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School Improvement Notification

Lincoln County R-2 School District

Toni Wankel

Clarence Cannon Elementary Principal

573-898-5554

Elsberry, Missouri 63343

August 2, 2011

Dear Parent or Guardian,

The goal of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 act is to ensure that all children in this country receive a quality education. Under NCLB, each state is required to assess all schools to determine if each school has made adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward meeting the academic testing standards set by the state.  AYP decisions are based on the results of state testing in communication arts and math and the school’s attendance and graduation rate.  If the school has not made AYP for two consecutive years, it is considered “in need of improvement.”

Based on the 2010-2011 academic testing in communication arts and math and the school’s attendance and graduation rate, your child’s school, Clarence Cannon Elementary, did not make adequate yearly progress for the following reasons:

Schools must demonstrate that these achievement levels are being met for each of the following subgroups within each district:  Caucasian students, Hispanic students, African American students, students with disabilities, students receiving free/reduced lunches, students with limited English proficiency and other subgroups.  If one group of students in a school fails to meet the standards, that means the entire school fails. AYP decisions are based on the results of state MAP testing in the following areas:  Communication Arts and Math.  NCLB states that each school district, school and subgroup within each school must have 100% of their students’ proficient by 2014.  Therefore, adequacy target goals are set each year for each subgroup increasing annually until the 100% goal is achieved.  This year’s goals were 75.5% in Communication Arts and 72.2% in Math.  Based on the results of last year’s testing our elementary school did not make AYP.

Because this is the third year of this designation, the school is considered to be in level 3 corrective action of school improvement.  We will evaluate, update, and implement the plan for improvement which has been developed.  We will continue to implement the plan for improvement which was developed last year.  One important component of this plan is parent involvement in the implementation of the plan.    

The Elsberry R-II District cannot offer Public School Choice (PSC) to the students of Clarence Cannon Elementary to transfer to another public school or charter school within the district because Clarence Cannon Elementary is the only elementary school within our district.

When a school is identified as Level 2 of School Improvement and every subsequent year thereafter it is identified as for improvement, Supplemental Educational Services (SES) are available for eligible children.  Information about SES and how to obtain services will be coming within the next two weeks to parents of eligible children. Information about Supplemental Educational Services (SES) will also be available on the district’s website at www.elsberryschools.com  This information will be updated periodically and toward the end of the school year.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at school at 898-5554 ext. 215. 

Sincerely,

Toni Wankel, Principal

Clarence Cannon Elementary