MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS CENTRAL OFFICE 247 HARRISON AVENUE BERKELEY SPRINGS WV 25411

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1 MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS CENTRAL OFFICE 247 HARRISON AVENUE BERKELEY SPRINGS WV Plan E-rate funding years Plan Plan submitted: October 03, 2008 Page 1 of 19

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3 Planning Committee Name Title Representation Beth Curtain Chamber of Commerce *Business Community Connie Perry Owner Perry Realty *Business Community David Banks Superintendent *Administration Denis Scott Extension Agent *Business Community Elaine Mitchell Asst Coordinator * George Ward Principal *Administration Jennifer Spinks Doodlesbugs *Business Community *Parent Joan Willard Asst. Superintendent *Title II *Administration Kandy Kulus RTI Specialist *Title I *Special Education *Teacher Kristie Randall Director *Title IV *Administration Laura Hovermale Director *Title V *Administration Laura Smith School Board Member *Business Community Linda McGraw Attendence Director *Administration Linda Ward Director *Title I *Title III *Special Education *Administration Margee Hill Intermediate Title I Teacher *Title I *Teacher Mike Rozalski Special Education *Special Education *Teacher Nancy White Nikki Cowles *Administration *Parent O. Mitch Rinker James Rumsey Technical Institute *Administration Roger Steiner MCSSSPA *Service Personnel Staci Smith Teacher *Teacher Terry Riley Director *Administration Tom Shade Coordinator * *Administration Varnell Burkhart WBL Coordinator *Business Community Describe how parents, community and other appropriate stakeholder members are involved in the development and/or revision of the plan. Stakeholders are provided opportunities to review existing plans and provide feedback on how to change the plan as needed. Page 3 of 19

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5 Core Beliefs We believe: 1. All students can learn. 2. Everything we do must be based on what's best for students. 3. All staff is accountable for the success of every student. 4. The measure of student success is determined by what is learned. 5. The learning and working culture must be nurturing, safe, orderly, respectful, and supportive. 6. Collaborative instructional leadership and high quality teaching are essential for increasing student achievement. 7. Parents, businesses, and community members are valued and respected partners in the educational process. 8. All staff must continue to learn. 9. Professional development must be goal-focused, sustained and guided by research-based principles. 10. Accountability data must be used system-wide to make informed decisions about teaching and learning. Mission Statement Our mission is to provide a "learning for all" educational program! Page 5 of 19

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7 Data Analysis Special Education Self Assessment results are as follows: 1.8 Dropout rates for students with disabilities are comparable to those of all students. Morgan county's rate is 4.8 compared to the States rate ofr 4.7 Activities will be developed to focus on those students who are at risk of being a dropout Students ages 3-5 are not removed from age appropriate educational settings soley because of needed modifications in the early childhood settings. Of the 56 students eligible for 3-5 services, 4 students (.07%) are removed. 1 is speech only and parent did not want to enroll the student, 1 student is served at home due to the same reason, and 2 student (3 yr. old) are served at home due to significant behavior problems. These students will be enrolled for this school year. 3.7 Students age 16 and above have an IEP that includes coordinated, measureable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet post secondary goals. Each high school will focus on transition and coordinating outside agencies to better meet the transitional needs of students Achievement Data Analysis: WESTEST Math achievement has declined in third through seventh grades. The standards of numbers and operations along with data analysis and probability were the weakest areas. In comparing the same group of students across grade levels students in 4th-8th grades showed a drop in the percentage of proficient students ranged from 5-15% this past school year. Tenth grades students faired much better and third grade students did not have previous data for comparison. Reading acheivement although meeting approprate proficiency levels has shown a steady decline over the past two years for students at the middle school level. Achievement of students with disabilities continues to be an area of concern across all programmatic levels in both reading and math. Closing the achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students continues to be an area of concern particularly in reading/language arts at the elementary programmatic level. DIBELS: Dibels data indicates that 21% of the students in second grade were performing at the intensive intervention level for reading. There also was a drop in the percentage of students performing on grade level from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. This was most evident particularly at the first grade level with a drop of 14%. Highly Qualified Teachers: Morgan County Schools has not met the expectation of 100% of NCLB Core Subject classes taught by highly qualified teachers. External Trend Data: Low socio-economic status reveals a decreasing trend the last three years. This has resulted in fewer Title I schools. This trend may impact future amounts of federal program funding. This would reduce resources and support services available for students The percent of children in single parent families has increased across the last twenty years. The number of student referrals for counseling services continues to rise annually. The ages of 5-19 constitute 18.2% of the county population, while 30.8% fall in the range. The implications for these factors are that the retirement populations will become larger in the next 5-10 years and Page 7 of 19

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9 students are not exposed to diversity in the school system. Student enrollment has traditionally shown slow but steady growth averaging 50 annually. The current school year the enrollment rate decreased slightly. County AYP Attendance Rate % This represents a slight decreasing trend over the last two years. County Graduation Rate % This represents a decreasing trend. The graduation rate has dropped 5.8% in two years. The OEPA Checklist should be one source of data to assess school or county needs as you prioritize your strategic issues. There are no negative consequences to checking No to a high quality standard since the checklist is not used for changing accreditation or approval status or selection for on-site reviews. OEPA Analysis Morgan County Schools did not meet standard from the OEPA checklist as the result of not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress in the following areas: Elementary: Students with Disabilities Reading and Math. Economically Disadvantaged in Reading Middle School: Students with Disabilities Reading and Math During the school year, OEPA re-visited Paw Paw Elementary and High Schools. Both schools received full accreditation on the final draft of the OEPA reports Prioritized Strategic Issues Strategic issues that are currently the highest priority are: 1. Improvement of math acheivement kindergarten through eighth grade. 2. Improvement of reading achievement in the middle school programmatic level. 3. Continued monitoring of student progress through benchmarking and pacing guide revisions. 4. Increase the percentage of students who are on grade level in reading by the end of second grade. Page 9 of 19

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11 TECHNOLOGY COMPLIANCE: To improve student achievement, enhance student learning and improve twenty-first century skills through the integration of technology. Bring Morgan County's student to computer ratio of 4.02 closer to the state ratio of Professional Planning TOPIC AUDIENCE MODE August Day Institute Teachers Trainer Led October 2008 techsteps Curriculum Planning County curriculum leaders Trainer - RESA VIII October 2008 techsteps Training Grades 7-8 Teachers Trainer Led January 2009 techsteps Training Grades K-1 Teachers Trainer Led April - May 2009 Teacher Support for techsteps Classroom Support Coaching September 08 to June 09 Coordinator Training County Coordinators Trainer Led October 08 to May 09 K-8 Compass Learning Training Teachers Trainer Led TECH/01: Provide 21st century hardware and a stable, state of the art 21st century infrastructure for the effective use of technology 21st century state and local funds are used to update school computer labs on a rotating basis. Replace a 30 user Success Lab at Berkeley Springs High School with new computers and LCD displays. Replace a 26 user vocational lab at Berkeley Springs High School with new computers and LCD displays. Business Applications lab computers to include installation of Office 2007 Professional. TECH/02: Focus on 21st century technology tools and resources that improve achievement of all students, with a special emphasis on high need and low SES students. Page 11 of 19

12 Provide technology resources for high need and high proverty students that are not available to them at home. Provide schools with Qwizdom interactive student response systems for benchmarking Expand K-8 Odyssey county-wide and continue to expand use of GradeQuick and IDMS Web to integrate standards based curriculum to enhance student achievement Provide schools with Odyssey basic skills software Provide high schools with E2020 web based courseware for alternative education and basic skills. TECH/03: Ensure that the use of telecommunications and internal connections in the schools will enhance student learning. Use of system-wide for communication between staff, students, and parents. Maintain data lines in schools and provide phone and long distance service for schools and offices. To maintain cellular phone service for schools. Request e-rate discounts for web hosting in order to provide EdLine access for parent/student/community collaboration. To maintain school based websites using Edline hosting. TECH/04: Provide increased access for students and teachers to 21st century tools and resources Provide schools with interactive white boards, data projectors and/or tablet PC or notebook computers. Implement a 30 user alternative education lab in the Berkeley Springs High School Success Lab. Add an 18 user lab at Paw Paw High School to supplement the 18 user lab that is operational. Add 48 computers to classrooms at Warm Springs Intermediate School. Add a 25 user wireless mobile lab at Paw Paw High School. Add a 25 user wireless mobile lab at Warm Springs Middle School. TECH/05: Utilize innovative strategies for providing rigorous and specialized courses that may not be available without the use of 21st century tools and resources. Implement distance learning opportunities to teach middle school Spanish at Warm Spring Middle and Paw Paw High Schools and Latin and other classes at Berkeley Springs High School. Keep administrators and faculty informed on e-learning/21st Century learning opportunitiesprovide a virtual school lab at Berkeley Springs HS. TECH/06: Promote parental involvement and improved collaboration with community/home through the user of 21st century tools and resources Continue expansion and use of Edline and Gradequick in all schools. County and school web pages through Edline provide community and parental access to student achievement information and general school and county office information. Use of system-wide for communication between staff, students, and parents. TECH/07: Provide professional development for using the telecommunications network for training teachers and administrators to improve the integration of 21st century tools and resources Page 12 of 19

13 Provide Odyssey training for all K-8 schools. Provide Education 2020 (E2020) training for all secondary schools Provide summer academy in 2008; plan for academy in 2009 Provide 21st Century Tools training for all schools TECH/08: Maintain and repair all 21st century tools and internal connections Use Symantec Anti-Virus from the servers to push client software to computers and to centrally manage malware on those computers. Provide monthly trainings for all schools in troubleshooting and repair techniques to provide for timely maintenance of all computer equipment in each schools. Implement DeepFreeze maintenance solution in all school computer labs. Implement a remote administrator management system to maintain servers and workstations. TECH/09: To collaborate with adult literacy providers to provide 21st century skills for community. High School Education2020 (E2020) Intervention will be implemented to provide for credit recovery and alternative education. Implement web based Plato for adult literacy purposes in GED instruction. Page 13 of 19

14 Maintain county and school computer systems utilizing student technicians through the Aries curriculum. This provides student opportunities for computer repair, networking, cabling, and server management while providing hands-on training in a work-based environment. The county and school technology plans provide a description of how the county and schools plan to allocate adequate resources to provide students with equitable access to 21st century technology tools, including instructional offerings and appropriate curriculum, assessment and technology integration resources aligned to both the content and rigor of state content standards as well as to learning skills and technology tools. The plans include the various technologies that enable and enhance the attainment of 21st century skills outcomes for all students. How we plan for technology in our county and schools is based upon the validation from research-based evaluation findings from previous West Virginia-based evaluation projects. In addition, through the technology planning process, the county and schools continue to study and include emerging technologies for application in a twenty-first century learning environment. The purchase of technology through state contracts provides for uniformity in technological hardware and software standards and procedures. State provided anti-virus protection software helps to ensure network security and integrity. Expanded bandwidth, along with additional local, state and federal funding, provide increased ability for the county to ensure that the capabilities and capacities of the technology infrastructure are adequate for acceptable performance of the technology being implemented in the public schools. As an additional benefit, the county and schools enjoy the opportunity to purchase from state contracts that allow us to be able to take advantage of appropriate bulk purchasing abilities and to purchase from competitively bid contracts. An added benefit for our county and school data collection and reporting to the Department of Education and to the federal government is WVEIS, the state-provided comprehensive statewide uniform integrated education management and information system. Also developed by WVEIS, the online county and school s technology plan s structure allows flexibility to adjust the plan based on developing technology, federal and state requirements and changing local school and county needs. The online county and school technology plans are developed in compliance with United States Department of Education regulations and Federal Communications Commission requirements for federal E-rate discounts. The county and schools also continue to seek applicable federal government funds, philanthropic funds, and other partnership funds (or any combination of these types of funds) to augment state appropriations and encourage the pursuit of funding through grants, gifts and donations. Some technology initiatives in schools and counties may not be adequately addressed in the goals/objective/strategy section of the technology planning section. The county and school narrative allow planning teams to structure a framework/narrative description to describe how the county and schools will allocate adequate resources to provide students and teachers to twenty-first century technology tools. Page 14 of 19

15 Schools and counties should analyze digital divide survey reports as a needs assessment for technology planning. Digital Divide Summarize concerns from the analysis of the survey. The Morgan County Schools ratio of students to computers is 4.8:1 which is below the state average of 4.3:1. Morgan County has reduced the gap but additional XP Pro or better PCs being added will help close this gap Page 15 of 19

16 County E-Rate Compliance Questions Acceptable Use Policy Look at the information included in this section. Revise if any of the information listed is incorrect or needs to be updated. 1. Do you have an Acceptable Use Policy? Yes No 2. If yes, what is the last date of adoption/revision? 3. When was the public meeting held for CIPA Compliance? 10/16/2001 (mm/dd/yyyy) 4. Provide the URL to your acceptable use policy. Schools Other Buildings Total 5. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have Dial Up modem connections to the Internet? 6. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have 56K frame relay connections to the Internet? 7. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have T-1 frame relay connections to the Internet? 8. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have ATM T-1 Internet connections? 9. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have cable modem connections to the Internet? 10. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have DSL connections to the Internet? 11. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have 10 Mb connections to the Internet? 12. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have 45 Mb connections to the Internet? 13. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have 100 Mb connections to the Internet? 14. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have 1 Gb connections to the Internet? 15. Please identify for E-Rate requirements the number of schools and other buildings in your county that have more than 1 Gb connections to the Internet? 16. Please identify for E-Rate requirements any other configurations that may exist for schools and other buildings connecting to the Internet? (Please only answer this question if your school or other building connections do not apply to any of the questions above. This question allows for emerging technologies that may not be in place when the survey was written. Most counties should leave this question blank.) Page 16 of 19

17 Planning Budget Funding Source Hardware SoftwareInfrastructureMaintenance Prof. SalariesBenefitsStipendsSupplies Other TOT Development TFS - elementary TFS-secondary TI Local share EETT County/school Grants Title I SpEd Other-ERate Other Other TOTALS Funding Source Year Annual Disc% Commit County Match E-rate funds 2009 Cellular 11, , , Data Lines 42, , , Internal Conn Maint Internal Connections Internet Access Long Distance 4, , , Paging Voice 24, , , Voice/Long Distance WAN Web Hosting 10, , , E-rate Totals 92, , , TFS/Elementary E-rate Application 2009 State Totals - TFS/Elementary TFS/Secondary E-rate Application 2009 State Totals - TFS/Secondary Funding Source Year Annual Disc% Commit County Match E-rate funds 2008 Cellular 11, , , Data Lines 42, , , Internal Conn Maint Internal Connections Internet Access Long Distance 4, , , Paging Voice 24, , , Voice/Long Distance Page 17 of 19

18 WAN Web Hosting 10, , , E-rate Totals 92, , , TFS/Elementary E-rate Application 2008 State Totals - TFS/Elementary TFS/Secondary E-rate Application 2008 State Totals - TFS/Secondary Funding Source Year Annual Disc% Commit County Match E-rate funds 2007 Bundled Voice/Long Distance Cellular 9, , , Data Lines 41, , , Internal Conn Maint Internal Connections 80, , , Internet Access Long Distance 4, , , Paging Voice 23, , , WAN Web Hosting 16, , , E-rate Totals 174, , , TFS/Elementary E-rate Application 2007 State Totals - Elemenary TFS State Totals - TFS/Elementary TFS/Secondary E-rate Application 2007 State Totals - TFS/Secondary Funding Source Year Annual Disc% Commit County Match E-rate funds 2006 Cellular 8, , , Data Lines 45, , , Internal Conn Maint 21, , , Internal Connections Internet Access Long Distance 5, , , Paging Voice 28, , , WAN Web Hosting 20, , , E-rate Totals 129, , , State Basic Skills E-rate Application 2006 State Totals - BS/CE State SUCCESS E-rate Application 2006 State Totals - SUCCESS Funding Source Year Annual Disc% Commit County Match Page 18 of 19

19 E-rate funds 2005 Cellular 8, , , Data Lines 37, , , Internal Conn Maint 36, , , Internal Connections Internet Access Long Distance 5, , , Paging Voice 20, , , Web Hosting 9, , , E-rate Totals 116, , , State Basic Skills E-rate Application 2005 State Totals - BS/CE State SUCCESS E-rate Application 2005 State Totals - SUCCESS Page 19 of 19