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The A+ College Ready Program
How are schools in Huntsville and Madison County
benefitting?
Status Report
November 2009
www.theschoolsfoundation.org
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A+ College Ready Goals
What does this mean for our schools?A significant increase in course offerings and student enrollment
for 2009-2010.% Increase in Enrollment
% increase Qualifying Score Goal Data
08-09 09-10 08-09 09-10 % increase
MADISON COUNTY 229 965 321% 31 164 429%
Buckhorn 111 230 107% 22 61
Hazel Green 50 340 580% 0 30
Madison Co HS 3 95 3067% 0 30
Sparkman HS 65 300 362% 9 43
HUNTSVILLE CITY 540 794 47% 229 421 84%
Lee HS 90 159 77% 24 64
Hsv HS 395 490 24% 198 317
Columbia HS 55 145 164% 7 40
COMBINED TOTALS 769 1759 129% 260 585 125%
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Funding for Huntsville-Madison-Madison County
Program Year
A+ College Ready (NMSI)
LocalPercentage
Match
Local Funding
RequirementTotal
FundingYear 1 $800,000 0 $0 $800,000Year 2 $600,000 25 $200,000 $800,000Year 3 $400,000 50 $400,000 $800,000Year 4 $200,000 75 $600,000 $800,000Year 5 and beyond 0 100 TBD TBDTotal $2,000,000 NA $1,200,000+ $3,200,00
NMSI funding is contingent on meeting annual school and school system goals.
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A+ College ReadyCorporate Partners
RBC Bank Boeing SAIC
Az Technology
Westar Redstone Federal Credit Union
WILL Technology
Dynetics COLSA
Public FA First Commercial Bank ERC, Inc.
Belzon Compass Bank S3
AeroJet
Funding Status: $832,500/$1.2 m
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A+ College Ready
PROGRAM GOALS:
• Increase the number of students enrolled in Advanced Placement® English, math, and science programs
• Increase the number of students receiving qualifying scores (>2) on the College Board’s National Examinations in AP® English, math, and science
• Increase the number of students attending and graduating from College with degrees in math and science
A teacher training and incentive program designed to increase student achievement in advanced placement math, science, and English.
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Advanced Placement and Laying the Foundation Teacher Training
Summer 2009Madison County High
SchoolsCluster Middle
SchoolsTotal Teachers Trained in 2009
AP Teachers Trained: 29 Pre-AP Teachers Trained: 154
TOTAL: 183
New Hope High School
New Hope K-8Owens Cross Roads
14
Sparkman High School
Sparkman 9th GradeMonrovia MiddleSparkman Middle
51
Buckhorn High School Riverton New Market 33
Madison County High CentralMadison County Elementary
22
Hazel Green Meridianville Middle 34
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Advanced Placement and Laying the Foundation Teacher (LTF) Training
Summer 2009Huntsville City High
SchoolsCluster Middle
Schools
Total Advanced Placement Teachers
25
Lee High School Cluster-LTF
24
Huntsville High Cluster-LTF
43
Columbia High Cluster-LTF
26
Butler Cluster-LTF 19
Johnson Cluster-LTF 37
Total AP and Pre-AP teachers trained:
174