Case Study: The South Beloit Community School District

Communication within the Westside School District No. 5 between the school district and the communities and families that it serves is a very dynamic process. I talked with district administrators, community members, researched pertinent information in the Arkansas State University library, and various governmental online sources and found very helpful information to include in this sociological inventory. Westside Consolidated School District No. 5 is a consolidation of primarily three school districts Bono, Cash and Egypt located in Craighead County, Arkansas in 1966 (Westside, 2017). The district also includes parts of Walnut Ridge and Alicia in Lawrence County and parts of Jonesboro in Craighead County. The district has three school buildings housing students from pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The elementary school is the school for

Clay Country Schools are located in the southwest corner of North Carolina. The school district is currently the only that serves the county providing all grade levels, Pre-K through 12th Grade located on one campus. The campus consists of Hayesville Elementary School, Hayesville Middle School, and Hayesville High School. Historically Clay County Schools has not always been the only public school system to serve the county. Below is a case study of the history of the schools in Clay County and the demographic and fiscal characteristics of the current school system along with statewide comparisons and a recent North Carolina school lawsuit.

Leaguetown Independent School District is currently facing a conflict of whether having later start times would perhaps help the improvement of academic performance of Leaguetown Middle School and high school students. Superintendent Judith Owens has proposed a new schedule that would set later start times. A group of Leaguetown Middle School parents has organized to oppose the proposal.

The participants selected for this study will consist of both male and females 18 years or older. Specific ethic background is not a criterion in participant selection, therefore will not play a role in participant recruitment. Only individuals who have worked in or with the informal class reassignment program at Carmack Elementary will be selected to participate in this study. Carmack Elementary is a public elementary school, which is part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District. The San Bernardino City Unified School District is identified as a large public school district and is located within Southern California. Participants selected for this study will consist of special education teachers and special education school personnel.

Payette School District is located in Payette, Idaho and was founded in 1885. Payette is a small town in Idaho right next to the Oregon border with about 7,430 residents. The school district is employing 77 teachers and has a total staff of 81. With around 1,617 students, the schools, in total, currently have a 21:1 student to teacher ratio.

Coach Mike played 4 years of baseball at Westmont High School as a starting pitcher and utility outfielder. He also played 2 years of baseball with the DuPage Red Angels. Additionally, Coach Mike has extensive experience working with children and during his tenure with the Bulls/Sox Training Academy he was selected as a top instructor for two consecutive years (2013-2014).

The Rock Brook School, located in Skillman, NJ, is a private, non-profit school for Communication Impaired and Multiply Disabled children. The school provides services for children age 3-21. The school is approved by the New Jersey State Department of Education and received accreditation from the (MSCES). There are presently around 50 students from 25 different school districts throughout central New Jersey. The home school district is required to pay tuition, if placement is approved through the IEP (The 'Individualized Education Program) and the school district cannot provide the services needed for the child. The program runs from 8:45 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday. The school year is from September through June, with an Extended

I performed my field experience at Chiefland Elementary. Chiefland is a very small town with the population of six thousand. There are over eight hundred students enrolled at Chiefland Elementary. There are fifty-two instructional staff members and two administers. In those fifty-two staff members, there is one African American teacher and one male teacher; the rest are women. This is a white dominate school. In the school there is 73% Caucasian students, 17% African American students, and 4% Hispanic students. There is only 3% of students that are ESOL and 5% are Gifted and Talented. This semester we learned that in small areas and with low income schools, there are more Hispanics and African American people. In this case, Chiefland Elementary

Saginaw Public School District, located in Saginaw Michigan is the urban school district of Saginaw, Michigan. The district has approximately 7,500 students and operates 15 schools which include, 10 elementary schools, 1 middle school and 3 high schools. Over the past 10 years there has been a drastic decrease in student enrollment. The main cause of the decrease in enrollment include Michigan’s failing economy. The closing of automobile factories has resulted in a huge decrease in the city of Saginaw’s populations. During the past 10 years there has also been closing of many schools in the Saginaw Public School District. The district is also operating in a deficit and has been required by the state of Michigan to decide a plan to eliminate

The case I chose was one that took place in Houston, TX, in the Houston Independent School District. I chose it because Houston is where I was born and grew up, and I wanted to use a case that felt close to home for me. This case was about a student who, throughout the course of about two years, displayed several signs of aggression, defiance, and general misbehavior both in class and at home. The misbehaviors ranged from “pestering and irritating” his/her siblings at home, throwing tantrums, and becoming easily upset or angered. The student also led a lonely life, both in class and school, expressing dislike and resentment towards siblings and other family members, as well as stating that student “feels student has no friends.” In class, the

As a teacher in Clark County School District, I taught at Jim Bridger Middle and Thurman White Middle. I worked with the special education teachers and facilitator to allow emotional an opportunity to be in a regular education class with their peers. The goal was for the students to socialize and learn from the regular education students skills in communications. These thrived in my classes. As a science teacher I am very hands-on allowing the students opportunities to communicate and problem solve. These students learned to work with their peers and become successful in both content and social

In the southeast corner of Pennsylvania, lies the town of Kennett Square. While it is a part of two school districts, the downtown area is located in the Kennett Consolidated School District. Like with all districts, there are intricacies that make Kennett special. The students are the essence of any school and those that attend affect the climate and culture. Another group of important people in the building is the teachers and administrators that help the school function every day. There are many moving parts in an educational system, and the way they come together tells the story of a school.

I recommend that the classrooms throughout the Federal Way District School System comply with The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards. All classrooms should be tested. If the noise level in an unoccupied classroom exceeds 35 dBA it should be modified to meet the recommended and appropriate acoustical levels.

Further schools must develop strategies to include all families of youth within the collaboration, planning, and implementation of secondary transition-related activities, including CLD families. Olivos, Gallagher, and Aguilar (2010) developed a research-based framework for building a welcoming school environment for CLD families of students in special education. Including locating English language proficiency programs to assist clients who do not speak English as their primary language. An illustration of utilizing multicultural counseling competencies includes asking clients open-ended questions and encouraging families to elaborate on their belief system towards disability. Hernandez et al. (2006) also recommend that rehabilitation counseling agencies have bilingual rehabilitation counselors available to provide adequate services to clients whose first language is not that of the dominant culture, in addition to having forms and resources that are printed in various languages (Hernandez Cometa,., Rosen, Velcoff,, Schober,, & Luna,

Prince Georges’ County Public Schools (PGCPS) are in deep need of reservoir of good will – a bed of positive emotion that grows in good times, and protects the brand when sentiment – or the media is negative.