A Population Health Perspective on Middle School Success Activities, Programs, and Policies: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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3 Remarks from the Mayor of Oakland and Middle School Inside Out
3 Remarks from the Mayor of Oakland and Middle School Inside Out
Pages 15-28
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, Tanya Thompson of Resiliency Services, Philip Harris of Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) , and Kristofer Comeforo of Stuart-Hobson Middle School.
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. Schaaf described the second program, Oakland Thrives Leadership Council, a citywide initiative to make Oakland the healthiest city in America.
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Dodd described Project SUCCESS as a response to these concerns. SUCCESS stands for "Student Unified Curriculum Combining English, Digital Literacy, Science and Social Studies." Project SUCCESS employed one teacher for the English, digital literacy, science, and social studies classes, thereby reducing the number of classroom transitions for sixth graders (MCPS, 2016)
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He stated that in 1989, the Carnegie Corporation's report Turning Points suggested that departmentalization in middle schools needed to be replaced with student-centered approaches and that the majority of middle schools still operate under the antiquated approach, to students' detriment. He stated that the existing middle school structure should be changed so that teachers will become "teachers of kids and not just teachers of content." A Culture of Excellence Joey Jones, principal of Robert Frost Middle School in MCPS, then gave a presentation on the culture of middle schools and how these help meet the needs of students.
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Permission to use granted by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
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When this strategy was implemented in 2018, 70 percent of students reported having a trusted adult; by the end of the year, that increased to 82 percent. Extracurricular Activities Jeff Sullivan, director of Systemwide Athletics at MCPS, discussed the importance of extracurricular programs in middle schools within MCPS, the largest school district in Maryland and the 13th largest nationwide (MCPS, 2020a)
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The extracurricular activities and athletics programs promote the MCPS philosophy of athletics, which is centered around the core values of respect and sportsmanship; academic excellence; integrity and character; spirited, safe competition; and equity and access (MCPS, 2020b) and encourages student excellence through the athletics program (see Box 3-1)
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Reimagining Middle Grades1 Tanya Thompson and Philip Harris of BCPS in Florida continued the panel presentations. Thompson first described the Reimagining Middle Grades effort, which BCPS began in July 2018.
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Thompson mentioned that the mutual responsibility helps BCPS advocate for students who are traditionally overlooked at those Community Foundation of Broward schools. For the personalized classes, 1,448 students were identified using criteria such as low standardized test results and end-of-year course grades.
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FIGURE 3-4 Framework for BCPS middle schools. NOTE: BCPS = Broward County Public Schools.
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In 2019, almost 2 years later, the community is "going into a recovery phase." Harris said that their focus is ensuring that each student in BCPS is receiving mental health counseling services. Currently, at least 10 mental health teams are spread throughout BCPS due to increased need; he added that a recent increase in local funding has provided for an expansion of 134 mental health professionals.
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Comeforo explained that the school choice model in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is aggressive: students at his middle school attend almost 20 elementary schools and go on to 5 high schools plus 14 additional schools (in smaller numbers)
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Harris responded by stating that the Florida governor established the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, which produced regulatory policies and procedures related to the safety and security of all schools in the state, including charter schools. As an example, Harris mentioned that the Public Safety Commission declared a charter school noncompliant with a mandate that required having a Broward sheriff officer or additional type of security at the school and "shut [it]
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C omeforo responded that there are community resources that parents are not aware of or are uncertain about how to access, particularly in the mental health arena. He mentioned that his district has partnerships that bring mental health practitioners into schools daily and refer students to other mental health resources that administrators are not able to pro vide within the schools.
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