Leaguetown High School Case Study

I, _____________, will be participating in the Lindhurst Blazers Baseball Program in the 2018 season. I am representing Lindhurst High School, and, as such, my behavior reflects on the coaches, my teammates, the faculty and students of Lindhurst H.S., my family, and community. I will be held to a higher standard than other students and will be expected to treat everyone with the respect that I expect to be treated in return. By signing this agreement, I agree to the following conditions.

teachers who had already notified the district of their intent to leave their positions, and

I think it is important to point out a little background information on the Englewood School Board. I have attended several of the school board meetings over the past three years and have witnessed a lot of bitterness and dissatisfaction among the board members and attendees. It stems from a history of inequities in the school system and a separation of high school and an Academy program that appears to receive a large operating budget and administrative support on the same campus. With that said there are members on the board who have children in the Academy program who have a vested interest in the success of the program over what is best for all the students who attend the high school or the program.

If I was the principle of Metro High School I would use the four types of reinforcements to motivate the students to improve performance and attendance.* This change of policies would realisticly take place over long period of time with a good system of data collection and other types of control functions. It is also very important to have the parents of the children involve as much as possible.

If we had more money in our budget to do our competitive season, we would not have to say goodbye to competing. The program receives a mere $1000, for the whole band program, as said by the band director. That is not enough for our program. My school district needs to fund the EMBC program separately from the regular band programs. I am not saying that their program isn’t as important, but we, the EMBC, require more funding for our award winning program. It is a sport, and therefore merits the full funding like any other team. A way we can do that is by moving around funding from teams who don’t require as much and move it towards the ones that do, like us. One example of this, would be to move excess funding from one

All board members/trustees, Interim superintendent, assistant superintendents, executive assistant, and the principals were in attendance. Although, the vice principal for Sunny Hills was proxy for the principal and the student board member was not present at the meeting.

The meeting was held at the Glenwood Landing School Auditorium. It was hosted by the North Shore Schools Board of Education. It convened at six- thirty p.m. on Thursday October 6th, 2016 at 60 Cody Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545. This meeting discussed issues, concerns, and matters that addressed the needs of the schools, students and community. The purpose of the North Shore Board of Education is to serve as a liaison between the community and the Board regarding legislative matters that have a direct bearing on fiscal or educational aspects of the North Shore Central School District. The Board of Education consists of seven individuals whose primary responsibilities include: establishing general policies consistent with the laws of New York State and the rules and regulations of the State Education Department.

Last year, at Kingsland High School’s Graduation Ceremony, Josie Hinze not only receiveed her High School Diploma, but also her Associates of Arts Degree before even attending any college or university. Fast-forward to one year later, and seven Kingsland students will be graduating high school with both their High School Diploma and AA Degree thanks to the collaboration of Riverland Community College and Kingsland High School for allowing high school students to take college-level courses in high school and receive college credit for them. Not only that, but there are several others who will be graduating Kingsland High School with transferrable college credit so their first few semesters might

School board meeting are essential to the everyday operation of school districts. The meeting was called to order by the school board president, the conservator himself, where a quorum was present to start the meeting. Our school board members are elected and can serve a 4 year term, but the district is under the state leadership currently. This is great, because with one individual making the decisions and voting, makes the process of getting things done a smoother approach. With too many individuals making decisions sometimes, they cannot agree or reach consensus.

The agency as a whole is required to provide an appropriate education according to the Massachusetts state laws. Along with the necessary education topics, Nathaniel Bowditch offers Spanish classes for students four days a week, a weekly choice block that includes classes like volleyball, 3D printing, and swimming, and a daily WIN (what I need) block that provides students with support in the classes they are lacking. They also provide grade specific programs like foundation phonics for students in grades kindergarten through second and an after school drama program for students in grades fifth through eighth. All of these programs are able to be in existence because of the partnership with Playworks, YMCA, and LEAP for Education (Gosselin, 2017). Unlike the students at the school who have a scheduled out day, the adjustment counselor gets pulled in every direction with no idea what the day may bring. The adjustment counselor is required to but not restricted to helping students helping students in class, at home, and in their personal lives. A counselor may help with personal difficulties, situations between students or between a child and a parent, difficult classroom situations, and for the older students, future goals, and scheduling of classes. Parents may also be in contact with the counselor about their child (Prescott,

For this online course, I was required to attend and observe a school board meeting. I completed my requirement on Monday May 23rd, 2016 at the Clearfield Area Board of School Directors Regular Meeting from 6:00 pm until 9:15 pm. The current Clearfield Area School Board is composed of five male and four female members. The five male members of this school board are: Mr. Larry A. Putt, Mr. Phillip E. Carr, Mr. Tim N. Morgan, Mr. Randy Pataky, and Dr. Michael Spencer. The four female members of this school board include: Mrs. Mary Anne Jackson, Mrs. Susan E. Mikesell, Mrs. Gail Ralston, and Mrs. Jennifer Wallace.

The City of Blacktown belongs to the Aboriginal People of the Darug group. The Blacktown area at the time had three cultural groups- Gomerigal (South Creek), Wawarawarry (Eastern Creek) and Warmuli (Prospect) where the first European Settlement occurred, in 1791 (Stralia Web, 2017). According to the 2011 census, Blacktown City local government area has the largest population of Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, making up to 2.7% of the population (Australian Bureau of Statistic, 2011 ~ Blacktown City Council).

A school counselor’s role is vital in many schools across America. Many students see their counselor, to work on any emotional stressors, academic changes and challenges. This may include, interventions, group therapy and changes in class schedule, but sometimes with all the implementations given, students do not succeed in school. Perhaps one needs to take a closer look at the programs being implemented and its success rate. In addition, a counselor should guide itself using the ASCA (American School Counselor Association) to provide evidence based practices in schools.

The meeting began when the school board members entered the large group instruction room and took their seats at a panel table angled to the side of the audience. The school board consists of nine elected members from the community. The members are as follows: Paul Ridley (President), Pat Vigliotta (Vice President), Helen Cumminskey

Looking back, I now have higher expectations about the duties of a school counselor and acknowledge the areas in which the counseling department at my school lacked. Most notably being that I was never given any traditional form of counseling. Unfortunately, I think this is due to the this growing field having not yet obtained its identity of a counseling emphasis. I knew that I could go to my counselor for academic advisement, I was sure that I would get more assistance if I struggled with my classes, but I do not believe that my counselor took an active approach of inquiring about mental health. Instead the counseling department seemed focused on student’s only when grades were down.