General of Darkness
4th October 2012, 07:49 PM
Oh come the fuck on. Seriously, it's now come to bribing these mestizos that want Aztlan to happen that they have to be bribed to go to school? Heck it's not going to change their drop out rate. These monkies only want to throw poo.
LAUSD students can win iPads, cars for perfect attendance
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/04/2012 06:43:35 PM PDT
Updated: 10/04/2012 06:56:19 PM PDT
ONLINE Link to website detailing the LAUSD School Attendance Challenge (http://pupilservices.lausd.net)
Movie tickets. iPads. Bicycles. And not one, but two, brand-new cars.
These aren't the prizes for "The Price is Right," but for students in Los Angeles Unified, which has launched a contest to boost school attendance. While kids may have their eye on winning the latest electronic gizmo or a new set of wheels, district officials say the real reward for good attendance is the increased chance for academic success.
"Students who have excessive absences aren't passing their classes," said Debra Duardo, LAUSD's director of pupil services. "They're not going to be successful if they're not attending school, which means they're not going to be leaving with a diploma in their hand."
Beginning this month and extending until May, students with perfect attendance will qualify for monthly drawings for prizes. High school students with no absences during their senior year will have the chance to win one of the two cars being given away by Clear Channel Media.
Campuses with exceptional attendance will be eligible for schoolwide prizes, like movie screenings and parties.
Attendance is one element of the "Performance Meter," a set of goals established by Superintendent John Deasy that also includes English and math proficiency for all and a graduation rate of 100 percent.
The attendance goal is to have every student in school for at least 96 percent of the school year. Just 62 percent of students hit that benchmark last year, and the
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goal for 2012-13 is 71 percent.
The district also wants to maximize attendance because badly needed state money is based on the number of days a student is in school. Duardo said, however, the initiative is driven by student achievement rather than finances.
"There is no question that academic success is directly linked to student achievement," said Maria Nichols, the principal at Vena Elementary in Pacoima, which was recognized by the district last year when 84 percent of its students hit Deasy's benchmark.
Nichols has a strict attendance policy at her school, sending home warnings and letters before showing up on the doorstep of students who are chronically tardy or absent.
During the home visit, Nichols works with parents on ways to get and keep their kids in school, like laying out their clothes the night before and having the homework and backpack ready to go. She's even purchased alarm clocks for parents who needed that extra help to get going in the morning.
Students themselves earn rewards for good attendance, including trophies given to those who don't miss a day.
"We've made tremendous academic gains over the last six years, and I attribute it to good attendance," said Nichols, noting that the school's API score has climbed from 721 to 877.
The district's teachers now use an online program to take daily attendance - roll is taken in every class at the high school level - which allows Duardo and other administrators to identify trends and identify problem students.
That's how the district has been able to determine that kindergartners have the worst attendance records, with some missing three weeks of school or more.
"It may be a rainy day or the child may have a doctor's appointment, so the parent keeps them home from school," Duardo said. "They think that kindergarten is just coloring and having fun - that it's not rigorous.
"But there are standards. So we'll meet with parents and let them know that kindergarten is critical, it's the stepping stone to everything else."
Duardo credited that kind of intervention for boosting kindergarten attendance at Burbank Elementary in North Hollywood from 66 percent two years ago to 78 percent in 2011-12. KINDERGARTEN IS FREE DAYCARE YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
"We got parents engaged, starting at orientation," said Principal Clara Pena. "We talked to them about the cumulative effects of good attendance and student achievement and how to create lifelong habits."
The attendance data is also being analyzed to identify struggling students at every grade level. Duardo said children as young as 8 may display the academic and behavioral problems that alert counselors that they need to intervene.
"If we get to these students and their families, and provide the support and guidance, we can get everyone to believe that all students can succeed."
barbara.jones@dailynews.com
818-713-3710
twitter.com/LADNSchools
LAUSD students can win iPads, cars for perfect attendance
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/04/2012 06:43:35 PM PDT
Updated: 10/04/2012 06:56:19 PM PDT
ONLINE Link to website detailing the LAUSD School Attendance Challenge (http://pupilservices.lausd.net)
Movie tickets. iPads. Bicycles. And not one, but two, brand-new cars.
These aren't the prizes for "The Price is Right," but for students in Los Angeles Unified, which has launched a contest to boost school attendance. While kids may have their eye on winning the latest electronic gizmo or a new set of wheels, district officials say the real reward for good attendance is the increased chance for academic success.
"Students who have excessive absences aren't passing their classes," said Debra Duardo, LAUSD's director of pupil services. "They're not going to be successful if they're not attending school, which means they're not going to be leaving with a diploma in their hand."
Beginning this month and extending until May, students with perfect attendance will qualify for monthly drawings for prizes. High school students with no absences during their senior year will have the chance to win one of the two cars being given away by Clear Channel Media.
Campuses with exceptional attendance will be eligible for schoolwide prizes, like movie screenings and parties.
Attendance is one element of the "Performance Meter," a set of goals established by Superintendent John Deasy that also includes English and math proficiency for all and a graduation rate of 100 percent.
The attendance goal is to have every student in school for at least 96 percent of the school year. Just 62 percent of students hit that benchmark last year, and the
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goal for 2012-13 is 71 percent.
The district also wants to maximize attendance because badly needed state money is based on the number of days a student is in school. Duardo said, however, the initiative is driven by student achievement rather than finances.
"There is no question that academic success is directly linked to student achievement," said Maria Nichols, the principal at Vena Elementary in Pacoima, which was recognized by the district last year when 84 percent of its students hit Deasy's benchmark.
Nichols has a strict attendance policy at her school, sending home warnings and letters before showing up on the doorstep of students who are chronically tardy or absent.
During the home visit, Nichols works with parents on ways to get and keep their kids in school, like laying out their clothes the night before and having the homework and backpack ready to go. She's even purchased alarm clocks for parents who needed that extra help to get going in the morning.
Students themselves earn rewards for good attendance, including trophies given to those who don't miss a day.
"We've made tremendous academic gains over the last six years, and I attribute it to good attendance," said Nichols, noting that the school's API score has climbed from 721 to 877.
The district's teachers now use an online program to take daily attendance - roll is taken in every class at the high school level - which allows Duardo and other administrators to identify trends and identify problem students.
That's how the district has been able to determine that kindergartners have the worst attendance records, with some missing three weeks of school or more.
"It may be a rainy day or the child may have a doctor's appointment, so the parent keeps them home from school," Duardo said. "They think that kindergarten is just coloring and having fun - that it's not rigorous.
"But there are standards. So we'll meet with parents and let them know that kindergarten is critical, it's the stepping stone to everything else."
Duardo credited that kind of intervention for boosting kindergarten attendance at Burbank Elementary in North Hollywood from 66 percent two years ago to 78 percent in 2011-12. KINDERGARTEN IS FREE DAYCARE YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
"We got parents engaged, starting at orientation," said Principal Clara Pena. "We talked to them about the cumulative effects of good attendance and student achievement and how to create lifelong habits."
The attendance data is also being analyzed to identify struggling students at every grade level. Duardo said children as young as 8 may display the academic and behavioral problems that alert counselors that they need to intervene.
"If we get to these students and their families, and provide the support and guidance, we can get everyone to believe that all students can succeed."
barbara.jones@dailynews.com
818-713-3710
twitter.com/LADNSchools