due by 4:00 p.m. August 31, 2012
Section 1- Applicant Information
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limited to
20 pages.
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Name of entity applying: Nicholas County Board of Education
County: Nicholas
Principal: (Superintendent) – Beverly Kingery
Contact Name & Title:
Gene Collins, Attendance Director
Phone: 872-3611 ext. 285
Email: gdcollin@access.k12.wv.us
Number of students served/affected by plan: 123 (58 – Summersville area
65 – Richwood area)
Number of teachers involved/affected by plan: 2
Number of service personnel involved/affected by plan: 2
Please place a check beside the appropriate entity(ies) applying for innovation
zone designation
______School
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______Coalition of Schools (fill out multiple listings below)
______Higher Education Institution (*must check another entity)
______Feeder System of Schools
___X___ District Application
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_______ Innovation Zone Grant
___X___ Drop-Out Prevention Grant (must include community partners and
three year budget proposal)
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__X___ Local Educational Agency Report of Support or Concerns
__X____ Multiple Community Partner Records of Commitment for Dropout Grants
West Virginia Department of Education
Innovation Zone and Drop-Out Prevention Grant
Please fill out all appropriate boxes and respond to all questions. The
application and plan must be in 12 pt. font and is limited to 20 pages.
Application is due by 4:00 p.m. August 31, 2012
Section 1- Applicant Information
Name of entity applying: Nicholas County Board of Education
County: Nicholas
Principal: (Superintendent) - Beverly Kingery
Contact Name & Title:
Gene Collins, Attendance Director
Phone: 872-3611 ext. 285
Email: gdcoIlin@access.kl2.wv.us
Number of students served/affected by plan: 123 (58 - Summersville area 65 - Richwood area]
Number of teachers involved/affected by plan: 2 Number of service personnel involved/affected by
plan: 2
Please place a check beside the appropriate entity(ies) applying for innovation zone designation
___ School
___ Department or Subdivision of School
___ Coalition of Schools (fill out multiple listings below)
___ Higher Education Institution (*must check another entity)
___ Feeder System of Schools
_ X _ District Application
Please place a check beside the appropriate grant for which you are applying
____ Innovation Zone Grant
__X _ Drop-Out Prevention Grant (must include community partners and three year budget proposal)
LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS
Identify the school or consortium's leadership team. For dropout prevention grants, the leadership team
_____________ should include
community partners (add
additional lines as
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Name
Superintendent
Kingery, Beverly
Attendance Director
Collins, Gene
Principal, Craigsville Elementary
Bailey, Christina
Principal, Summersville Middle
King, Bethany
Hillman, Carter
Principal, Richwood High
Judge Gary Johnson 28th Circuit Court Judge
Milan, P.K. Nicholas County Prosecuting
Attorney ________________________________________________
Bragg, Levi Nicholas County Juvenile Probation Officer
Section 2- Abstract and Waiver Requests
Provide a project summary that briefly describes the project’s vision, goals, activities, and key
features for student success that will be addressed. Please limit the length of the abstract to
the text box found on this page only.
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“Attendance Recovery” is proposed as a Dropout Prevention Grant to continue the downward trend of
dropouts in Nicholas County. From 2007 – 2012, Nicholas County lowered the number of dropouts from
87 students to 19. This was possible by a multi-faceted approach involving the school system, judicial
system, and social services to curtail truancy. A few programs implemented are partnering with the 28th
Judicial Circuit Court, classroom teachers completing student juvenile probation reports relevant to
attendance – behavior – coursework, student/parent conference with Superintendent before dropout can
become official, and designing alternative education programs that concentrate on more than
discipline/behavior issues. Communities in Schools, a non-profit organization, and the National Dropout
Prevention Center have well documented that attendance is one of the three ABCs of dropout prevention.
As students face extenuating and difficult family circumstances, it is not always possible for students to
attend school. This program will allow students of any grade level to attend school on Saturday to erase
up to two days of unexcused absence per semester from their attendance record. All grade levels are
included in this proposal. Even though Nicholas County has successful yearly attendance and the dropout
number is down, this past school year there was a trend upward of elementary students with 5-10
unexcused absences.
The program would operate on Saturdays in the months of October, November, December, March,
April, and May. Those six months were identified as months in 2011-2012 which students begin to
accumulate the most unexcused absences each semester that jeopardize their state required attendance.
A program would operate in both areas of the county – Summersville and Richwood – at one school site.
Two teachers (grades K-5 and grades 6-12) would operate the Saturday program. All grades are included
to attack poor attendance patterns that develop early and to address newer federal government
graduation and dropout calculations that emphasize early intervention to high dropout rates. One
custodian at each site would be available. Students would bring their lunch and parents would be
required to provide transportation. The planning committee felt this places responsibility and
accountability on parent and student in taking ownership for unexcused absences.
As teachers cannot teach an empty desk; early attendance patterns affect the probably of high school
graduation; and the further behind a student becomes academically this affects a dropout decision; the
focus of the Saturday program will be on academic makeup assignments, benchmark assessments, ACT
prep, social service/community projects, and/or counseling activities recommended by the school or
community partners. Technology at the school sites will assist in personalizing learning and meeting
individual student academic needs. The program for each student will be personalized based on
individual need. Students who attend Saturday school either voluntarily or as a condition of the
judicial/juvenile system will have the opportunity to erase two unexcused absences per semester from
their attendance record upon satisfactory completion of academic work. One absence may be erased
upon accumulating 5 unexcused absences and one absence may be erased upon accumulating 10
unexcused absences per semester.
Attendance Recovery will be deemed successful if 1) a minimum of 60% of attending students meet
attendance and academic requirements, 2) all Nicholas County schools meet the required state
attendance rate, 3) all Nicholas County schools meet the required participation rate on state assessment,
and 4) 50% of truancy cases per year are resolved.
As this is a countywide proposal to affect any student in Nicholas County with excessive unexcused
absences, the customary Faculty Senate vote was substituted with a vote of all county administrators as
recommended by the West Virginia Department of Education. Other aspects of the grant contents herein
are based upon district information as opposed to individual school information. Those particular
sections will be so noted.
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Waiver Requests
Indicate the specific type(s) of policy or code that prohibit or constrain the design that you wish to
request a waiver from:
__X__ Specific waiver requested of county policy
__X__ Specific waiver requested of WVBOE policy
__X__ Specific waiver requested of WV code/statute
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WV Code Waiver Request
(Specify section and
article)
18-8-4 unexcused absences
WVBOE Policy Waiver Request
(specify section and article)
18-8-8 suspensions
126-81-5 Policy 4110
5.2, 5.3.2, 5.3.3
18-8-11 condition of motor
vehicle license
County Policy JBA
4.12, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 6.2, 6.4
126-81-7 Policy 4110
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Impact of the waiver – What will the
waiver enable the school to do
differently?
Waive defining and implying that
attendance is within the confines of a
school week Monday-Friday and allow
for recording attendance on Saturday.
Waive suspension as an unexcused
absence if a student meets the
requirements for Attendance Recovery
up to two days per semester due to
suspension.
Waive requirement of suspension of
motor vehicle license if a student meets
the requirements of Attendance
Recovery. This would restore up to two
days per semester as excused absences.
This would provide high school students
an additional incentive to successfully
complete the Saturday program and
attend school.
Section 3- Vision and Needs Assessment
Creative Vision for the Project
1. What is the purpose and expected outcome of this project?
The purpose of the project is to increase student attendance and ultimately increase student
achievement. Attendance Recovery will allow students the opportunity to reduce their number of
unexcused absences by two each semester and complete classroom assignments and assessments.
The ultimate goal is increased attendance and sustaining the decrease in the dropout rate.
2. How is this project linked to the school or consortium’s five-year strategic plan?
The district’s recently submitted five-year strategic plan identifies attendance and dropout rate as
areas of concern based on the economy and educational level of the county’s overall population.
These areas are also addressed in plan sections 1) key indicators and 2) professional
development.
3. How is the school or consortium’s project connected to best practice and current research
in reference to raising student achievement and/or dropout prevention?
A compendium of research on school dropouts points to three distinct factors of poor attendance,
behavior, and coursework, commonly known as the ABCs of dropout prevention, as the key factors
that determine a student’s desire to drop out of school. Attendance was an indicator of one of the
earliest signs of failure in school that leads to student dropout as reported by Balfanz and Byrnes
(2010). A major reason students in Nicholas County recorded in 2011-2012 for dropping out of
school was academic difficulty (coursework). If a student has academic difficulty, there is a
correlation to poor attendance in Nicholas County Schools as recorded by WESTEST results
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(students below mastery) and attendance records (students with 10 or more unexcused
absences). Research by the Alliance for Excellent Education (2007) and Hammond, et. al. (2007)
further supports the connection of academic performance, attendance, and dropout rates. In
2009, the National Governor’s Association studies the available research on dropouts and dropout
prevention and further concluded that the ABCs of dropout prevention and been aptly identified.
The primary focus of this proposal is increasing the attendance rate, offering an additional
opportunity to complete coursework and ultimately decreasing the dropout rate.
4. Explain how the school or consortium’s current data influenced the need for the project
described in question one?
Of 19 categories a student identifies for dropping out of school in Nicholas County, 16 of 19
students identified attendance and academic difficulty (which correlate) as the top reasons for
dropping out of school. There was an increase in out of school suspensions at the elementary
level. There was an overall county increase in number of students with 5 or more unexcused
absences. The county attendance average dropped by .5% from the previous year. Some districts
might feel these results are acceptable but losing one student to dropout, suspending any student,
and unexcused absences is unacceptable in Nicholas County. Nicholas County’s number one goal
is to improve student achievement in order that students may have a successful life; therefore, the
county addresses any decline in statistics.
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Section 4- Goals, Objectives, Evaluation, Timeline
GOALS:

Objectives
Activities
Personnel
Timeline
Budget
Identify the measureable
objectives that will be used to
determine success in achieving
these goals
Develop activities for each objective that are: Creative
and innovative; Impact student success; Allow for
greater flexibility; change the way the
school(s)/district currently operate
Indicate the name and
title of personnel that
will be responsible for
the activities.
Identify the timeline
for the activities
(include month/year)
Indicate budget
requirements
(Must be specific, measurable,
attainable, relevant, and timely goals
(SMART )
60% of participating
students will not exceed
the10 or more unexcused
absences per semester
after attending
Attendance Recovery.
Students may be required to attend Attendance
Recovery by the judge, probation officer, or
DHHR worker.
Parents may agree to student participation by
joint agreement with the Superintendent,
Attendance Director, and/or school principal.
While attending Attendance Recovery, students
will complete class assignments, Acuity and/or
WV Writes assignments, ACT prep, special
projects, and be required to read for pleasure
30 minutes.
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Gene Collins,
attendance director
Attendance Recovery
teachers (hired per
state personnel law)
The program will
operate on
Saturdays in the
months of Oct.,
Nov., Dec., March,
April, and May.
Attendance
Recovery student
attendance will be
provided to the
school principal
and attendance
director within one
week of student
completion.
(include formulas used
to derive totals in budget
sections e.g. 3 subs
@$143/day=total)
4 teachers X
$200.00 per day
X 24 days per
year =
$19,200.00
2 custodians X
$100.00 per day
(estimate based
on average
experience and
state personnel
law) X 24 days
per year = $4,000
Judicial truancy cases
will reduce by 30% the
first year, 40% the
second year, and 50% the
third year.
All Nicholas County
Schools will meet the
state attendance and
state assessment
participation
requirements
The Judge may mandate a student to attend
Attendance Recovery as a condition of court
proceedings.
Gary Johnson, 28th
Judicial Circuit Judge
The Probation Officer may mandate a student to
attend Attendance Recovery if a student receives
a negative teacher evaluation report.
Levi Bragg, Juvenile
Probation Officer
The DHHR social worker may recommend a
student attend the program and/or recommend
specific projects based on a student’s needs (e.g.
substance abuse, bullying, anger management,
etc.).
Crystal Champ,
WVDHHR Social
Worker
The Superintendent will schedule individual
school celebrations for any school that meets
state attendance requirements and decreases
the number of students with 10 or more
unexcused absences.
The last day of state assessment each year,
students in each school that attended school
every day during assessment will be provided
30-60 minutes of student choice activity as a
reward for attendance during assessment (e.g.
board games, music, intramurals,
computer/technology time).
Beverly Kingery,
Superintendent
Gene Collins,
Attendance Director
School Principals
The Judge will
provide to the
Attendance
Director the
number of truancy
cases per year that
were prosecuted
and the number
each year that were
resolved/dismissed
each June.
Attendance
celebration will be
held in September
of each year.
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$2,000
The state
assessment
participation
reward will be held
in May of each year
on the last day of
assessment.
Section 5- Project Evaluation and Sustainability
1. How will you evaluate and report the impact this innovation project has on increasing student success and/or other stated
goals and objectives?
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1) 60% of the participating students will not exceed 10 unexcused absences per semester. The Attendance Recovery teacher
will submit the name of students, date of attendance, and successful program completion to the county attendance
director. This shall be submitted within one week of student completion of makeup day. The county attendance director in
tandem with the student’s school will record the attendance accurately. The teachers each semester will submit a
cumulative attendance report to the attendance director and effected principals including student name, dates of
attendance, and student activity completion.
2) Judicial truancy cases will reduce by 30% the first year, 40% the second year, and 50% the third year. The judicial
secretary will provide the school attendance director this information each year. The attendance director will chart
progress and report to the Judge, Nicholas County Board of Education, and WVDE both by individual year and trend data.
3) All Nicholas County Schools will meet the state attendance and state assessment participation requirements. The
Superintendent will report to the Nicholas County Board of Education and WVDE the attendance and assessment
participation rates on a yearly basis and provide a three year report at program completion.
4) How will this innovation be sustained beyond the initial funding period?
Nicholas County has an operational school levy that has existed since 1952. There are provisions every five years in the school
levy for alternative education and supplemental personnel salaries. These levy line items are legitimate expenditures for this
program.
Section 6- Budget Justification
The Innovation Zone allocation for FY 2013 is approximately $435,000. Applicants should prepare proposals and accompanying budgets
for no more than two school years. The budget should support the activities described in the above application. Major item requests must
be supported with activities within in the application. You may request up to $50,000.
*Regular IZ applicants need to only fill in the FY 2013 budget.
The Dropout Prevention Innovation Zone allocation is $2,200,000. These funds will be awarded in one competitive grant process and
applicants must prepare proposals and accompanying budgets for three school years. The budget should support the activities described in
the above application. Major item requests must be supported with activities within in the application. The budget range for each proposal
is $50,000 to $100,000 for each of the three years (total 3 year award range $150,000 to $300,000).
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FY 2013
Expenditure
Amount Requested
In-Kind (Optional)
Total
Professional Salaries
0
0
0
Fringe Benefits
0
0
0
Equipment
0
0
0
Supplies
0
0
0
Professional Development
0
0
0
Travel
0
0
0
Contracts/Consultants
0
0
0
Other
$23,200.00
$2,000.00
$25,200.00
Total
$23,200.00
$2,000.00
$25,200.00
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FY 2014
Expenditure
Amount Requested
In-Kind (Optional)
Total
Professional Salaries
0
0
0
Fringe Benefits
0
0
0
Equipment
0
0
0
Supplies
0
0
0
Professional Development
0
0
0
Travel
0
0
0
Contracts/Consultants
0
0
0
Other
$23,200.00
$2,000.00
$25,200.00
Total
$23,200.00
$2,000.00
$25,200.00
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FY 2015
Expenditure
Amount Requested
In-Kind (Optional)
Total
Professional Salaries
0
0
0
Fringe Benefits
0
0
0
Equipment
0
0
0
Supplies
0
0
0
Professional Development
0
0
0
Travel
0
0
0
Contracts/Consultants
0
0
0
Other
$23,200.00
$2,000.00
$25,200.00
Total
$23,200.00
$2,000.00
$25,200.00
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Appendix
Record of Commitment
Use this form to report the staff commitment regarding the innovation application and plan. A copy
must be forwarded to the Innovation Zone Committee with the application and the plan.
NOTE that the following information is based on district submittal and not individual school submittal
of this proposal. Officials signatures delivered by hard copy.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Department (if applicable): Attendance
Notice of Meeting (Date provided to faculty or department/subdivision): August 3, 2012
Meeting Date: August 28, 2012
Nicholas County Schools
WVDE Dropout Prevention Grant Application
Administrator/Stakeholder – Vote Certification
August 28, 2012
___26____ Votes for approval
____0____ Votes for non-approval
I certify the above vote for Attendance Recovery WVDE Dropout Prevention Grant Application:
_____________________________________________________________
Signature – Christina Bailey, elementary principal
_____________________________________________________________
Signature – Bethany King, middle school principal
_____________________________________________________________
Signature – Carter Hillman, high school principal
_____________________________________________________________
Signature – Gene Collins, attendance director
We certify that 80 percent of the administrators affected by the application/plan has voted to support
the application/plan.
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Local Educational Agency Report of Support or Concerns
Use this form to report the county board or boards and superintendent’s support or concerns, or both, about the
innovation to the principal and faculty senate. A copy must be forwarded to the Innovation Zone Committee.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Department (if applicable): Board of Education
Date of School/Department/Subdivision Receipt of Application: July 9, 2012
Date of Regularly Scheduled County Board of Education Meeting: August 6, 2012
NOTE that the following information is based on district submittal and not individual school submittal
of this proposal. Officials signatures delivered by hard copy.
County Board of Education Elected Officers:
President: (Name) Dr. Lloyd Adkins Signature: ___________________________
Vice-President: (Name) Phil Berry
Signature: ___________________________
Members
Name: Bob O’Dell
Signature: ___________________________
Name: Jason Swager
Signature: ___________________________
Name: Barbara Taylor
Signature: ___________________________
Support: The Nicholas County Board of Education supports the application of Attendance Recovery
Saturday program to assist students in recovering unexcused absences in order to allow students greater
academic success in school.
Concerns: None
Local Educational Agency Report of Support or Concerns
Use this form to report the county board or boards and superintendent's support or concerns, or both, about
the innovation to the principal and faculty senate. A copy must be forwarded to the Innovation Zone
Committee.
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District: Nicholas County Schools
Department (if applicable]: Board of Education
Date of School/Department/Subdivision Receipt of Application: July 9, 2012
Date of Regularly Scheduled County Board of Education Meeting: August 6. 2012
County Board of Education Elected Officers:
President: (Name) Dr. Lloyd Adkins
Signature:
Vice-President: (Name) Phil Berry
Signature:
Members
Name:
Bob O'Dell
s'Jfik
Name: Jason Swager
SignaJ&ffzr
Signature:
Name:
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Barbara Taylor
Support: The Nicholas County Board of Education
application of Attendance Recovery Saturday program
recovering unexcused absences in order to allow
academic success in school.
supports the
to assist students in
students greater
Concerns: None
(Report of the Local Education Agency must be forwarded to school/department/subdivision for submission to
West Virginia Board of Education with the application/plan).
(This Report Certification is not required of institutions of higher education in their application or plan).
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Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation dropout
plan/project. Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: July 27, 2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: Nicholas County Prosecuting Attorney
Contact Person: James R. Milam, II
Contact Person email address: ncpastaff@nicholascountywv.org
Contact Person phone number: (304) 872-7870
Contact Person address: 203 Courthouse Annex Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency’s commitment to the Plan/Project:
One attorney in the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Attorney Bishoff, is assigned to juvenile and truancy
cases to work closely with the school system attendance director and Circuit Court Judge in order to
review and hear cases expeditiously.
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
1) Secretarial assistance in legal document preparation for court cases
2) Time – Assistant Prosecutor Bishoff
Agency Representative (Name) James R. Milam, II
Signature:
______________________________________________________
Title: Nicholas County Prosecuting Attorney
Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation dropout
plan/project. Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: July 1, 2012
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Name of Community Organization/Agency: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Contact Person: Judge Gary Johnson
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: (304) 872-7840
Contact Person address: 700 Main Street Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency’s commitment to the Plan/Project:
The Judge has a proven record of commitment to school attendance in hearing truant cases in his court.
He will schedule these cases at the beginning or end of the school day so students do not miss school the
day of a hearing. He will use Attendance Recovery as an additional means of keeping students in school.
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
1) Secretarial assistance in preparation of yearly statistics and documents for program evaluation.
2) Time to hear cases and process information for the school system.
Agency Representative (Name) Judge Gary Johnson
Signature:
______________________________________________________
Title: 28th Judicial Circuit Court Judge
Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation dropout
plan/project. Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: July 16, 2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: Nicholas County Juvenile Probation Officer
Contact Person: Levi Bragg
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: (304) 872-7860
Contact Person address: 700 Main Street, Suite 7 Summersville, WV 26651
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Explain the community organization/agency’s commitment to the Plan/Project:
The Nicholas County Juvenile Probation Officer commits to utilizing the program as a consequence for
students who do not fulfill the school probation requirements of attendance, behavior, and coursework.
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
1) The probation officer will report to the attendance director students who should attend the
program and suggested attendance date(s).
Agency Representative (Name) Levi Bragg
Signature:
______________________________________________________
Title: Nicholas County Juvenile Probation Officer
Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation dropout
plan/project. Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: August 27, 2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: WV Department of Health and Human Services
Contact Person: Crystal Champ
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: (304) 651-619-9117
Contact Person address:
Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency’s commitment to the Plan/Project:
WVDHHR works closely with the circuit court, juvenile probation officer, and school system to make the
best educational decisions and placements for students. The DHHR will recommend projects per
individual student that are of importance to that student based on individual student circumstances (e.g.
substance abuse, child abuse, anger management, etc.).
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
DHHR social worker will provide time to initiative projects for individual students.
Agency Representative (Name) Crystal Champ
Signature:
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______________________________________________________
Title: Social Worker, WVDHHR
Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation
dropout plan/project. Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include
meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s] of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: July 27, 2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: Nicholas County Prosecuting Attorney
Contact Person: James R. Milam, II
Contact Person email address: ncpastaff(5)nicholascountywv.org
Contact Person phone number: [304] 872-7870
Contact Person address: 203 Courthouse Annex
Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency's commitment to the Plan/Project:
One attorney in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Attorney Bishoff, is assigned to juvenile and truancy cases
to work closely with the school system attendance director and Circuit Court Judge in order to review and
hear cases expeditiously.
List the resources and contributions (not monetary] that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
1] Secretarial assistance in legal document preparation for court cases
2] Time - Assistant Prosecutor Bishoff
Agency Representative (Name) James R. Milam, II
Signature:
Title: Nicholas County Prosecuting Attorney
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Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation
dropout plan/project. Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include
meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s] of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: July 1, 2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Contact Person: Judge Gary Johnson
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: (304] 872-7840
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Contact Person address: 700 Main Street Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency's commitment to the Plan/Project:
The Judge has a proven record of commitment to school attendance in hearing truant cases in his court. He
will schedule these cases at the beginning or end of the school day so students do not miss school the day of
a hearing. He will use Attendance Recovery as an additional means of keeping students in school.
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to
this Plan/Project:
1) Secretarial assistance in preparation of yearly statistics and documents for program evaluation.
2) Time to hear cases and process information for the school system.
lamehjudge Gary Johnson
Signature:
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Title: 28m Judicial ^Circuit Court Judge
Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation
dropout plan/project Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include
meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: July 16, 2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: Nicholas County Juvenile Probation Officer
Contact Person: Levi Bragg
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: [304) 872-7860
Contact Person address: 700 Main Street, Suite 7 Summersville, WV 26651
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Explain the community organization/agency's commitment to the Plan/Project:
The Nicholas County Juvenile Probation Officer commits to utilizing the program as a consequence for
students who do not fulfill the school probation requirements of attendance, behavior, and coursework.
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
1) The probation officer will report to the attendance director students who should attend
the program and suggested attendance date(s).
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Agency Representative (Name) Levi Bragg
Signature:
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Juvenile Probation Officer
Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation
dropout plan/project Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include
meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: August 27,2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: WV Department of Health and Human Services
Contact Person: Crystal Champ
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: (304) 651-619-9117
Contact Person address:
Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency's commitment to the Plan/Project:
WVDHHR works closely with the circuit court, juvenile probation officer, and school system to make the
best educational decisions and placements for students. The DHHR will recommend projects per
individual student that are of importance to that student based on individual student circumstances
(e.g. substance abuse, child abuse, anger management, etc.).
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
DHHR social worker will provide time to initiative projects for individual students.
Agency Representative (Name) Crystal Champ
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Title: Social Worker, WVDHHR
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Community Partner Support
Use this form to document community organization/agency support and partnership for the innovation
dropout plan/project Use a separate form for each community partner. Dropout grants must include
meaningful
documented partnerships.
District: Nicholas County Schools
Date(s) of School/District/Community Partner Dialogues: August 27,2012
Name of Community Organization/Agency: WV Department of Health and Human Services
Contact Person: Crystal Champ
Contact Person email address:
Contact Person phone number: (304) ^-619-9117
Contact Person address:
Summersville, WV 26651
Explain the community organization/agency's commitment to the Plan/Project:
WVDHHR works closely with the circuit court, juvenile probation officer, and school system to make the
best educational decisions and placements for students. The DHHR will recommend projects per
individual student that are of importance to that student based on individual student circumstances
(e.g. substance abuse, child abuse, anger management, etc.).
List the resources and contributions (not monetary) that the organization/agency is making to this
Plan/Project:
DHHR social worker will provide time to initiative projects for individual students.
Agency Representative (Name) Crystal Champ
Signature:
Title: Social Worker, WVDHHR
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Innovation Zone Requirements
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Proposals must be typed in 12 point font and received no later than 4:00 p.m. on August 31, 2012.
Complete the application for Innovation Zone designation
*Approval by 80 percent of faculty (those affected by Innovation Proposal)
**Record of Support from Parents, LSIC, Business Partners, Students
Record of LEA/County Board Report (Support and Concerns) on application
Record of Support from Community Partners for Dropout Grants.
Submit your application/plan in a PDF document via email to Shelly DeBerry at
sdeberry@access.k12.wv.us with a copy sent to nmcline@access.k12.wv.us
IMPORTANT NOTES:
*To determine staff support, the innovation application and plan must be submitted to all employees affected
by the design of the plan for a secret ballot vote at special meetings called to determine the level of
commitment.
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The meeting is called with two weeks prior special notice, and the vote is conducted and certified to the
principal, superintendent, and county board president by a panel.
The panel must provide an absentee ballot to each employee eligible to vote who cannot attend the
meeting.
The panel consists of the elected officers of the faculty senate of the school or schools; one
representative of the service personnel of the school; and three parent members appointed by the
Local School Improvement Council (LSIC).
At least 80 percent of the employees who are eligible to vote must approve the school’s Innovation Zone
plan.
Any regular employee at a school applying for or designated as an Innovation Zone whose job duties may
be affected by implementation of the Innovation Zone plan or proposed plan may request a transfer to
another school in the school district. The county board shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate
the transfer.
**Please make sure your application is submitted to your local board in time to receive their signature and
supports/concern before the application due date.
Completed grant application must be RECEIVED via email by 4:00 p.m. on August 31, 2012.
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