An overview of the North Boone schools presented to the Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce in August 2014.

1. State of the Schools
For the Belvidere Area Chamber of
Commerce
August 28, 2014

2. Enrollment Trend by School Year
1780
1724 1722 1725
1673 1668
1800
1780
1760
1740
1720
1700
1680
1660
1640
1620
1600
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

3. Poverty Rate by School Year
Percent of Students Eligible for Free or Reduced Lunch
40
20
0
60
2010 2011 2012 2013
2014
2015
16
31.7 34.7 38 40.1
52

4. Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)
• We don’t have any AYP information yet
• Since Illinois received a waiver from the Dept.
of Ed. this is to be the last year of AYP
100% of students were to be at or above
standards by 2015
• In future years, we will be measured by
growth metrics…

5. New Growth Targets
• Will be unique to each school
• Based upon reducing half of the percentage of students who are not
proficient by 2020
• Multiple Measure Index (MMI)
– Outcomes (graduation rates)
– Achievement in ELA and Math
– Progress over time (Growth)
– Context: school climate, course offerings and additional indicators (bilingual
students, vocational certification, etc.)
• Reportable subgroup size reduced from 45 to 30 students

6. ACT Scores
Testing Year English Mathematics Reading Science Composite
2010 20.6 18.7 20.7 20.1 20.2
2011 21.2 19.5 21.1 20.3 20.7
2012 21 20.1 20.7 20 20.6
2013* 18.7 18.5 19.4 18.9 19
2014* 18.2 19.1 19.7 19.4 19.3
* Change in that students with accommodations such as extended time were included in
the totals

7. College Readiness
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
71
25
47
19
14
53
26
41 41
35
23
17
64
40
48
27
23
62
35
English Comp College Algebra Social Science Biology Meeting All
26
NB200 - 2010
NB200 - 2014
Illinois 2010
Illinois 2014

8. ECRA
Dashboard
Data

10. Students Meeting Benchmarks - MAP
Grade Reading Growth Math Growth
2nd Grade 62% -0.12 63% 0.15
3rd Grade 59% 0.02 56% 0.24
4th Grade 58% -0.18 61% -0.29
5th Grade 67% 0.27 61% -0.62
6th Grade 64% -0.02 65% 0.05
7th Grade 77% 0.11 68% 0.27
8th Grade 60% 0.03 49% 0.15
9th Grade 0.14 0.43
10th Grade 0.08 0.05
11th Grade (ACT) 34% -0.04 31% 0.27

11. NBHS Failure Rates (1st Semester)
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
SY 2010
SY 2011
SY 2012
SY2013
SY 2014
8%
6%
4%
2%
4%

12. NBHS Failure Rates (2nd Semester)
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
SY 2010
SY 2011
SY 2012
SY2013
SY 2014
9%
5%
3% 4% 4%

13. Advanced Placement Exams Taken
79
34 29
17 15
65
83
70
124
96
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Exams Taken Students Involved
SY 2010
SY 2011
SY 2012
SY 2013
SY 2014

14. Drop Out Rate
4
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
3.5
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2014
1.3
1.1 1.1
0.4 0.6
0.4
3.5
3.8
2.7
2.5
2.4
North Boone
Illinois

15. NBHS 4 Year Graduation Rate
95
90
85
80
75
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
84.3
89.3
81.9
93.1
92.6
87.8
83.8
82.3 83.2
North Boone
Illinois

16. College Matriculation
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
4 6
10 4 4
48 47 36 41 37
32 29 32 30 32
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Tech School
2 YR School
4 YR School

17. Top School Choices ~ 5 Year Trend
• Rock Valley College
• Illinois State University
• University of Illinois
• Western Illinois University
• Northern Illinois University
• UW – Whitewater
• UW- Platteville

18. College Preparedness
• 42.4% of senior’s parents at NBHS didn’t attend college
– State average is 31.4%
• 25.8% of seniors took an AP course
• 12% took a career or vocational course
• Most common career interest Nursing / Health Care 14.9%
• Mechanical engineering is second 9.1%

21. District Foci for the Year
• Clear scope and sequence development in all
academic areas
• Development of a long range facilities plan
• Implementation of Primary MAPS
• Improved bilingual instruction
• Preparation for 1:1 and/or BYOT at NBHS
• Review of teacher level student growth data

22. 1:1 Tablet Program
• Each 7th & 8th Grader has a
ASUS Droid Tablet
• Teachers and students are
using Google Apps for
Education (GAFE) to produce
much of their work
• Teachers, parents and
students all have access to
student work via Schoology, a
learning management system
or LMS

23. Improving Student Motivation and Engagement
Success Indicators
• A decrease in office
referrals, detentions and
suspensions
• A decrease in the number
of days absent
• An increase in homework
completion
Results
• Reduced from 138 to 28
• 45.8% decrease in days
absent
• Completion increased from
59% to 76.2%

24. Increase Student Achievement
Success Indicators
• Increase MAP and ISAT
scores
• Increase the use of
formative assessment via
Schoology
• Increase RTI interventions
for struggling students
Results
• 77% of students met
benchmarks in reading; 68% in
math ~ highest rate in district
• 100% of 7th grade staff
reported an increase
• The delivery of
accommodations and
modifications through the use
of the tablet has been more
than we could have asked for.

25. Reduce Ongoing Instructional Costs
Success Indicators
• Reduction in the paper
budget
• Decrease in staff absences
• Long term reduction in
textbook costs as we move
to digital resources
Results
• Saved 30% of paper budget
in first year
• Staff absences decreased by
about 2/3s
• Undetermined at this point

26. Better Student Engagement
“The use of todaysmeet resulted in the participation of 100%
of the students. So many students are too shy to share aloud,
but a discussion board gives them an opportunity to express
themselves without feeling as self-conscious.”
“The discussion board then served as a quick-reference. I
could quickly and easily see and address any misconceptions
and provide reinforcement of how accurate the students
were.”
Dana Rosenquist, 7th grade language arts teacher

27. Some Other Good News
• Joseph Mroczenski, Brandan Oates, and Tanner Synove will all be recognized as AP
Scholars by the College Board
• The Class of 2014 included five college graduates who earned their associate’s degree
as part of the Running Start program
• PGE One School One Book program has heard it will be underwritten by Wal-Mart
• Andy's Books for Kids has selected PGE as a recipient again this year
• North Boone Education Foundation has awarded several grants to our staff this fall:
– Multicultural classroom materials – Wykes
– NBHS team building – Augustine
– PGE smoothie service – Lough
• Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce is donating graphing calculators and other school
supplies for our students
• ISBE did approve the dissolution of the BCSEC without stipulations
• Pre-School program was named in the Silver Circle of Quality

28. Facilities Development
• Focus on improving both active and passive
security measures in all school buildings
– Better access control through keyless entry
– More secure windows and doors
– Looking to further modify entrances in some
schools to increase security
• Working on a long range facilities plan

29. Fiscal Issues
• School funding is still very much “up in the air”
• SB 16 could change the funding formulas
• Income tax issue could significantly reduce funding
• Property tax increases requiring voter approval would
decimate most school districts
• Our tentative budget looks to be balanced for FY2015
• Still working with the Capital Development Board to be
reimbursed for the state’s portion of NBHS, NBUE and PGE
building projects from 2003-2008
• School construction sales tax will net us about $450K a year

30. Viking Athletic Success - Fall
• Cross Country -Skyler Yunk was 1st team BNC.
Boys team qualified for Sectionals.
• Football-Nathan Bodey, Wes Timpe, Jon Lilly,
Gus Eisele- All 1st team BNC. Kyler Van Fossen
and Tre Williams were HM in BNC.
• Golf- Kyle Kniep and Rodney Taylor both
qualified for Sectional golf.
• Boys Soccer- First win in program history,
along with first home win and first BNC win.
Omar Rivas 1st team BNC, David Gonzalez-
HM.
S. Yunk

31. Athletic Success - Winter
• BBKB- Kyle Hoffman – 1st team BNC, Griffin
Schuster HM.
• GBKB- Renee Martin and Paityn Morris-1st
team BNC, Ally Key-HM. Team won
Pecatonica Tournament.
• Wrestling- Brandon Briggs 2nd in state,
Sectional qualifier, 1st team BNC. Gus
Eisele- Sectional qualifier, 1st team BNC.
Zach Westlund and Alex Manrriquez-
Sectional qualifiers.
B. Briggs
R. Martin
P. Morris

32. Athletic Success - Spring
• Baseball- Marrick Protz- 1st team BNC. Brad Giss
and Zac Skwarek- HM BNC.
• Softball- Ally Key HM BNC.
• Girls Soccer- Kary Dean and Gaby Yanez-HM BNC.
• Boys Track- Chris Walker-6th Place in State Triple
Jump. State qualifier in Long Jump and High
Jump. Broke school records in both LJ and TJ. 1st
team BNC in LJ and TJ. Nick Krawczyk-State
qualifier in Shot Putt, 1st team BNC in SP.
C. Walker

33. Press Releases Sent Out
6
24
34
39
50
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

34. Website Traffic
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
2700
17805
23954 Principal of the Day
SY 2012 SY 2013 SY 2014
Invited four community
leaders into the schools to
see what is going on:
• Elected official
• Appointed official
• Media person
• Another community
influencer

35. • Twitter @NBCUSD200
• Most Used Terms
– Congratulations 111
– Congrats 39
– Reminder 57
– NBHS 150
– NBMS 44
– Survey 14
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