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Contact
Information
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Dr.
Melissa Sheppard
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Ms.
Ruth Summerlin
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Broad
River Elementary
474 Broad River Boulevard
Beaufort, SC 29905
803-525-4300
803-525-4307 (fax)
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Beaufort
Elementary
1900 Prince Street
Beaufort, SC 29902
803-525-4282
803-525-4288 (fax)
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Mr.
Roy Stehle
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Beaufort
County School District
PO Drawer 309
Beaufort, SC 29901
803-521-2332
803-525-4324 (fax)
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Description
of District
Beaufort County
Schools are located in southeastern South Carolina. The county is
comprised of 64 Sea Islands, some of which are linked by bridges.
The school district has 13 elementary schools, 3 middle schools,
3 high schools, and a Career Education Center. District enrollment
is 15,200; 50.8% nonwhite; 49.2% white. Fifty-two percent of students
qualify for free/reduced price school meals based on family income.
Demographics
vary greatly within the district. The southern part of the district
has a higher socioeconomic population, which includes the town of
Hilton Head, SC. The northern part of the district has a higher
concentration of minority and free and reduced lunch students. Beaufort
Elementary has 600 students with 100% of its students who qualify
for free and reduced lunch, and a 70% minority population. Broad
River Elementary serves 500 students and has 84% of its student
population who qualify for free and reduced lunch, and a 56% minority
population. These two schools are Full Service Schools and are participating
in this project.
The mission
of Beaufort County School district, a diverse community of islands
united by a common dedication to world-class education, is to ensure
that each learner achieves personal success in the global community
through an educational system that develops the unique abilities
of each child, frees each person to pursue opportunities, incorporates
advanced technologies and engages the full commitment of the parents
and community.
Beaufort County
School District has been a pioneer in the following areas:
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Site Based
Management: Most schools in the district have Site Based Responsibility.
This gives each site, which coordinates within the cluster,
fiscal and programmatic responsibility. Most schools have had
this responsibility for the last five years. This effort has
allowed schools to redesign their resources to best meet the
needs of the students in their particular schools as the community
and student needs differ drastically within the county. |
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Performance
Standards have been developed for the district to use as a guide
as each teach has the responsibility to ensure continuous progress
for each child regardless of age or grade. Criterion Referenced
Tests have been developed to utilize on networked computers
to serve as the assessment of student progress. Benchmark tests
are being developed to administer at the end of the Readiness
and Foundation levels. |
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An Early
Childhood Initiative has begun to focus on student readiness
for learning. With site-based money, and other funding sources,
some schools have added infant, toddler, and prekindergarten
programs to provide early stimulation for children to help prepare
them for the rigor of the elementary school standards. In addition,
networking initiatives have been established to involve other
preschool centers in the staff development efforts designed
to improve readiness for young children. |
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Technology
has been a major focus of funding and training. A bond referendum
was passed several years ago which included funding and a commitment
to prepare our children for the 21st century by adding world
class technology networks to our schools. |
Description
of Project
Our project
involves three staff positions to compliment our existing full-service
health and mental health programs. A Family Service Coordinator
has been hired to serve both sites, and each school has employed
a clerical assistant. We've had some success in partnering with
other health and family service providers to ensure that students
come to school healthy and ready to learn, but we have found that
(1) these collaborations need careful attention to practice and
sustain, and (2) many times there's a need for supplemental, comprehensive
counseling for distressed student/families. The Family Service Coordinator
proposal addresses both needs as a new model of coordination.
Three Year
Goal(s)
Our goals are
to:
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Educate
parents in basic child health needs |
| 2. |
Inform
families of the health/education resources available |
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Assist
families in accessing these resources |
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Provide
counseling for students and their families as needed |
| 5. |
Reduce
stress caused by unmet needs |
| 6. |
Reduce
student absenteeism |
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Improve
collaboration between agencies |
First Year
Outcome Objectives
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Conduct
one parenting class monthly with an attendance rate of at least
70% of targeted parents attending at least two sessions |
| 2. |
Parent
knowledge of appropriate child health needs will be at the acceptable
level of 70% of the participants |
| 3. |
Family
awareness of resources and their access to resources will be
at the acceptable level of 70% of the respondents |
| 4. |
Family
follow up and access to resources will be at the acceptable
level for 70% of the respondents. |
| 5. |
All students
who need screenings will receive them |
| 6. |
Required
health care treatments will be at the acceptable level for 70%
of the respondents |
| 7. |
Students
who require counseling, as determined by their teacher, will
receive it, with a 70% service level as a goal |
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Incidents
of stress related to the counseling staff will be reduced as
the staff works with these children and families In 60% of these
situations, students will report less stress as a result of
these interventions |
| 9. |
Absenteeism
will be reduced for the identified children being served. Absenteeism
will be improved for these students by 5% if their previous
yearly absentee rate was lower than 90% |
| 10. |
A collection
system and central database for record keeping will be developed |
| 11. |
Collaborative
partners will rate the communication and positive relationship
with the project schools as being satisfactory and appropriate |
Key Individuals
For This Project
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Mr.
Herman Gaither, Superintendent
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Roy
Stehle, Federal Projects
and Grants Coordinator
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Beaufort
County School District
P.O. Drawer 309
Beaufort, SC 29901-0309
803-525-4329 (fax)
Role
in project: Supportive, but delegates responsibility to
Roy Stehle
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Beaufort
County School District
P.O. Drawer 309
Beaufort, SC 29901-0309
803-525-4329 (fax)
Role
in project: Project Director and contact person
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Person with
primary responsibility for Intranet communication for our grantee
project:
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