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Students
Comprehensive Student Support System
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cross-divisional team has worked on a system that
defines and effectively communicates how the Duval
County Public School (DCPS) system provides services and
resources to schools to meet the academic needs of all
students. Detailed discussions on the subject with
Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals and senior leadership
staff led to a rudimentary version of the "Triangle of
Support" listed on page 11. A team comprised of district
staff was pulled together to design the framework of
what eventually morphed into the
DCPS Comprehensive Student Support
System (CSSS).
Building on the
foundation of the district’s Core Beliefs and
Commitments and its Strategic Plan, the CSSS divides the
more than 160 Duval County schools into three distinct
"strands" based upon the intensity of regulatory
oversight required at the district, state and/or federal
levels:
Strand I ,
which houses the majority of the schools within the
district, represents those schools that have received a
State grade of A, B or C on the Florida Comprehensive
Assessment Test (FCAT) and/or have achieved Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) for all represented sub-groups
(i.e. Students with Disabilities (SWD), English Language
Learners (ELL), racial/ethnic groups, etc.) within their
schools.
Strand II
is composed of the 23
district schools that are in a Schools In Need of
Improvement (SINI) level status of 0 - 4 because one or
more of the school’s sub-groups failed to meet AYP for
two or more consecutive years (see
Process Support by
Strands section for more
details).
Strand III,
the highest level of district support, groups together
the district’s 31 designated Turnaround Schools, schools
planning for or implementing Restructuring (see
Restructuring
Schools Plan for more
details) and non-Title I schools that received a State
grade of D. Turnaround Schools are district schools that
are considered academically at-risk and in need of swift
reform (see
Turnaround Schools Plan for
more details).
Although all of the
district’s schools have been placed in one of these
various strands of support, it is worthy of mentioning
that the programs and services listed in the
Menu of Processes and Departmental
Programs (page 21)
are available to students performing at, above or below
grade level by
ALL
schools within the district.
It is our hope that this
document will be used as a ready reference by staff at
the district and school-based level, school board
members, parents, community members and other internal
and external Stakeholders to feel confident that the
Duval County Public School System is committed to its
vision that "Every student
will graduate from Duval County Public Schools with the
knowledge and skills to be successful in post-secondary
education and/or the workforce."
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