1. Baltimore City Public Schools STATE OF THE CITY SCHOOLS : CEO LEADERSHIP SCHOOL YEAR 2008 – 2009 LAUNCH DR. ANDRÉS A. ALONSO, CEO BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 200 E. NORTH AVENUE BALTIMORE, MD 21202 AUGUST 12, 2008

3. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Official School Enrollment 1995 through 2008

4. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : City Schools Staff Employment Over the Years

5. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : # of Students vs. # of Staff Over the Years Number of Students in City Schools vs. Number of Staff Employed 2001-02 through 2007-2008

6. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Total Adjusted Revenue for City Schools

7. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Attendance Rates

8. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Percent of Students Missing Fewer than 5 Days

9. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Percent of Students Missing More than 20 Days

10. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Number & Rate of Truant Students

12. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Percentage of Overage Students

13. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Suspension, Overage, Truancy, & Dropout

14. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Suspension, Overage, Truancy, & Dropout Overage Students Have Lower Attendance Rates & Higher Suspension Rates:

15. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Suspension, Overage, Truancy, & Dropout Overage Students Have Lower Test Scores:

18. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Maryland School Assessment - Reading

19. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : MSA Reading Gains by Year

20. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : MSA Reading Subgroups by Year

21. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : MSA Reading Gains – Compared to State

22. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Maryland School Assessment – Mathematics

23. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : MSA Mathematics Gains

24. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : MSA Mathematics Subgroups by Year

25. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : MSA Mathematics Gains Compared to State

26. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : High School Assessment Data (through 06-07)

28. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : High School Assessment - Challenges

29. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Graduation Rate

30. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Dropout Rate

31. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : Changes to Defining the Graduation Rate Anticipated Change Perhaps as early as next year, Maryland will begin calculating graduation rates in a new way. The new method will divide the number of high school graduates by the number of students in the original 9 th grade cohort, plus incoming transfers, and minus outgoing transfers. Effect Under the new formula, graduation rates statewide are projected fall about 20 percentage points .

32. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : School Climate Survey Responses Summary : Parents & staff believe that parents are more involved in school operations than students believe.

33. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Our Critical Data : School Climate Survey Responses Summary : Parents & Staff approve of schools at a greater rate than students, and satisfaction rates have seemed to remain constant over the last three years.

34. FAIR STUDENT FUNDING BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fair Student Funding Purpose: School-Based Budgeting and Decision-Making Increased schools’ responsibility with accountability. Devolved $88 million additional dollars to schools. Leaner and redesigned central office to support schools. Funds distributed more equitably & tied to students. Increased principals’ flexibility to allocate budget - from 3% to 66% of their budgets. Overcame $78 million dollar budgetary shortfall. Engaged parents and families in schools’ budget decision-making process. Gave schools additional dollars for student-specific characteristics.

35. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding: Total Allocation to Schools DRAFT * Excludes charter schools and Pre-K funding.

36. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding: Average Increases Across School Levels * Traditional middle schools received a significant increase in funding (roughly $8.7 million) in SY07-08 to implement reforms, including small learning communities, additional collaborative planning periods with SPAR teachers, alternatives to suspensions, twilight school, parent engagement, student truancy, and professional development, which explains the small average increase this year when Fair Student Funding balanced school funding district-wide. DRAFT With the devolution of additional Title I and Title II grant dollars, every school level and all but 8 schools on average experienced an increase of funding. Average $ Increase % Increase from FY08 Elementary $439,484 23.1% K-8 $482,689 18.6% Middle* $26,782 .99% High $751,926 21.1%

39. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding: Vacancies & Not-Yet-Placed Teachers Non-charter Charter

40. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding: Other Than Personnel Spending (OTPS) * Calculations made prior to allocation of additional $22 million Title I and Title II grant funds. Total FY09 Budgeted OTPS % of Unlocked FY09 Budgeted as OTPS Elementary $6,841,490 6.23% K-8 $11,444,029 7.17% Middle $3,873,438 9.78% High $17,994,680 13.89% District $40,153,637 9.16%

41. Summary : Schools are increasing the alternatives to suspension in SY 08-09. Survey Response : 190 schools responded to the survey. DRAFT BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding : Alternatives to Suspension

43. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding: Fine Arts Education Summary : Although full-time fine arts educators have decreased slightly, schools are expanding their offerings in fine arts for SY 08-09. Survey Response : 190 schools responded to the survey.

44. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding: After-school Programming Summary : After-school programming is increasing in SY 08-09. In addition, contracts and partnerships with after-school providers are also increasing. Survey Response : 190 schools responded to the survey. * Includes regular education Pre-K to 12 schools.

45. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Implementing Fair Student Funding : Increasing Student Support Schools’ Fair Student Funding choices emphasize providing additional support and positive interventions for students. Schools allocated over $3 million in FY09 for intervention initiatives including twilight courses, character education, school-based programs, Student Support Teams, and others. # Schools 2007-2008 # Schools 2008-2009 Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) 32 49 Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) 2 6 Mental Health Professionals 96 103

48. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Looking Forward to SY 08 - 09 : 5 New Essentials & Accountability Evidence Curriculum & Instruction That Supports High School Achievement for Every Student - Academic Success Based on Stanford 10, MSA & HSA, and ALT-MSA Targets. - Graduation Rate; SAT Performance & Scores; College Application Submission; and Technical Skill Attainment for CTE. - Cohort and Grade Level Growth - Teacher Satisfaction & Teacher Certification Essential 1 Transformational Leadership that Builds Teacher Quality to Promote High Achievement for Every Student Essential 2 Essentials : Evidenced By :

50. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Looking Forward to SY 08 - 09 : Why We Do What We Do “ We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to in order to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend upon how we feel about the fact that we haven't so far.” - Ron Edmonds

51. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Questions & Answers CEO LEADERSHIP SCHOOL YEAR 2008 – 2009 LAUNCH: Questions & Answers Session.