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School Solutions Center – Best Business Practices series

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Meeting Today’s Curriculum Challenges thru Capital Projects

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Sonnie LeeSchool Solutions Center Coordinator

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Cynthia Bianco

SuperintendentNiagara Falls City

Public Schools

Mark Laurrie

Deputy Superintendent

Niagara Falls City Public Schools

Lynne Tompkins

Educational Administrator

Niagara Falls CityPublic Schools

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Current Snapshot

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Inventing Tomorrow

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District size: 7,227 students

Location: 630 66th StreetNiagara Falls, New York

Demographics:Population – Median income – % of voting residents w/no childrenLargest employers

% of students on free breakfast/lunch

49,722 residents$28,00072% Niagara Falls City Public Schools & Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital100%

Number of Schools 11

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Capital Improvement Increased Security Increase Student Achievement ADA Compliant Energy Efficiencies

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No Increase in Local Taxes No Teacher or Student Displaced

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Todd Smith

Pitsco EducationNational Sales

Manager

Matt Frankenberry

Pitsco EducationDirector of Education

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No justtTechnology

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Learning Environments

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Carolina High School & Academy

Implementation Example

•Only failing high school in Greenville, SC

•83% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch

•School’s Algebra I end-of-course pass rate in 2008 was 58%

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Algebra AcademyCarolina High School & Academy

Success:

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STEM solutions for elementary, middle, and high school

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Cynthia Bianco

SuperintendentNiagara Falls City

Public Schools

Mark Laurrie

Deputy Superintendent

Niagara Falls City Public Schools

Lynne Tompkins

Educational Administrator

Niagara Falls CityPublic Schools

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For more information, contact:

Sonnie Leeslee@aasa.org703-875-0767

And look for our webinar on class right-sizing and student discipline in April 2014

Thank You