Students who can't read at grade level by the third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school. By high school, regular attendance is a better dropout indicator than test scores. A student who is chronically absent in any year between the eighth and twelfth grade is seven times more likely to drop out of school.
Increasingly, Virginia schools are implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, a nationally-recognized approach to support positive academic and behavioral outcomes for students. This positive approach to discipline prepares teachers and principals to implement new techniques that reduce disruptive student behaviors that lead to suspensions and decrease instructional time. The principal or assistant principal must tell the student of the charges against him or her.
If the student denies them, he or she is given an explanation of the facts as known to the school and an opportunity to present his version of what occurred. A parent may ask for a short-term suspension decision to be reviewed by the superintendent or his designee. A long-term suspension more than 10 school days and less than calendar days is usually imposed by a disciplinary hearing officer upon recommendation of a principal.
The student must be told of the charges against him or her. If the student denies them, he or she is given an explanation of the facts as known to the school and an opportunity to present his or her version of what occurred.
Costs for any community-based educational programs or alternative programs that are not part of the program offered by the school division are the financial responsibility of the parent. A parent has the right to appeal a long-term suspension decision in accordance with local school board policy.
The appeal may first go to the local superintendent or his or her designee or to a sub-committee of the local school board; final appeal is to the full school board. The appeal must be decided by the school board within 30 days.
Expulsions Expulsions:. An expulsion removal from school for calendar days may only be imposed by a local school board. The parent and child must be noticed in writing of the proposed expulsion, the reasons the expulsion is being proposed, and of the right to a hearing before the school board or a sub-committee of the school board, depending on local policy.
If the student is expelled, the parent is sent a written notification of the length of the expulsion and information on the availability of community-based educational, training, and intervention programs. The notice must state whether the student is eligible to return to regular school or to attend an approved alternative education program or an adult education program offered during or after the period of expulsion.
The student may apply for readmission to be effective one calendar year from the date of his or her expulsion. School divisions that choose to take part in the National School Lunch Program get cash subsidies and donated commodities from the U.
Department of Agriculture for each meal they serve. In return, they must serve lunches that meet Federal requirements, and they must offer free or reduced-price lunches to eligible children. At the beginning of each school year, letters and meal applications are distributed to households of children attending school.
This letter informs households that school nutrition programs are available and that free and reduced-price meals are available based on income criteria. Applications have been eliminated totally in divisions that implement the community eligibility provision for all schools within the division.
Children from families with incomes at or below percent of the poverty level are eligible for free meals. Those between percent and percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced-price meals, for which students can be charged no more than 40 cents for lunch and 30 cents for breakfast.
All other students pay the full price for meals. See the Virginia Department of Education website for more information about school nutrition programs. The above pie graph displays the average daily percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals who participated in the U. Department of Agriculture School Breakfast Program. The School Breakfast Program is a federally assisted meal program that provides nutritious breakfast meals to students.
The Virginia Department of Education administers the program at the state level and school divisions administer the program at the local level. Participation in the School Breakfast Program has been linked increased achievement, reduced absenteeism and tardiness, fewer disciplinary problems, and better student health.
Breakfast menus must provide one-fourth of the daily recommended levels for protein, calcium, iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and calories. Participating schools must serve breakfasts that meet Federal nutrition standards — one quarter of daily recommended levels of protein, calcium, iron, vitamins A and C and calories — and must provide free and reduced-price breakfasts to eligible children.
The No Kid Hungry Virginia campaign and the Virginia Project are key state initiatives to increase participation in school nutrition programs and eliminate childhood hunger. Department of Agriculture School Lunch Program. School divisions that take part in the National School Lunch Program get cash subsidies and donated food items from the U.
Department of Agriculture for each meal served. In return, schools must serve lunches that meet federal requirements, and must offer free or reduced-price lunches to eligible children. Studies show that well-nourished students are better learners. This table reports the percentages of teachers who are teaching out of field not fully endorsed for the content they are teaching or who are inexperienced less than one year of classroom experience. Percentages are reported for Title I schools, non-Title I schools, all schools and for high-poverty and low-poverty schools.
This table reports the percentages of all teachers and special education teachers who are teaching with a provisional license. The Every Student Succeeds Act of requires states to set annual and long-term targets for increasing the percentage of students who graduate with a Standard Diploma or Advanced Studies Diploma within four years of entering the ninth grade.
Annual targets for student groups reflect improvement upon base-line performance from the school year. Student groups meeting or exceeding annual or long-term targets must improve performance compared to previous year. The Every Student Succeeds Act of requires states to set annual and long-term targets for reducing chronic absenteeism. Annual targets for student groups reflect improvement upon base-line data from the school year.
Student groups meeting or exceeding annual or long-term targets for reducing chronic absenteeism must improve performance compared to the previous year. The Every Student Succeeds Act of requires states to set annual targets and long-term goals for increasing the percentage of English learners making progress toward attaining English-language proficiency.
Virginia also reports on the percentage of English learners who attain proficiency. Total Students:. Enrollment Characteristics school year. Enrollment by Grade:. Two or More Races. Enrollment by Gender:. Free lunch eligible 1 : Reduced-price lunch eligible 1 : Directly certified 2 : —.
Test scores. Test scores at this school fall below the state average. This suggests that most students at this school may not be performing at grade level. Understand what on-track learning looks like , and explore higher-performing schools in your area to find the best opportunities for your child to succeed. Equity overview. Underserved students at this school may be falling behind other students in the state, and this school may have significant achievement gaps.
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