Principal’s Report
May 26, 2015
I. Student Enrollment: 614 students, 6th- 58, 7th grade- 82, 8th grade- 51, 9th grade109 students, 10th grade- 125 students, 11th grade- 103 students, 12th grade- 86 students
II. Projected Enrollment for 2015-2016
 800 total students
III. End of Year School Improvement Plan Review
 Review reading, writing, math and science goals, discussed strengths and areas to
improve
IV. Update on Class of 2015
 Currently we 82 out of seniors that have passed the FCAT/ACT/SAT Reading
 Four students pending passing the ACT or SAT in June
 All students currently have above a 2.0 GPA (graduation requirement)
V. Florida’s Bright Future Scholarship Program
 Florida Medallion Scholar- Required Weighted GPA 3.0 or above, minimum
of 75 community service hours, minimum composite score in ACT of 21 or in SAT
980 (two years paid tuition paid for state universities)
 Lazaro Hernandez, Hector Borges
 Gold Seal Vocational Scholar- Required Weighted GPA 3.0 and required
unweighted GPA in vocational courses 3.5 or above, minimum 75 hours of
community service hours, ACT scores in Reading: 18, Math: 19, English 17 or SAT
scores: Critical Reading: 440, Math: 440
 Yerandi Alonso, Yairen Sotolongo
VI. Superintendent’s Diploma of Distinction
 Students with a minimum 3.5 Weighted GPA, four or more honors/AP classes and
a minimum of 75 community service hours= 41 total students
VII. FSA/ELA and EOC Results 2014-2015
 HB 7069“With the passage of HB 7069, the legislature has required an independent
verification of the validity of the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA). Prior to
the release of the validity study results, the legislature has placed limits on the
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release of student scores, …the bill requires that a panel consisting of one
member appointed by the Governor, one member appointed by the President of
the Senate, and one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives select an independent entity by June 1 to conduct the study. The
independent entity must complete their verification study by September 1. Please
note that if the FSA is found valid, we will release T-scores immediately following
that date.”
M-DCPS WILL NOT INCLUDE STANDARDIZED ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY TEST
SCORES IN STUDENTS’ FINAL GRADES; THIRD GRADE PROMOTION TO BE
DETERMINED LOCALLY
The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) announced on Monday, May 18, that due to the
unavailability of the independently verified state-wide assessment results for Algebra 1, Algebra
2 and Geometry, “the statutory requirements to include these results as 30 percent of a student's
final course grade are inoperative”. Therefore, the state has indicated that districts can release
the final grades without incorporating the 30 percent calculation.
“Although the state allows districts to retroactively apply Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and Geometry
End-Of-Course results to students’ final grades, I shall not do so,” said Superintendent of
Schools Alberto M. Carvalho. “I fully trust the judgment of our teachers, and our students need
to be scheduled for the 2015-16 school year.”
It should be noted that passing the Algebra I EOC assessment is still required for graduation.
The FDOE also confirmed that results from the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) are not
expected prior to the end of the 2014-15 school year for grade 3 students. As a result, the district
will need to identify and apply available criteria to be used in determining Grade 3 promotion
decisions. M-DCPS has decided to use results from the I-Ready 3rd Diagnostic and Stanford
Achievement Test, Tenth Edition (SAT-10) as indicators for promoting students to grade 4. In
addition, all the statutory good causes for promotion will also be applied. Those include:
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English Language Learners (ELL) with less than 2 years of instruction in an English for
Speakers of Other Language program based on initial entry into a U.S school
Students previously retained in grade 3 or retained a total of two years in K, 1, or 2
Students who demonstrate mastery on the Grade 3 Reading Portfolio
Students with disabilities whose IEP indicates that participation in the FCAT/FSA
statewide assessment programs is not appropriate (students who participate in FAA)
Students with disabilities whose IEP/Section 504 plan reflect 2 or more years of
intensive instruction and previous retention in Grades K, 1, 2 or 3
It should be noted that once the state releases the list of students in the lowest quintile,
adjustments for students who may have met the promotion criteria will also be completed.
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VIII.
Best High Schools
 55th ranked out of 911
 Increased from 81 to 55 from one year to another
VIV.
America’s Most Challenging High Schools ranks schools through an index formula that’s
a simple ratio: the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and
Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year,
divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year. A ratio of 1.000 means the
school had as many tests as graduates.
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