattahunt Students (continued)
Administrative Assignmentsfrequency percentage
6th grade pathway to Mildred 16 3%
Leaving the district 37 6%
Unable to locate 24 4%
Total 77 13%
1st 48%
2nd 20%
3rd 9%
4th 3%
5th 1%
Recipient School Ranking on Student Choice List
Home Visits
146 families were visited before the end of Registration Round 1 (January 28 & 29).
25% (n=37) ranked schools during the home visits.
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Operational Updates
• Placement of current staff in new positions
• Inventory and redistribution of materials and supplies
Source: Google, Las Positas College
A design team consisting of administrators, teachers, parents, central office staff and partners has worked since December to create a vision and structure for the new school in Mattapan
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Vision
Our children are the leaders of tomorrow. We empower them to have opportunities to lead today. Our children are thinkers who feel responsible for one another and make good choices for themselves and for their communities.
Our work in Mattapan will become a virtuous cycle. We will leverage the skills, knowledge and resources of our community to develop graduates into contributing members of the Boston community.
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We foster a love of learning and a sense of responsibility in our students to position them to realize their immense potential. We do this by providing rigorous and meaningful learning experiences – experiences that are grounded in students’ interests, contexts, and cultures and in the environment and community that surrounds and girds our school.
Mission
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EnergyRecognize our strengthsFocus on our mission
EngagementShared responsibility
EmpathyLearning environment shared by all
EmpowermentChild agency
EssentialsResources aligned to mission
Values that Celebrate our Community
Guiding Principles: The 5 E’s
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Curriculum, Assessments and Instruction
Grade Level Curriculum Assessment
Early Childhood Focus on K1/Focus on K1 Haitian Creole
DIBELS
K2 Focus on K2InvestigationsFOSS Science
DIBELS/ F&PMath End of Unit Assessments
Grade 1 Focus on FirstInvestigationsFOSS science
F&PMath End of Unit Assessments
Classrooms for students with Autism (ASD)
ACE program ACE data collection
All grades Second Step BIMAS
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Community-Based Partnerships Instruction Office of Early Childhood
Wheelock College
Climate and Culture PlayworksBoston Nature CenterHaitian Parents Project
Trauma Informed Practices Home for Little WanderersComprehensive Behavioral Health Model (CBHM)
Dual Language Office of English Language Learning, Office of Early Childhood, MIT
Enrichment YMCABCYF
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• The school day will run from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm• Teachers work the schedule A day (7:30 - 2:10
pm)• Surround-care paraprofessionals work the full day • ABAs and specialists will work a staggered start• Partners will engage beginning at 2:10 pm• Afterschool programming available until 6:00 pm
A Typical School Day
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• Assignment data for current Mattahunt students
• Changes to catchment area• Enrollment of the new school• Design Team Members• Steering Committee Members
Appendices
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2017-2018 assignments for current Mattahunt students
School K1 K2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grand TotalAdams Elementary 1 1
Bates Elementary 15 7 3 25
Beethoven Elementary 2 1 3
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot 2 1 3 1 3 3 13
Clap Innovation School 1 2 1 4
Condon K-8 1 1 1 3
Conley Elementary 1 6 2 4 2 8 4 27
Curley K-8 School 1 1 2
Edison K-8 School 1 1
Ellison/Parks Early Education School 4 2 2 8
Everett Elementary 1 1 2
Greenwood Sarah K-8 School 1 1 2
Hale Elementary 1 1 1 3
Haley Pilot School 9 6 6 6 3 11 1 42
Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower 3 21 24
Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper 1 4 4 9
Hennigan K-8 School 1 1 2
Hernandez K-8 2 2 4Higginson/Lewis K-8 3 1 2 3 9
Kennedy John F Elementary 2 2
Kenny Elementary 6 4 1 11
Kilmer K-8 School (4-8) 1 1 2
Kilmer K-8 School (K-3) 1 1 4 6
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2017-2018 assignments for current Mattahunt students
School K1 K2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grand TotalLee Academy 1 3 4Lee K-8 School 2 3 1 5 7 15 12 3 48Manning Elementary 1 1Mather Elementary 1 1 2 2 4 10Mattapan Early Elementary School 13 20 22 55Mildred Avenue K-8 School 5 2 4 10 1 32 54Mission Hill K-8 School 1 3 1 1 6Mozart Elementary 2 4 3 2 11Murphy K-8 School 1 1 6 1 4 2 15Ohrenberger School 2 2 4Orchard Gardens K-8 School 1 2 3Philbrick Elementary 6 1 2 13 2 5 29Roosevelt K-8 School (2-8) 2 4 4 3 13Roosevelt K-8 School (K1-1) 1 1 2Russell Elementary 2 7 5 14Shaw Pauline A Elementary 3 6 6 15Sumner Elementary 3 7 2 2 1 15Taylor Elementary 3 3 12 6 4 12 40TechBoston Academy 6-12 4 4Special Ed- assignment pending IEP meeting 1 8 9Trotter K-8 School 1 1Tynan Elementary 2 2Winship Elementary 1 1Young Achievers K-8 School 3 1 2 7 20 33Grand Total 18 79 103 85 94 83 80 52 595
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Expansion of catchment
area to include all of
Cluster F.
Changes to catchment area
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133 students have been assigned. 44% Limited English Proficient27% Special EducationGrade Distribution Race/Ethnicity Distribution
Enrollment of the new school (Round 1)
K0 41%K1 41%K2 17%1 0%
Black 57%Hispanic 27%
Other 4%White 12%
Adam GameremanAlicia Carroll Bridget MackeCarmen LicoCherose Walker-MarceloChristopher MarinoDalida RochaErika BowenJacqueline WadeDr. Jason Sachs
Design Team Members
Jennifer Corish-WhiteJeremy Walter Julie WalshKristen SwensonMary DriscollMatthey ConnorDr. Michele ShannonPatricia Francois Walter Henderson
Walter ApperwhiteJulie BrandlenDr. Amalio NievesChristopher MarinoCindie NeilsonDoannie TranDr. Donette WilsonDr. Frances EsparzaGeraldine (Jeri) Robinson
Steering Committee Members
Gloria SmithIrlande PlancherJason SachsJoelle GamereMary DriscollDr. Michele ShannonStanley DuplessyVivian TamWalter Henderson