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This document provides an overview of the education landscape and school choice in Denver, Colorado. It discusses the growth of STRIVE Prep, a charter school network serving over 3,600 students. It also outlines Denver Public Schools' common enrollment system called SchoolChoice, which provides families with performance data and applications for all schools. Additionally, it addresses the school performance framework, special education services, facilities allocation, school turnaround processes, and collaboration between traditional and charter schools in Denver.

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STRIVE Prep Presentation

This document provides an overview of the education landscape and school choice in Denver, Colorado. It discusses the growth of STRIVE Prep, a charter school network serving over 3,600 students. It also outlines Denver Public Schools' common enrollment system called SchoolChoice, which provides families with performance data and applications for all schools. Additionally, it addresses the school performance framework, special education services, facilities allocation, school turnaround processes, and collaboration between traditional and charter schools in Denver.

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Education Landscape & School Choice in Denver

August 12, 2016

Who we are

Video

What does an engaged family look like?

Principal: Jessica Savage


Founded: 2012
Students Served: 370 in grades 6, 7, 8
Performance: Rated as a Distinguished Blue school on the DPS School

What does an
engaged
family
look
like?
Performance Framework (SPF) in 2013 and
2014.
One of the top 10 secondary schools in all
of DPS based on the 2014 SPF

Founded as a single school in 2006, today we are:


11 Schools, 3,650 students, 3 city regions
97% Students of Color
87% Low-Income Students
12% Students with Special Needs
42% English Learners

What does an engaged family look like?

Our results:
97 percent of elementary school students met or exceeded
expected growth on STEP. Average growth = 1.5 Years
A STRIVE Prep Middle School led all DPS middle schools in
academic growth between 2007-2013
First senior class 92% acceptance to 4 year college

Theme:
Dignity for All
Priorities:
Serving ALL Students
Family
WhatEngagement
does an

engaged family look like?

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

School Choice & Enrollment Policy


Common Performance Framework
Special Education
Facilities
School Turnaround
What does an engaged family look like?
Process

The History & Purpose of SchoolChoice:


By 2010, over 60 different school applications in
Denver.
Effort to create access among families and
equity among schools.
Families receive choice applications and SPF
info from DPS as well as individual school
marketing.
*Note - the DPS school choice system is called SchoolChoice (no space in between)

Common enrollment system - SchoolChoicemeans families all access schools by one


common form
Enrollment zones ensure equity across
regions
Boundary enrollment at elementary levels;
mostly zone enrollment at secondary
Provisions for late arrivals and mid-year
entries

School Performance Framework in place since 2009


Comprehensive measure with growth and status
measures
Applied uniformly across schools of all governance
types
What does
anisengaged
family
like?
Current
proposal
that bottom
5% oflook
schools
on the
SPF are eligible for redesignation pending additional
factors under the new School Performance Compact
Necessary adjustments made based on changing
assessment landscape
Key to school choice

Modified insurance model


Annual fee to support education of students
with severe needs
Joint commitment to transfer equitable
service of students with severe needs to
charters
Emphasis toward inclusion, though with
financial and programmatic constraints of
centers

Excess capacity 2007-2014


District occupancy aligned with equity
provisions of enrollment and center
programs
Common annual fee covers operating costs
and shared maintenance
Facility Allocation Policy governs future
placements
Co-location is common across governance
types

Considerable turnaround in past 10 years;


formalized by School Performance Compact
going forward
Phase-In standard in grades 6 and 9 for all
operators of all governance types
Legacy schools operate to support phase-out
where needed
Faster implementation proposed in
elementary school (two year)

Goodwill negotiations
Unified charter sector
Financial equity
Collaborative Council
School Board Support

Contacts
[email protected] or [email protected]

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