ANNUAL REPORT
2014-15
MATCH COMMUNITY DAY MATCH NEXT MATCH MIDDLE SCHOOL MATCH HIGH SCHOOL (PK-4) (5) (6-8) (9-12)
86 Wachusett Street 215 Forest Hills Street 215 Forest Hills Street 1001 Commonwealth Avenue Jamaica Plain MA 02130 Jamaica Plain MA 02130 Jamaica Plain MA 02130 Boston MA 02215 (617) 983-0300 (857) 284-1531 (857) 203-9668 (617) 232-0300 Fax: (617) 983-0332 Fax: (857) 203-9666 Fax: (857) 203-9666 Fax: (617) 232-2838
Principal: Kat Needham Principal: Ray Schleck Principal: Megan Reed Co-Principal: Hannah Larkin katharine.needham@ ray.schleck@ megan.reed@ hannah.larkin@ matcheducation.org matcheducation.org matcheducation.org matcheducation.org
Stig Leschly, Chief Executive Officer (617) 232-0300 [email protected] www.matchschool.org
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO OUR SCHOOL 3 INTRODUCTORY LETTER 4 FAITHFULNESS TO CHARTER 5 Mission and Key Design Elements 5 Amendments to the Charter 5 Dissemination Efforts 5 ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUCCESS 5 Student Performance 5 MCAS Data, 2014 School Report Card on DESE Website 5 Other Assessments 5 Program Delivery 6 ORGANIZATIONAL VIABILITY 6 Organizational Structure of the School 6 Organizational Chart, 2014-15 6 Teacher Evaluation 6 Budget and Finance 7 Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets for the 12 Months Ended June 30, 2015 7 Statement of Net Assets, June 30, 2015 8 Approved School Budget, FY16 9 Fiscal 2016 Capital Plan 10 APPENDIX A, ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN EVIDENCE 2014-15 11 Faithfulness to Charter 11 Academic Program Success 12 Organizational Viability 13 APPENDIX B, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLANS 13 Recruitment Plan 2015-16 13 Retention Plan 2015-16 16 APPENDIX C, SCHOOL AND STUDENT DATA 17 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Profile 17 Student Demographic and Subgroup Information 18 Administrative Roster for the 2014-15 School Year 18 Teacher and Staff Attrition for the 2014-15 School Year 19 Board Members for the 2014-15 School Year 19 ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION 20 Key Leadership Changes 20 Facilities 20 Enrollment 20 Conditions 20 Complaints 20 ATTACHMENTS 21 Historical Attrition 21 Historical Advanced Placement Scores 22 Historical College Course GPAs 24 Historical SAT Scores 25
INTRODUCTION TO OUR SCHOOL
MATCH CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL
Type of Charter Commonwealth Location Boston
Districts in Region Regional or Non-Regional? Non-Regional N/A (if applicable) Year(s) in which the Year Opened 2000 Charter was Renewed 2005, 2010, 2015 (if applicable) Maximum Enrollment 1,250 Current Enrollment 897
Chartered Grade Span PK-12 Current Grade Span PK-12
# of Instructional Days during the 2014-2015 180 Students on Waitlist 1,817 school year Match Community Day: 7:30 am – 4:15 pm Middle School: School Hours Age of School 15 years 7:40 am – 4:10 pm High School: 8:25 am – 4 pm
Mission Statement The Mission of the Match Charter Public School is to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond, in particular, those who would be the first in their families to earn a college degree. We intend this school to serve large numbers of English Language Learners.
INTRODUCTORY LETTER
To the Reader of our Annual Report:
Thank you for taking the time to read our Annual Report. Through this report, we aim to highlight our successes as well as areas where we continue to seek improvement. The goal of this report is to provide clear and candid information about our charter public school.
2013-14 was an extraordinary year for us. We were operating two separate charter schools, Match Charter and Match Community Day Charter, both of which saw great success that year reflected in low attrition rates and strong academic performance. As of July 1, 2014, our two charters were consolidated.
Building on the successes of the previous year, 2014-15 was the first year we operated as a single charter school serving grades PK-12. Student attrition rates continue to decrease as more students chose to stay at Match rather than transfer to Boston schools. In June 2015 we graduated the first cohort of students to have started with us in 6th grade (all prior graduating cohorts had started with us in 9th grade). A number of these graduates were admitted to top tier colleges, including Harvard, Columbia, Wellesley, Notre Dame and Swarthmore. Our high school juniors and seniors, 81% of which took at least one AP class this year, performed well on AP exams: 54% of AP exams administered to our students resulted in a passing score of 3 or higher. This is up from 51% last year. For the second consecutive year, 95% of our seniors who took AP Calculus AB passed the exam, and in AP Literature the percentage of students passing the exam nearly doubled since last year.
In 2015-16, we will work to continue to build on the progress we have made. We will focus on improving student academic performance, including success on AP exams. With a continued investment in relationships between school and home, we seek to keep attrition rates low. This will be the first year that students from our elementary school move up to our middle school, and we will be working to build a program for 5th through 8th grade that reflects the needs of students who have completed our elementary program.
While we have seen promising growth in recent years, there are still a number of areas where we have room for improvement. We are working on fully articulating the curriculum for every Match class so that it is stable year-to-year. We would like to do more to develop leaders internally so that we have strong succession plans for our leadership positions. We also want to connect all of our students with access to high quality summer camps and enrichment programs.
Sincerely,
Stig Leschly Chief Executive Officer
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FAITHFULNESS TO CHARTER
Mission and Key Design Elements The mission of Match Charter Public School is to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond, in particular, those who would be the first in their families to earn a college degree. We intend this school to serve large numbers of English Language Learners. We have four Key Design Elements that guide our work toward realizing this mission: Rigorous college preparatory curriculum Intense family communication and involvement Personalized academic support through Match Corps Serve large numbers of English Language Learners In 2014-15, we continued our work of implementing these Key Design Elements to attain our mission. We offered a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum that includes Advanced Placement classes and courses at Boston University. Our teachers are committed to excellence, and continually strive to share practices, collaborate and improve their instruction. In addition to a full academic schedule, all students—regardless of age or skill level—have access to Match Corps tutors. Match Corps members are recent college graduates recruited from the nation’s best universities who make a commitment to do one year of service at our school. Parents of Match students were contacted frequently by Match staff throughout the school year. At Match, we believe that the school staff and faculty are the school teachers, while the parents are the home teachers. Through several parent nights, workshops and more, we work with our parents to ensure that the learning for our scholars doesn't stop when the bell rings at the end of the day. In 2014-15, 34.7% of Match students were classified as English Language Learners, which was the 7th highest rate of all districts in Massachusetts.
Amendments to the Charter Approved Date Amendment Requested by BESE? 3/12/15 Add 46 additional seats to 5th grade for the 15-16 school year yes
Dissemination Efforts Our doors are always open to visitors looking to learn more about our programs. Throughout the 2014-15 school year we welcomed 247 visitors through our doors from organizations and schools, including 60 visitors hosted for an event with author and former chancellor of the New York City Schools, a group of students and their professor from Kansas State and a group of teachers from the Netherlands, among many others.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUCCESS
Student Performance
MCAS Data, 2014 School Report Card on DESE Website http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/reportcard/rc.aspx?linkid=37&orgcode=04690505&fycode=2014&orgtypecode=6 &
Other Assessments This year, students in grades 2-8 took the first two ANET (Achievement Network) Interim Assessments. The ANET interim assessments are designed to assess standards tested on the MCAS, and the data provided allows schools to compare their results to other schools in the network. In 2014-15, our students took the PARCC exam instead of the MCAS, and administrators decided that the ANET would no longer be the right assessment tool for our school. Additionally, other high performing schools were no longer using ANET, which meant we no longer had a point of comparison. In 2015-16, we will
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be moving more towards internally developed assessment tools to assess our students’ progress meeting PARCC standards. In 2014-15, our students took many additional assessments. See Appendix A for details about additional assessments that our high school students took, including the PSATs, SATs and AP exams.
Program Delivery Our mission is to prepare students for college, and that mission guides all programmatic decisions. In 2014-15, we became one of the 54% of Massachusetts districts who administered the PARCC tests to students in grades 3-8. This year was another large step forward in our transition to the common core standards. We made a number of changes to texts to reflect the rigor of the common core. We built paired non-fiction into our English curriculum units. We incorporated writing tasks for literary analysis, research and narratives. In math, we continued a transition to a problem-based approach that requires students to struggle with the concept and generate multiple solutions. Our assessment practice changed as we learned more about PARCC over the course of the year and is leading to rewrites of our unit assessments and interim assessments in 2015-16.
ORGANIZATIONAL VIABILITY
Organizational Structure of the School In 2014-15 we merged Match Charter and Match Community Day Charter. There were a few minor changes to our organizational structure in the 2014-15 school year. Megan McDonough became the Head of School for the high school. Chief Operating Officer Mike Larsson transitioned out of his role and was replaced by Nnenna Ude in the position of Executive Director of Network Operations. High school Executive Director Aaron Stelson transitioned to a new role in Match Education, and Match Corps Director Hannah Larkin transitioned into a new co-Principal role.
Organizational Chart, 2014-15
Chief Executive Officer Stig Leschly
Executive Director of Chief Academic Officer Network Ops Tobey Jackson Nnenna Ude
Recruitment and Operations Staff
HS Head of MS Exec. HS Co-Principal MCD Principal Match Next Director MS Principal School HS Co-Principal Director Nedra Kat Needham Ray Schleck Megan Reed Megan Hannah Larkin Lisa Hwang Massenburg McDonough
Match Next Match Next MCD Match MCD Teachers MS Match MS Teachers HS Match HS Teachers Match Corps Teachers and Corps Director and Staff Corps Director and Staff Corps Director and Staff Director Staff
MCD Match Match Next MS Match HS Match Corps Match Corps Corps Corps
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Teacher Evaluation We employ a modified version of the MA Model System of Evaluation. We fit the evaluation cycle into our existing routines for teacher management. We have systems of evidence collection that incorporate instruction ratings, standards for professionalism and collaboration, student survey data and observation feedback implementation.
Budget and Finance
Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2015 Preliminary and Unaudited
Revenue Per-pupil tuition $13,924,541 In-kind support 1,473,476 Federal and state grants 918,911 Federal bond subsidy 561,161 Collaboration fees 400,000 Nutrition 354,850 Interest 12,008 Rent and other 294,434 Total revenue 17,939,381
Expenses Salaries 9,394,131 Payroll taxes and employee benefits 738,705 sub-total, administration 10,132,836
Instructional and pupil services 3,388,040 Rent and debt service 1,428,495 Operation and maintenance of plant 848,594 Depreciation and amortization 706,798 Administration 327,882 Professional development 145,802 Fringe benefits 92,845 Insurance 96,137 Total expenses 17,167,429
Change in net assets 771,952
Net assets, beginning of year 3,896,115
Net assets, end of year $ 4,668,067
Preliminary and Unaudited
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Statement of Net Assets June 30, 2015 Preliminary and Unaudited
Assets
Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 7,851,025 Grant and other receivables 122,668 Prepaid expenses and deposits 150,135 Due from affiliates (net) 117,019 total current assets 8,240,847
Non -Current Assets Bond proceeds restricted to capital project 125,520
Capital assets Land, buildings, and bldg. improvements 25,024,090 Computers and equipment 653,444 Furniture and fixtures 294,998 25,972,532 less: accumulated depreciation (3,719,456) Capital assets, net 22,253,076
total non-current assets 22,378,596
Total assets $30,619,443
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current Liabilities Accounts payable $ 85,270 Deferred revenue and other liabilities 174,525 total current liabilities 259,795
Long - term Liabilities Notes payable 5,317,530 Bonds payable 20,374,051
Total liabilities 25,951,376
Net assets 4,668,067
Total liabilities and net assets $30,619,443
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Approved School Budget for FY16 Approved by the Board of Trustees on 6/26/15
Cash Sources Per-pupil tuition 16,394,038 Federal, state, and private grants 1,341,220 Private support from affiliated foundation 300,000 Total cash sources 18,035,258
Cash Uses Administration Salaries 1,656,634 Non-salary expenses 338,622 1,995,256
Facilities and Housing Occupany 3,127,551 Tutor housing 816,972 3,944,523
Instructional and Other Pupil Services Salaries 9,005,289 Non-salary expenses 3,043,741 12,049,031
Total cash uses 17,988,810
Net change in cash $46,447
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Fiscal 2016 Capital Plan
Capital Project 1: Construction of permanent location for grades K1 through 4th. Description: The elementary grades have been in a temporary building and shared space with grades 6-8. These are not adequate for permanent use. Status: FY15 and FY16 Estimated Schedule: Property was acquired in FY 14. Construction began in FY15 and will be completed 8/17/2015. Estimated Cost: $32M Financing: We will use a combination of equity, borrowed funds, tax-exempt bonds, and tax credits. Capital Project Reserve Account: The Match School Foundation will use cash reserves to help pay a portion of the equity payment that will be needed to purchase and build a permanent location.
Capital Project 2: Renovation of the 3rd floor of the 1001 Commonwealth Avenue high school building Description: The 3rd floor of the high school is currently being used as a dormitory for Match Corps tutors. In FY16 the space will be converted from a dormitory to additional educational space. Status: FY16 Estimated Schedule: Construction will begin in FY16 and will be completed in the same year. Estimated Cost: $2M Financing: We will use a combination of equity, borrowed funds, tax-exempt bonds, and tax credits. Capital Project Reserve Account: The Match School Foundation may use cash reserves to help pay a portion of the equity payment that will be needed to complete this project.
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1 APPENDIX A, ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN EVIDENCE 2014-15
Faithfulness to Charter 2014 - 2015 Performance Evidence
(Met/Partially Met/Not Met) Objective 1: The school will prepare all students, including the large numbers of English Language Learners enrolled, for success in college. Measure 1: Each year, the percentage of enrolled Met As of October 1, 2014, 40.4% of students classified as LEP (or FLEP students who students enrolled at Match were have tested out of LEP while attending Match) will classified as LEP or have tested out meet or exceed the percentage of Boston Public of LEP while attending Match. School students classified as LEP. Grades K1-2 will (34.7% of students enrolled at have an increased number of students. Starting in Match were classified as LEP at that grade 3, the number of enrolled students classified time, and an additional 5.7% of as LEP will decrease as these students begin to be enrolled students had previously reclassified as FLEPed. been FLEPed while attending Match.)
As of October 1, 2014, 29.8% of students enrolled in Boston Public Schools were classified as LEP. Measure 2: The STEP Literacy Assessment is used K1: Met K1: 94% to measure the literacy of our K1-3rd grade K2: Met K2: 92% students. By the end of each year, at least 85% of G1: Met G1: 86% students in each of these grades will be reading at G2: Not Met G2: 70% or above grade level. G3: Not Met G3: 50%
Objective 2: Student and parent satisfaction with the school will remain high as a result of strong relationships between school and home. Measure 1: Student attrition rates will remain low. Met Between the summer of 2014 and 9% of students or fewer will withdraw from our throughout the 2014-15 school school in each year, including the summer before year, 5.9% of students withdrew the start of the school year until the last day of from Match. school. See Attachments for detailed information about our historical annual attrition data. Measure 2: On our annual Parent Survey, where at A. Met Our parent survey is currently least 50% of parents are interviewed by phone: B. Met underway, and as of 7/31/15, 24% A. In response to the question, “On a scale of 1- of parents have been interviewed 10, with 10 being the highest score, how by phone. happy are you with Match High/Middle/Community Day School?”, the A. 9.0 mean overall satisfaction rate mean parent response will be at least 9 out B. 9.1 mean overall satisfaction of 10 with Match Corps tutors
1 The Accountability Plan used here is currently a draft. The DESE has preliminarily reviewed the objectives, but has not yet given the final approval. Annual Report 2014-15 11 Match Charter Public School
B. In response to the question, “On a scale of 1- 10, how satisfied are you with the support your child has received from his or her Match Corps tutor?”, the mean parent response will be at least 9 out of 10. Measure 3: Each family will receive contact from Not Met During the 2014-15 school year, the school at least once a week. students enrolled at Match received, on average, 0.76 phone calls from Match staff per week.
Academic Program Success 2014 - 2015 Performance Evidence
(Met/Partially Met/Not Met) Objective 1: The school will maintain a rigorous academic program focused on preparing students for college success. Measure 1: 99% of graduating seniors each year Not Met 98% of seniors who graduated in will be admitted to a two- or four-year college. June 2015 were admitted to a 2- or 4-year college. Measure 2: Annually, average SAT scores will rise CR: Not Met CR: 33 point increase 50 points per subject (Critical Reading, Math: Not Met Math: 47 point increase Mathematics and Writing) and 150 points overall Writing: Met Writing: 54 point increase from the PSAT taken in 10th grade and the SAT Overall: Not Met Overall: 134 point increase taken in 11th grade. All 10th graders take the PSAT and all 11th graders take the SAT. See Attachments for detailed information about our students historical performance on PSAT and SAT tests. Measure 3: Annually, average SAT scores (of 11th CR: Not Met Match National Subject graders) will exceed the national average for every Math: Not Met Average Average subject (Critical Reading, Mathematics, Writing) Writing: Not Met Critical 426 497 Overall: Not Met Reading Math 510 513 Writing 430 487 Overall 1367 1497
See Attachments for detailed information about how our students’ SAT scores compare to national averages broken out by ethnicity. REACH Objective 2: The school will maintain a rigorous academic program focused on preparing students for college success. Measure 1: Each year, all Match students are Met 54% of AP Exams taken in 2015 required to take at least one AP course in 11th scored 3 or higher. and/or 12th grade. Of the total AP exams taken each year, 50% of them will earn a passing score (3 See Attachments for detailed or higher). information about our students’ performance on AP Exams by Annual Report 2014-15 12 Match Charter Public School
subject. Measure 2: Annually, at least 70% of Match seniors %: Met In 2014-15, 70% of seniors took at will take at least one college course and will, on least one college course. average, attain a GPA of at least 3.0 in those courses. GPA: Not Met The average GPA for all courses taken by Match seniors at local colleges in the 2014-15 school year was 2.8. While we have not yet met this reach goal, we are steadily making progress towards it.
See Attachments for a chart showing the historical GPA of our seniors in college courses.
Organizational Viability 2014 - 2015 Performance Evidence
(Met/Partially Met/Not Met) Objective 1: The school will disseminate information about programs and best practices. Measure 1: Each year, the school will host at least Met In 2014-15 we hosted 247 visitors 150 visitors looking to learn about our programs. to Match. Measure 2: Each year, various school staff will Met In 2014-15, various Match staff write 5 blog posts that contribute to education wrote a total of 14 blog posts. reform. These blog posts will detail work that is Topics ranged from detailing work happening in Match classrooms, our use of that our schools are doing and technology in the Match Next program, and reviews of educational technology common core related topics. options used by Match Next.
APPENDIX B, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLANS
Recruitment Plan 2015-16 School Name: Match Charter Public School Date: August 1, 2015
Last Year: 2014-15 Implementation Summary
In the 2014-15 school year we merged the charters of Match Charter and Match Community Day Charter, and we implemented all but one recruitment activity as set out in the recruitment plans as written for both organizations. In the fall of 2014, we mailed recruitment and application materials in home languages to families
Annual Report 2014-15 13 Match Charter Public School of all students in Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 4th and 5th grades enrolled in Boston Public Schools (BPS)2. We disseminated information about our school at information sessions throughout the city and in community newspapers throughout Boston. In addition, all of our recruitment and application materials are posted on our website. We work to ensure the percentage of LEP students we serve stays high and we continue to work to reach out to students who have dropped out of school. We did not visit BPS classrooms in order to recruit students, and will remove that from our recruitment plan for 2015-16.
General Recruitment Activities
Mail recruitment and application materials to all families currently enrolled in Boston Public Schools. Conduct information sessions throughout the city. Make school information available in community newspapers throughout Boston. Make recruitment and application materials available on the school’s website.
2015-16 Recruitment Plan – Strategies
Demographic Strategies SpecialGroup Match has historically served a population of Special Education students comparable to the statewide education average and slightly below that of BPS. Since 2011, Match’s Special Education student population has students been above the comparison index. We will continue to employ the following strategies: All materials mailed to BPS students say explicitly in the languages spoken by the families that “children with special needs are welcome at our school.” At information sessions emphasize orally and in writing that all students are welcome at and will be served at our school, very much including students with IEPs and who otherwise have or will have special needs. To retain and well serve children with special needs, we employ 8 special education teachers address the range of needs of our students. We aim to maintain a Special Education enrollment rate within 5 percentage points of or above the median Special Education enrollment rate of BPS.
2 Requesting Student Names and Addresses. For purposes of a mailing to prospective students, once each year, a Commonwealth charter school may request from the school district(s) it is chartered to serve, the names and addresses of district students eligible to enroll in the charter school. Likewise, for purposes of a mailing a school district may request from Commonwealth charter schools the names and addresses of charter school students who are enrolled in the charter school and reside in the district. Upon receiving such a request, the Commonwealth charter school or the school district must send within 30 days, in an electronic form, the names and addresses of such students to an approved third party mail house. 603 CMR 1.06(g).
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Limited English- Match Charter has historically served a small population of LEP students, while Match Community Day, proficient since opening in 2011, has been focused on enrolling large numbers of LEP students. With the merger students of these two charters in 2014-15, the LEP population of 34.7% far exceeds the statewide average, the Comparison Index, and exceed BPS’ LEP population by almost 5 percentage points. We will continue to employ the following strategies that have worked for Match Community Day: Make recruitment materials and simple applications in at least five target languages for LEP student recruitment: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, Vietnamese and Chinese. Make school information available in newspapers published in target languages, and on radio stations broadcasted in target languages. Newspapers and radio stations include: La Semana, El Planeta, El Mundo, Boston Haitian Reporter, Asian Times, Boston Chinese News, Sampan, Brazilian Times, WRCA-AM 1330, WUNR-AM 1600, POWER 800(WNNW), WNTN-AM 1500. Distribute at least 500 applications in each of the five target languages to families of prospective LEP students via organizations with already established sustained and consistent contact with these families. o Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative o VietAID o Dorchester House o Haitian-American Public Health Initiatives o Hyde Square Task Force o East Boston Ecumenical Community Counsel o Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers o Massachusetts Advocates for Children Activate in-person recruitment network with community centers, cultural organizations, religious organizations, and daycare providers that serve immigrant families, refugee families, and non- and limited-English speaking families. Match staff and student and family ambassadors will personally work with staff from organizations in our network to inform families of the school and application process. Activate families of enrolled LEP students to act as ambassadors in the community. Students eligible The percentage of enrolled students who are eligible for free or reduced lunch at Match exceeds the for free or comparison index and has historically remained consistent with that of BPS. We will continue to reduced lunch / employ the following strategies: Economically At information sessions emphasize orally and in writing that all students are welcome at and will be served at our school, very much including students who are eligible for free- or reduced-price Disadvantaged lunch/Economically Disadvantaged. We aim to maintain a free lunch eligibility rate within 10 percentage points of or above the median rate of BPS and a reduced lunch eligibility rate within 10 percentage points of or above the median rate of BPS. Using the new Economically Disadvantaged metric, we aim to enroll a percentage of economically disadvantaged students within 5 percentage points of that of BPS. Students who At information sessions throughout the city emphasize orally and in writing that all students are are sub- welcome at and will be served at our school, regardless of academic skills. proficient Match works intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective problem solving and retention of students in our school, especially those who may be struggling. Students at risk At information sessions throughout the city emphasize that Match is different from the traditional of dropping out public schools, that we provide a small, safe, caring environment where students feel a part of a of school community and where all students are held to high academic and behavioral expectations.
Students who Match will continue to work closely with the Boston re-engagement center to ensure that all have dropped students who have dropped out know about Match as an option. out of school
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Other subgroups At Match we strongly believe all students can succeed, and we work to ensure that all students are of students who held to high academic and behavioral expectations, regardless of background. The above should be subgroups are our major targets for eliminating the achievement gap, but all students receive the
targeted to same high quality education and supports. eliminate the achievement gap Retention Plan 2015-16
2014-15 Implementation Summary
In the 2014-15 school year, we implemented all retention activities as set out in our retention plan. Our annual goal for student retention is that students who begin their school career at Match will remain at the school through their 12th grade year, and only transfer in the case of family relocation. We do not propose any changes to the plan for the 2015-16 school year, but plan to continue our work towards reducing all attrition due to reasons other than family relocation.
Overall Student Retention Goal Annual goal for student retention 91% (percentage):
2015-16 Retention Plan – Strategies
Demographic Group Strategies Employ 8 special education teachers, plus additional instructional aides to address the range of needs of our students Work intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective Special education students problem solving and retention of children in our school. High dosage tutoring for all Special Education students Safe school environment upheld by a strong discipline system Strong consistent communication of college success mission Behavioral and socio-emotional support for all students and counseling as needed Work intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective problem solving and retention of children in our school. Limited English-proficient High dosage tutoring for all LEP students students Safe school environment upheld by a strong discipline system Strong consistent communication of college success mission Behavioral and socio-emotional support for all students and counseling as needed
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Work intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective problem solving and retention of children in our school. Students eligible for free or High dosage tutoring for all students receiving free or reduced reduced lunch / Economically lunch/considered economically disadvantaged Disadvantaged Safe school environment upheld by a strong discipline system Strong consistent communication of college success mission Behavioral and socio-emotional support for all students and counseling as needed Work intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective problem solving and retention of children in our school. Students who are sub-proficient High dosage tutoring for all sub-proficient students Safe school environment upheld by a strong discipline system Strong consistent communication of college success mission Behavioral and socio-emotional support for all students and counseling as needed Work intensively to learn about and understand each student’s academic and school history and build a system that supports that students’ individual needs and gaps in learning. Work intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective Students at risk of dropping out problem solving and retention of children in our school. of school High dosage tutoring for all students Safe school environment upheld by a strong discipline system Strong consistent communication of college success mission Behavioral and socio-emotional support for all students and counseling as needed Work intensively with all families of our students, communicating with them at least weekly by phone. Close family relationships enable more effective problem solving and retention of children in our school. Students who have dropped out High dosage tutoring for all students at risk of dropping out of school Safe school environment upheld by a strong discipline system Strong consistent communication of college success mission Behavioral and socio-emotional support for all students and counseling as needed Other subgroups of students who At Match we strongly believe all students can succeed, and we work to ensure that all students are held to high academic and behavioral expectations, should be targeted to eliminate regardless of background. The above subgroups are our major targets for the achievement gap eliminating the achievement gap, but all students receive the same high quality education.
APPENDIX C, SCHOOL AND STUDENT DATA
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Profile http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/general.aspx?topNavId=1&orgcode=04690505&orgtypecode=6&
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Student Demographic and Subgroup Information MATCH CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL Race/Ethnicity # of students % of entire student body African-American 405 45.1% Asian 14 1.6% Hispanic 423 47.2% Native American 6 0.7% White 37 4.1% Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 1 0.1% Multi-race, non-Hispanic 11 1.2% Special education 136 15.2% Limited English proficient 311 34.7% Low income 721 80.4% Economically Disadvantaged 463 51.7%
Administrative Roster for the 2014-15 School Year End date Name, Title Brief Job Description Start date (if no longer employed at the school) Stig Leschly, Overseeing all aspects July 2011 N/A Chief Executive Officer Mike Larsson, Overseeing operations July 2008 December 2014 Chief Operating Officer Tobey Jackson, Overseeing all academic July 2011 N/A Chief Academic Officer aspects Nnenna Ude, Overseeing operations September 2014 N/A Executive Director of Network Operations HIGH SCHOOL Megan McDonough, Overseeing all aspects of the July 2004 July 2015 Head of School high school Aaron Stelson, Overseeing operation of the March 2014 December 2014 Executive Director high school Nedra Massenburg, Overseeing academic aspects July 2014 N/A Co-Principal of the high school Hannah Larkin, Overseeing academic aspects December 2014 N/A Co-Principal of the high school MIDDLE SCHOOL Megan Reed, Overseeing all academic July 2012 July 2015 Principal aspects of the middle school Lisa Hwang, Overseeing operation of the August 2004 July 2015 Executive Director middle school MATCH NEXT Ray Schleck, Overseeing all aspects of August 2013 N/A Match Next Director Match Next (Grade 5)
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Katharine Needham, Overseeing all academic July 2014 N/A Principal aspects of the elementary school Jocelyn Goodwin, Overseeing academic aspects July 2014 N/A Assistant Principal of the elementary school
Teacher and Staff Attrition for the 2014-15 School Year
Number as of Departures Departures at Reason(s) for Departure the last day of during the the end of the the 2014-15 2014-15 school year school year school year Of the 3 teachers who left during the 2014-15 school year, 1 left the Boston area and 2 left for personal reasons. Of the 11 teachers who left after completing the 2014-15 Teachers 53 3 11 school year, 4 left the Boston area, 1 is attending law school, 1 is attending medical school, 3 will continue to teach in PK-12 public education in the Boston area and the plans for the other 2 are unknown. Of the 3 staff members who left mid-year, 2 left to take other positions in education and 1 was dismissed. 16 Match Corps tutors left mid-year: 8 left for personal reasons, 1 left to prepare for law school, and 7 left in the spring to begin new jobs as they were approaching the end Other Tutors: 122 Tutors: 16 Tutors: 103 of their one year of service. Of the staff who left at the Staff Other Staff: 64 Other Staff: 3 Other Staff: 13 end of the school year, 103 were Match Corps members who made a one-year commitment to tutor our students, 1 is attending graduate school, 1 left to travel outside of the country, 6 left for personal reasons and 5 will continue working in education.
Board Members for the 2014-15 School Year
Number Position on Length of each term (including date Name Committee affiliation(s) of terms the Board of election and expiration) served
Sheila Balboni Trustee 2nd year of -Re-elected to 2nd term on 4/29/14 2nd term -2nd term expires on 4/29/17 Alice Flint Trustee 2nd year of -Elected to 1st term on 4/29/14 1st term -1st term expires on 4/29/17 Jamie Goldstein Vice-Chair Compensation Committee, 2nd year of -Re-elected to 4th term on 4/29/14 and Finance Committee 4th term -4th (final) term expires on 4/29/17 Treasurer
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Ray Hammond Trustee 3rd year of -Re-elected to 2nd term on 10/17/12 2nd term -2nd term expires on 10/17/15 Robert Manning Chair Real Estate Committee 3rd year of -Re-elected to 2nd term on 5/15/13 2nd term -2nd term expires on 5/15/16 Bisi Oyedele Trustee 1st year of -Elected on June 23, 2015 (pending 1st term DESE approval) -1st term expires on June 23, 2018 Katharine Trustee 1st year of -Elected on June 23, 2015 (pending Schmitt 1st term DESE approval) -1st term expires on June 23, 2018 Cathleen Stone Clerk Nominating Committee 3rd year of -Re-elected to 2nd term on 10/17/12 2nd term -2nd term expires on 10/17/15
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION
Key Leadership Changes Position Name Board of Trustees Chairperson N/A Charter School Leader Nnenna Ude Assistant Charter School Leader N/A Special Education Director N/A MCAS Test Coordinator N/A SIMS Coordinator N/A English Language Learner Director N/A
Facilities Location Dates of Occupancy Poydras Street, Hyde Park September 2015
Enrollment Action Date(s) Student Application Deadline March 4, 2016 Lottery March 9, 2016
Conditions We have not been placed on any conditions by the Commissioner or Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Complaints There were no official complaints received by the Board of Trustees in the 2014-15 school year. Annual Report 2014-15 20 Match Charter Public School
ATTACHMENTS
Attrition
Summer Withdrawals School Year Withdrawals Total # of Total School Students MCD MMS MHS MCD MMS MHS Annual Year Enrolled # % # % # % # % # % # % Attrition 2014-15 944 6 2% 23 8% 9 3% 4 1% 7 2% 7 2% 5.9% 2013-14 851 3 1% 15 6% 14 5% 2 1% 11 4% 12 4% 6.7% 2012-13 756 1 0.5% 31 11% 15 6% 2 1% 20 7% 12 5% 10.7% 2011-12 612 13 5% 10 4% 2 2% 14 5% 15 6% 8.8% 2010-11 463 7 3% 9 4% 8 4% 11 5% 7.6% 2009-10 417 10 6% 17 7% 18 10% 19 8% 15.3% 2008-09 355 28 11% 10 10% 12 5% 14.1% 2007-08 249 24 10% 26 10% 20.1% 2006-07 224 14 6% 16 7% 13.4% 2005-06 196 15 8% 24 12% 19.9% 2004-05 231 46 20% 22 10% 29.4% 2003-04 190 1 1% 24 13% 13.2% 2002-03 168 8 5% 15 8% 13.7% 2001-02 115 2 2% 18 16% 17.4% 2000-01 80 13 16% 16.3%
ANNUAL ATTRITION RATE, 2000-2015 35.0%
30.0% 29.4% 25.0% 20.1% 20.0% 19.9% 17.4% 15.3% 15.0% 16.3% 13.4% 13.2% 14.1% 10.0% 13.7% 10.7% 5.9% 8.8% 5.0% 7.6% 6.7% 0.0%
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Advanced Placement Scores
2015 AP Results by Subject AB English Spanish Spanish World Calculus Chemistry Literature Language Literature History TOTAL 1 0 5 1 0 5 0 11 2 1 5 21 1 1 8 37 3 7 2 8 3 3 6 29 4 3 0 4 6 0 2 15 5 9 0 0 0 0 1 10 PASS 95% 17% 35% 90% 33% 53% 53% RATE
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PASSING RATE, 2005-2015 60% 51% 53% 50%
40% 29% 30% 21% 22% 16% 20% 13% 14% 13% 13% 9% 10%
0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
100 AP PASSING RATE BY SUBJECT, 2005-2015 Calculus AB 90 Spanish 80 Language 70 60 50 World History 40 English Literature 30 Spanish Literature 20 Chemistry 10 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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Average Scores on All AP Exams Taken Exam 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AP World 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.8 History AP English 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.5 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.4 Literature
AP Chemistry 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8
AP Calculus AB 1.9 2.9 2.6 2.1 2.3 1.8 2 1.6 2.5 3.8 4.0
AP Spanish 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.5 Language AP Spanish 1.7 3.0 1.5 1.8 Literature
Percentage of AP Scores in Each Score Range, 2005-15 Calculus AB Score 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG 1 63% 0% 33% 38% 30% 63% 46% 63% 25% 5% 0% 33% 2 13% 27% 8% 28% 39% 6% 14% 22% 25% 0% 5% 17% 3 13% 64% 33% 28% 13% 25% 27% 6% 25% 45% 35% 29% 4 0% 0% 17% 3% 4% 6% 14% 9% 25% 25% 15% 11% 5 13% 9% 8% 3% 13% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30% 45% 11% PASS 26% 73% 58% 34% 30% 31% 41% 16% 50% 95% 95% 50% RATE # of test 8 11 12 32 23 32 37 32 20 20 20 22 takers AVERAGE 1.9 2.9 2.6 2.1 2.3 1.8 2.1 1.6 2.5 3.8 4 2.5 SCORE
English Literature Score 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG 1 27% 47% 27% 55% 8% 36% 44% 17% 33% 31% 3% 30% 2 64% 47% 45% 45% 67% 55% 44% 75% 67% 50% 62% 56% 3 0% 7% 27% 0% 25% 9% 13% 8% 0% 19% 24% 12% 4 9% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 12% 2% 5 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% PASS 9% 7% 27% 0% 25% 9% 13% 8% 0% 19% 36% 14% RATE # of test 11 15 11 22 12 22 16 12 15 16 34 17 takers AVERAGE 1.9 1.6 2 1.5 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.4 1.9 SCORE
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World History Chemistry Score 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG 1 84% 49% 13% 0% 37% 86% 71% 50% 44% 42% 59% 2 13% 35% 26% 47% 30% 10% 29% 29% 44% 42% 31% 3 3% 14% 39% 35% 23% 5% 0% 21% 13% 17% 11% 4 0% 3% 4% 12% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5 0% 0% 17% 6% 6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% PASS 3% 16% 61% 53% 33% 5% 0% 21% 13% 17% 11% RATE # of test 38 37 23 17 29 21 14 14 16 12 15 takers AVERAGE 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.5 SCORE
Spanish Language Spanish Literature Score 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG 1 0% 17% 0% 0% 4% 43% 0% 50% 56% 37% 2 0% 50% 17% 10% 19% 43% 0% 50% 11% 26% 3 75% 17% 50% 30% 43% 14% 100% 0% 33% 37% 4 25% 17% 33% 60% 34% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% PASS 100% 33% 83% 90% 77% 14% 100% 0% 33% 37% RATE # of test 4 6 12 10 8 7 1 4 9 5 takers AVERAGE 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.5 3.1 1.7 3 1.5 1.8 2.0 SCORE
College Course GPAs
GPA FOR COLLEGE COURSES TAKEN BY MATCH SENIORS 2003 - 2015 4 3.5 3 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.5 2 2.3 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.4 1 0.5 0
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SAT Scores Match Student SAT Performance vs. National Average, Overall and by Ethnicity Match National Black or Black or Match National Match National African African Hispanic Hispanic Subject Average Average American American Student Student Student Student Average Average Average Average Critical 426 497 425 431 419 451 Reading Math 510 513 500 429 518 459 Writing 430 487 414 418 452 443 Overall 1367 1497 1339 1278 1389 1353
PSAT to SAT Improvement Critical Reading Mathematics Class AVG Baseline AVG SAT AVG Increase: AVG Baseline AVG SAT AVG Increase: of PSAT Score x10 Score PSAT to SAT PSAT Score x10 Score PSAT to SAT 2016 394 427 33 465 512 47 2015 435 496 61 472 521 48 2014 395 442 47 427 514 87 2013 382 399 17 417 484 67 2012 395 420 25 439 503 64 2011 376 419 43 462 524 62 2010 362 428 66 432 489 57 2009 378 433 55 430 498 68 2008 373 425 52 426 492 66 2007 407 468 61 424 494 70
Writing OVERALL Class AVG Baseline AVG SAT AVG Increase: AVG Baseline AVG SAT AVG Increase: of PSAT Score x10 Score PSAT to SAT PSAT Score x10 Score PSAT to SAT 2016 379 433 54 1238 1372 134 2015 437 492 56 1344 1509 165 2014 395 446 51 1218 1402 184 2013 355 417 62 1154 1301 147 2012 379 420 41 1213 1343 130 2011 375 438 63 1212 1381 169 2010 376 431 55 1169 1348 179 2009 351 451 100 1158 1382 224 2008 378 437 59 1177 1354 177 2007 434 449 15 1265 1410 145
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