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Eagle Rock Pipe Band Pipe Major Charlie Anderson The Band’s History The band began in July 2010, in the city of Idaho Falls, originally known as Eagle Rock, Idaho. Hence, the name – Eagle Rock Pipe Band. They are a traditional band of Scottish Highland pipes and drums promoting the cherished Celtic music of the ages, as well as the military traditions associated with their instruments. The Eagle Rock Pipe Band wears the tartan of the Clan Fraser which is the Scottish clan that bore a heavy influence in the settlement of North America and the State of Idaho.
State Legislators Senator Dean Mortimer Senator Bart Davis Representative Janice McGeachin Representative Jeff Thompson Representative Erik Simpson Representative Linden Bateman Mayors Mayor Brad Anderson Mayor Jared Fuhrman Mayor David Blain Mayor Steve Fuhrman City Council Presidents Council President Ida Hardcastle Council President John Brasier Council President Dana Kirkham City Council Members ,[object Object]
Thomas Hally
Michael Lehto
Karen Cromwell
Kenneth Taylor
Russell Slack
Brian Powell
Lee Bean
Sean Coletti
Rex Thompson
Dennis McArthur
Jane Shaw
Dan Gubler
Bruce Case
Vernon Hill
Nadine Ball
Terry Hansen,[object Object]
Recent Challenges $6 million in state funding cuts in three years FY10, FY11, FY12 88.5 positions cut  Valuable programs cut/reduced Reduced work hours Reduced extended work year assignments Furlough days imposed over the past two years
Celebrations ,[object Object]
$1,050,000 in new technology into the classroom
Additional State allocation ($2,038,764) has allowed us to:
Rescind 3 furlough days for all employees
Save the remainder to offset future cuts to the Salary-based apportionment and loss of one-time money
District Consolidation Study shows that the Bonneville School District is lean and it would cost millions $$ to combine districts,[object Object]
377 Teachers earned 596 Credits
Total Instructional Alignment TIA
Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 Total Categories possible in Bonneville School District(20 schools + 1 District) X 41 categories = 861 total Number of  Categories where Proficiency was Met: 855 855/861 = 99.3% Success in Our Schools
Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 AYP passing rate over the past 5 years92.4% in 200796.6% in 2008 96.7% in 2009 96.7% in 201099.3% in 2011
Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 How does NCLB interpret our tremendous successes?
Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 NCLB Identified Bonneville School District No. 93 Schools Passing = 17 Schools Failing = 3 District = FailingREMEMBER:  AYP passing rate SCORE = 99.3%
NGDU “no good deed unpunished !!” *
No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. Please exkucelisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.
No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out  of a tree and misplaced his hip. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was Sunday Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.
No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday.. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had  diahre   dyrea   direathethe sh#*s. Please excuse ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football.   He was hurt in the growing part. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat , her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.
The Future of Public Education?
“The paths are not found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.” The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. 				- John Schaar
In Creating the Future: Henry Ford said, "If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.“
Horse “Faster Horse” Creating the Future:

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Opening meeting 8 23-2011.part 1

  • 1. Eagle Rock Pipe Band Pipe Major Charlie Anderson The Band’s History The band began in July 2010, in the city of Idaho Falls, originally known as Eagle Rock, Idaho. Hence, the name – Eagle Rock Pipe Band. They are a traditional band of Scottish Highland pipes and drums promoting the cherished Celtic music of the ages, as well as the military traditions associated with their instruments. The Eagle Rock Pipe Band wears the tartan of the Clan Fraser which is the Scottish clan that bore a heavy influence in the settlement of North America and the State of Idaho.
  • 2.
  • 18.
  • 19. Recent Challenges $6 million in state funding cuts in three years FY10, FY11, FY12 88.5 positions cut Valuable programs cut/reduced Reduced work hours Reduced extended work year assignments Furlough days imposed over the past two years
  • 20.
  • 21. $1,050,000 in new technology into the classroom
  • 22. Additional State allocation ($2,038,764) has allowed us to:
  • 23. Rescind 3 furlough days for all employees
  • 24. Save the remainder to offset future cuts to the Salary-based apportionment and loss of one-time money
  • 25.
  • 26. 377 Teachers earned 596 Credits
  • 28.
  • 30.
  • 31. Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 Total Categories possible in Bonneville School District(20 schools + 1 District) X 41 categories = 861 total Number of Categories where Proficiency was Met: 855 855/861 = 99.3% Success in Our Schools
  • 32. Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 AYP passing rate over the past 5 years92.4% in 200796.6% in 2008 96.7% in 2009 96.7% in 201099.3% in 2011
  • 33. Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 How does NCLB interpret our tremendous successes?
  • 34. Adequate Yearly Progress 2011 NCLB Identified Bonneville School District No. 93 Schools Passing = 17 Schools Failing = 3 District = FailingREMEMBER: AYP passing rate SCORE = 99.3%
  • 35. NGDU “no good deed unpunished !!” *
  • 36.
  • 37. No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. Please exkucelisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.
  • 38. No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out  of a tree and misplaced his hip. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was Sunday Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.
  • 39. No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday.. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had  diahre   dyrea   direathethe sh#*s. Please excuse ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
  • 40. No Parent Left BehindMemphis School District - Actual Notes Received John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football.   He was hurt in the growing part. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat , her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.
  • 41. The Future of Public Education?
  • 42. “The paths are not found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.” The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. - John Schaar
  • 43. In Creating the Future: Henry Ford said, "If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.“
  • 44. Horse “Faster Horse” Creating the Future:
  • 45.
  • 46.
  • 47.
  • 48.
  • 49.
  • 50.
  • 51. *
  • 52. In the last decade, our schools have improved dramatically. They have never been better. The problem is: The world is changing faster!
  • 53. Our schools are not failing, they are becoming obsolete.
  • 54.
  • 55. The Immediate Challenge: Current Education System Something Different
  • 56. Everyone wants schools to be better, but almost no one wants them to be different.
  • 57. "The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school."
  • 58. Third Grade Reading Predicts High School Graduation A student who can’t read on grade level by 3rd grade is four times less likely to graduate than a child who does read proficiently by that time. -American Education Research Association 2011
  • 59. Add poverty to the mix, and a student is 13 time less likely to graduate on time than his or her proficient, wealthier peer. -American Education Research Association 2011 Third Grade Reading Predicts High School Graduation
  • 60. Dropout Statistics and Prisoners Nationwide: 80% of Prisoners are High School Dropouts (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory National Dropout Prevention Network Study) *
  • 61.
  • 62.
  • 63. Average Yearly Cost per Prisoner, Idaho: $20,381 (Idaho Observer and Idaho Department of Corrections) Cost Comparison Education vs. Incarceration Connecticut: $40,000 (Connecticut Department of Corrections) Massachusetts: $43,025 (Connecticut Department of Corrections) California: $47,000 (California Department of Corrections) Arizona: $62,240 (Arizona Department of Corrections)
  • 64. *