ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16
MATCH COMMUNITY DAY MATCH NEXT MATCH MIDDLE SCHOOL MATCH HIGH SCHOOL (PK-4) (5-6) (6-8) (9-12)
100 Poydras Street 215 Forest Hills Street 215 Forest Hills Street 1001 Commonwealth Avenue Hyde Park MA 02136 Jamaica Plain MA 02130 Jamaica Plain MA 02130 Boston MA 02215 (617) 983-0300 (857) 203-9668 (857) 203-9668 (617) 232-0300 Fax: (617) 272-3581 Fax: (857) 203-9666 Fax: (857) 203-9666 Fax: (617) 232-2838
Principal: Kat Needham Principal: Ray Schleck Principal: Ryan Holmes Principal: Hannah Larkin katharine.needham@ ray.schleck@ ryan.holmes@ hannah.larkin@ matchschool.org matchschool.org matchschool.org matchschool.org
Stig Leschly, Chief Executive Officer (617) 232-0300 [email protected] www.matchschool.org
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO OUR SCHOOL 3 FAITHFULNESS TO CHARTER 4 Mission and Key Design Elements 4 Amendments to the Charter 4 Dissemination Efforts 4 ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUCCESS 4 Student Performance 4 Program Delivery 5 Social, Emotional and Health Needs 5 ORGANIZATIONAL VIABILITY 5 Organizational Structure of the School 5 Teacher Evaluation 5 Budget and Finance 6 Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets for the 12 Months Ended June 30, 2015 6 Statement of Net Assets, June 30, 2015 7 Approved School Budget, FY16 8 Fiscal 2016 Capital Plan 8 APPENDIX A, ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN EVIDENCE 2015-16 9 Faithfulness to Charter 9 Academic Program Success 10 Organizational Viability 11 APPENDIX B, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLANS 12 Recruitment Plan 2016-17 12 Retention Plan 2016-17 14 APPENDIX C, SCHOOL AND STUDENT DATA 15 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Profile 15 Student Demographic and Subgroup Information 16 Administrative Roster for the 2015-16 School Year 16 Teacher and Staff Attrition for the 2015-16 School Year 17 Board Members for the 2015-16 School Year 18 ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION 18 Key Leadership Changes 18 Facilities 18 Enrollment 19 Conditions 19 Complaints 19 ATTACHMENTS 19 Attrition 19 Advanced Placement Scores 20 College Course GPAs 23 SAT Scores 24
INTRODUCTION TO OUR SCHOOL
MATCH CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL Type of Charter Commonwealth Location of School Boston Regional or Non- Chartered Districts in Non-Regional N/A Regional? Region Year(s) in which the Year Opened 2000 Charter was 2005, 2010, 2015 Renewed Maximum Enrollment 1,250 Current Enrollment 1,027 Chartered Grade Span PK-12 Current Grade Span PK-12 # of Instructional Days during the 2015-2016 180 Students on Waitlist 1,949 school year Elementary: 7:40 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. School Hours Middle: 7:30 a.m. – 4:20 p.m. Age of School 16 years High: 8:25 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 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.
Thank you for taking the time to read our 2015-16 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.
Beginning in July 2014, Match and Match Community Day were consolidated to become a single charter school serving grades PK-12. In 2015-16, for the first time, students from our elementary school moved up to our middle school and we continue our work to build a program for 5th through 8th grade that reflects the needs of students who have completed our elementary program. With a continued investment in relationships between school and home, student attrition has remained below 7% for three consecutive years. June 2016 marked the graduation of the second cohort of students to have started with us in 6th grade, and among them are graduates who will attend highly selective colleges including Dartmouth College, Vassar College and Bucknell University. Our high school juniors and seniors performed well on AP exams: 40% of AP exams taken by our students received a passing score of 3 or higher, and for the third consecutive year, 95% of seniors who took AP Calculus AB passed the exam.
While we have seen promising growth in recent years, there are still a number of areas where we have room for improvement. We will continue to focus on fostering excellent teaching, creating a fully articulated PK-12 curriculum, developing strong leaders internally and connecting students with high quality summer camps and enrichment programs. In addition, we aim to strategically use data to drive academic interventions and to evolve our school culture to best support struggling students.
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 2015-16, 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 2015-16, 33% of Match students were classified as English Language Learners, which was the 8th highest rate of all districts in Massachusetts.
Amendments to the Charter Approved Date Amendment Requested by BESE? 6/2/16 Adjustment to Accountability Plan items pertaining to SAT and PSAT scores, to pending reflect changes in the structure and scoring of those tests
Dissemination Efforts Our doors are always open to visitors looking to learn more about our programs. Throughout the 2015-16 school year we welcomed 292 visitors through our doors from organizations and schools, including 85 attendees at the opening ceremony of our Poydras Street campus, the Ministers of Education from Liberia, educators from New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Memphis, among many others.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUCCESS
Student Performance MCAS Data, 2015 School Report Card on DESE Website http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/reportcard/rc.aspx?linkid=37&orgcode=04690505&fycode=2015&orgtypecode=6&
Other Assessments In 2015-16, we moved towards the use of internally developed assessment tools to assess our students’ progress meeting PARCC standards. We take the lead on developing all summative assessments for ELA and Mathematics, grades 1 through 10. We heavily consult released PARCC assessment items to ensure that the tests are aligned with standards in terms of scope and rigor. In the elementary grades, students take unit assessments in ELA and Mathematics roughly every 6 weeks, which include test items aligned with the standards of the unit, as well as previously covered standards. In the middle and high school grades, students take "interim assessments" at three different points in the year; these assessments are also
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cumulative, covering recent and previously covered standards. 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. This year was another large step forward in the implementation of our Common Core / PARCC aligned curriculum and assessments. ELA and Math teachers received content-specific weekly coaching and monthly PD to ensure that not only the curriculum was being implemented with fidelity, but also that their pedagogy was reflective of the demands of the Common Core. For instance, we had a school-wide PD focus on teachers driving "sustained independent practice" in their lessons to help students build the intellectual and emotional resilience to persevere with challenging texts and problem sets. Additionally, principals lead data analysis exercises after each unit and interim assessment to ensure that teachers were appropriately spiraling and remediating content.
Social, Emotional and Health Needs We have not made any recent changes in our approach to student discipline.
ORGANIZATIONAL VIABILITY
Organizational Structure of the School In 2015-16, our organizational structure remained the same, with a few minor adjustments. Megan McDonough transitioned out of her role as the Head of School at our high school campus. Jocelyn Goodwin moved into a new role of Assistant Principal at our elementary campus. Hannah Larkin stayed on as Principal at our high school, and former co- Principal Nedra Massenburg moved back into the classroom to teach Mathematics. In April, Tobey Jackson transitioned out of the role of Chief Academic Officer and Orin Gutlerner stepped into that role. Our organizational chart for 2015-16:
Chief Executive Officer Stig Leschly
Chief Academic Officer Deputy Chief Academic Executive Director of Tobey Jackson --> Orin Officer Network Ops Gutlerner Megan McDonough Nnenna Ude
Recruitment and Operations Staff
MCD Assist. Match Next MCD Principal Principal MS Principal HS Principal Principal Kat Needham Jocelyn Ryan Holmes Hannah Larkin Ray Schleck Goodwin
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
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.
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Budget and Finance
Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2016 Preliminary and Unaudited
Revenue Tuition $ 17,514,872 In-kind transportation from City of Boston 1,346,220 Federal and state grants 1,065,681 Nutrition 616,636 Federal bond interest subsidy 563,279 Rental income 408,698 Collaboration fees 400,000 Miscellaneous 160,815 Contribution from The Match Foundation 157,471 Interest 13,788 Total revenue 22,247,460
Expenses
Personnel and related costs: Salaries 10,800,268 Payroll taxes and employee benefits 834,895 sub-total, personnel and related costs 11,635,163
Rent and debt service 2,421,379 Instructional and pupil services 2,267,447 Student transportation (includes in-kind) 1,410,315 Operation and maintenance of plant 1,340,974 Depreciation and amortization 608,922 Administration 355,912 Professional development 159,406 Insurance 106,175 Fringe benefits 96,237 Total expenses 20,401,930
Change in unrestricted net position 1,845,530
Net position, July 1 4,478,504
Net position, June 30 $ 6,324,034
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Statement of Net Assets June 30, 2016 Preliminary and Unaudited
Assets
Current Assets Cash $ 10,526,366 Prepaid expenses and deposits 145,698 Grant and other receivables 86,554 Due from affiliates (net) 172,868 total current assets 10,931,486
Non -Current Assets Bond proceeds restricted to capital projects 2,211,316
Capital assets: Land and buildings 23,902,958 Building improvements 1,354,593 Computers and equipment 653,445 Furniture and fixtures 296,017 26,207,013 less: accumulated depreciation (4,389,964) Capital assets, net 21,817,049
total non-current assets 24,028,365
Total assets $ 34,959,851
Liabilities and Net Position
Current Liabilities Accounts payable $ 270,459 Accrued expenses (except interest) 45,543 Deferred revenue and other liabilities 72,385 total current liabilities 388,387
Notes payable 5,239,898 Bonds payable 23,007,532
Total liabilities 28,635,817
Net assets 6,324,034
Total liabilities and net position $ 34,959,851
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Approved School Budget for FY17 Approved by the Board of Trustees on June 2, 2016
Cash Sources Per-pupil tuition 18,449,586 Federal, state, and private grants 1,506,195 Private support from affiliated foundation 200,000 Total cash sources 20,155,781
Cash Uses Administration Salaries 2,271,254 Non-salary expenses 602,538 sub-total, administration 2,873,792
Facilities and Housing Occupany 3,667,876 Tutor housing 109,060 sub-total, facilities and housing 3,776,936
Instructional and Other Pupil Services Salaries 10,942,425 Non-salary expenses 2,417,173 sub-total, instructional and non-pupil serv. 13,359,599
Total cash uses 20,010,327
Net change in cash $145,454
Capital Plan for FY17
Capital Project 1: Renovation of the 3rd floor of the 1001 Commonwealth Avenue high school building Description: The 3rd floor of the high school had formerly been used as a dormitory for Match Corps tutors. The space is being converted from a dormitory to additional educational space. Status: FY16 – FY17 Estimated Schedule: Construction began in FY16 and will be completed in 8/22/16. 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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APPENDIX A, ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN EVIDENCE 2015-16
Faithfulness to Charter 2015 - 2016 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, 2015, 41.6% 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 (33.4% 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 8.2% 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, 2015, 30.3% of students enrolled in Boston Public Schools were classified as LEP. Measure 2: The STEP Literacy Assessment is used K1: Met K1: 99% to measure the literacy of our K1-3rd grade K2: Met K2: 93% students. By the end of each year, at least 85% of G1: Not Met G1: 57% students in each of these grades will be reading at G2: Not Met G2: 63% or above grade level. G3: Not Met G3: 66%
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 2015 and 9% of students or fewer will withdraw from our throughout the 2015-16 school school in each year, including the summer before year, 6.5% 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. Not Met Our parent survey is currently least 50% of parents are interviewed by phone: B. Not Net underway, and as of the end of July A. In response to the question, “On a scale of 1- 36% of parents have been 10, with 10 being the highest score, how interviewed by phone. happy are you with Match High/Middle/Community Day School?”, the A. 8.9 mean overall satisfaction rate mean parent response will be at least 9 out B. 8.3 mean overall satisfaction of 10 with Match Corps tutors 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
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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 2015-16 school year, the school at least once a week. students enrolled at Match received, on average, 0.4 communications from Match staff per week, or 1 communication for every 2.5 weeks.
Academic Program Success 2015 - 2016 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 Met 100% of seniors who graduated in will be admitted to a two- or four-year college. June 2016 were admitted to a 2- or 4-year college. Measure 2: Annually, average SAT scores will rise ERW: Met Evidence-Based Reading and 50 points per subject (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW): 50 point increase Writing and Mathematics) and 100 points overall Math: Not Met Math: 40 point increase from the PSAT taken in 10th grade and the SAT Overall: Met Overall: 100 point increase taken in 11th grade. All 10th graders take the PSAT and all 11th graders take the SAT.1 See Attachments for detailed information about our students’ historical performance on PSAT and SAT tests. Measure 3: Annually, average SAT scores (of 11th ERW: Not Met Match National Subject graders) will exceed the national average for each Math: Not Met Average Average subject (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Overall: Not Met Evidence- Mathematics) Based Reading 460 550 and Writing Math 510 540 Overall 970 1090
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
1 This measure, which previously referenced the old 2400 SAT scale, has been changed to reflect the redesigned 1600 SAT introduced in Spring 2016. This minor amendment to our charter is currently pending the approval of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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college success. Measure 1: Each year, all Match students are Not Met 40% of AP Exams taken in 2016 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 subject. Measure 2: Annually, at least 70% of Match seniors %: Met In 2015-16, 100% 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 2015-16 school year was 2.4. While we have not yet met this reach goal, we have made progress towards it and will continue to support our seniors each year as they work through these rigorous college courses.
See Attachments for a chart showing the historical GPA of our seniors in college courses.
Organizational Viability 2015 - 2016 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 2015-16 we hosted 292 visitors 150 visitors looking to learn about our programs. to Match. Measure 2: Each year, various school staff will Met In 2015-16, five blog posts were write 5 blog posts that contribute to education written by Match staff members. reform. These blog posts will detail work that is happening in Match classrooms, our use of technology in the Match Next program, and common core related topics.
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APPENDIX B, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLANS
Recruitment Plan 2016-17 School Name: Match Charter Public School Date: August 1, 2016
2015-16 Implementation Summary
In the 2015-16 school year we implemented all recruitment activities as set out in the recruitment plan. In the fall of 2015, we mailed recruitment and application materials in home languages to families 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 anticipate our incoming class of students, as captured in the October 1, 2016 SIMS report, will meet the comparison index.
General Recruitment Activities for 2016-17
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.
2016-17 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 2012, Match’s Special Education student population has students been above the comparison index in all but one year (in 2015 our rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than 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 12 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 serves large numbers of LEP students. Our LEP population of 33% exceeds the statewide proficient average, the Comparison Index, and Boston Public School’s LEP population. We will continue to employ students the following strategies: 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. Economically The percentage of enrolled students classified as Economically Disadvantaged exceeds the comparison Disadvantaged index and has historically remained consistent with that of Boston Public Schools. We will continue to students employ the following strategies: 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 low income/Economically Disadvantaged. We aim to maintain an Economically Disadvantaged 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 2016-17
2015-16 Implementation Summary
In the 2015-16 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 2016-17 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 12 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. Economically Disadvantaged High dosage tutoring for all students receiving free or reduced students lunch/considered economically 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=04690000&orgtypecode=5&
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Student Demographic and Subgroup Information Race/Ethnicity # of students % of entire student body African-American 479 46.6% Asian 14 1.4% Hispanic 471 45.9% Native American 6 0.6% White 41 4.0% Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 1 0.1% Multi-race, non-Hispanic 15 1.5% Special education 165 16.1% Limited English proficient 339 33.0% Economically Disadvantaged 508 49.5%
Administrative Roster for the 2015-16 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 Nnenna Ude, Overseeing all operations September 2014 N/A Executive Director of Network Operations Tobey Jackson, Overseeing all academics July 2011 April 2016 Chief Academic Officer Orin Gutlerner, Chief Overseeing all academics April 2016 N/A Academic Officer HIGH SCHOOL Hannah Larkin, Overseeing academic aspects December 2014 N/A Principal of the high school MIDDLE SCHOOL Ryan Holmes, Overseeing academic aspects July 2015 N/A Principal of the middle school MATCH NEXT Ray Schleck, Overseeing academic aspects August 2013 N/A Principal of Match Next ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Katharine Needham, Overseeing academic aspects July 2014 N/A Principal of the elementary school Jocelyn Goodwin, Overseeing academic aspects July 2014 N/A Assistant Principal of the elementary school
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Teacher and Staff Attrition for the 2015-16 School Year Number as of Departures Departures at Reason(s) for Departure the last day of during the the end of the the 2015-16 2015-16 school year school year school year MID-YEAR SUMMER DEPARTURES DEPARTURES Another position in 1 6 education Another position 1 0 Teachers 71 5 19 outside education Personal reasons 3 12 Dismissed / Contract 0 1 Not Renewed Personal reasons include health issues, relocations, graduate programs, etc. MID-YEAR SUMMER
DEPARTURES DEPARTURES
Staff Tutors Staff Tutors
Another position in 0 0 3 education Tutors: 152 Tutors: 13 Other Tutors: 135 Another position Other Staff: Other Staff: 2 1 1 Staff Other Staff: 14 outside education 80 4 Personal reasons 1 10 10
Dismissed / Contract 1 2 0 Not Renewed Completion of one 135 year of service
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Board Members for the 2015-16 School Year
Number Position on Length of each term (including date Name Committee affiliation(s) of terms the Board of election and expiration) served
Alice Flint Trustee 3nd 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, 3nd 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 Ray Hammond Trustee 1st year of -Re-elected to 3rd term on 12/9/15 3rd term -3rd term expires on 12/9/18 Robert Manning Chair Real Estate Committee 1st year of -Re-elected to 4th term on 4/13/16 4th term -4th (final) term expires on 4/13/19 Bisi Oyedele Trustee 2st year of -Elected on June 23, 2015 1st term -1st term expires on June 23, 2018 Katharine Trustee 2st year of -Elected on June 23, 2015 Schmitt 1st term -1st term expires on June 23, 2018 Cathleen Stone Clerk Nominating Committee 1st year of -Re-elected to 3rd term on 12/9/15 3rd term -3rd term expires on 12/9/18
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION
Key Leadership Changes Position Name Board of Trustees Chairperson N/A Charter School Leader N/A 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
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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 2015-16 school year.
ATTACHMENTS
Attrition
Summer Withdrawals School Year Withdrawals Total # of MMS + MMS + Total School Students MCD MNX MHS MCD MNX MHS Annual Year Enrolled # % # % # % # % # % # % Attrition 2015-16 1115 4 1% 20 5% 18 6% 10 2% 12 3% 9 3% 6.5% 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%
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ANNUAL ATTRITION RATE, 2000-2016 35%
30% 29.4% 25%
20.1% 20% 17.4% 19.9%
15% 16.3% 15.3% 13.4% 13.7% 13.2% 14.1% 10.7% 10% 6.5% 8.8% 7.6% 5% 6.7% 5.9% 0%
Advanced Placement Scores
2016 AP Score Distribution by Subject AB English Spanish Spanish World Calculus Chemistry Language Language Literature History TOTAL 1 0 15 25 0 0 4 44 2 1 8 15 7 8 12 51 3 4 0 8 3 3 18 36 4 8 0 4 0 0 5 17 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 11 PASS RATE 95% 0% 26% 36% 27% 59% 40%
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PASSING RATE, 2005-2016
60% 54% 51% 50% 40% 40% 29% 30% 21% 22% 20% 16% 14% 14% 13% 13% 9% 10%
0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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AP PASSING RATE BY SUBJECT, 2005-2016 100 Calculus AB 90
80
70
60 World History 50 Spanish Language 40 Spanish Literature 30 English Language 20
10
0 Chemistry 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Average Scores on All AP Exams Taken
Exam 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AP World 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.6 History AP English 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.3 1.9 Language
AP Chemistry 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.3
AP Calculus AB 1.9 2.9 2.6 2.1 2.3 1.8 2 1.6 2.5 3.8 4.0 4.1
AP Spanish 3.3 2.3 3.2 3.5 2.5 Language AP Spanish 1.7 3.0 1.5 1.8 2.3 Literature
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Percentage of AP Scores in Each Score Range by Subject, 2005-16
Calculus AB Score 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AVG 1 63% 0% 33% 38% 30% 63% 46% 63% 25% 5% 0% 0% 27% 2 13% 27% 8% 28% 39% 6% 14% 22% 25% 0% 5% 5% 16% 3 13% 64% 33% 28% 13% 25% 27% 6% 25% 45% 35% 19% 29% 4 0% 0% 17% 3% 4% 6% 14% 9% 25% 25% 15% 38% 14% 5 13% 9% 8% 3% 13% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30% 45% 38% 13% PASS 26% 73% 58% 34% 30% 31% 41% 16% 50% 95% 95% 95% 56% RATE # of test 8 11 12 32 23 32 37 32 20 20 20 21 24 takers AVERAGE 1.9 2.9 2.6 2.1 2.3 1.8 2.1 1.6 2.5 3.8 4 4.1 2.7 SCORE
English Language Score 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AVG 1 39% 53% 38% 39% 23% - 46% 40% 2 53% 41% 55% 44% 32% - 28% 42% 3 8% 4% 7% 14% 36% - 15% 14% 4 0% 2% 0% 3% 7% - 7% 3% 5 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% - 4% 1% PASS 8% 6% 7% 17% 45% - 26% 18% RATE # of test 38 51 29 36 44 - 54 42 takers AVERAGE 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.3 - 1.9 1.8 SCORE
World History Chemistry Score 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AVG 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AVG 1 84% 49% 13% 0% 10% 37% 86% 71% 50% 44% 42% 65% 60% 2 13% 35% 26% 47% 31% 30% 10% 29% 29% 44% 42% 35% 31% 3 3% 14% 39% 35% 46% 23% 5% 0% 21% 13% 17% 0% 9% 4 0% 3% 4% 12% 13% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5 0% 0% 17% 6% 0% 6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% PASS 3% 16% 61% 53% 59% 33% 5% 0% 21% 13% 17% 0% 9% RATE # of test 38 37 23 17 39 31 21 14 14 16 12 23 17 takers AVERAGE 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.5 SCORE
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Spanish Language Spanish Literature Score 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AVG 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AVG 1 0% 17% 0% 0% 0% 4% 43% 0% 50% 56% 0% 30% 2 0% 50% 17% 10% 64% 19% 43% 0% 50% 11% 73% 35% 3 75% 17% 50% 30% 27% 43% 14% 100% 0% 33% 27% 35% 4 25% 17% 33% 60% 0% 34% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5 0% 0% 0% 0% 9% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% PASS 100% 33% 83% 90% 36% 77% 14% 100% 0% 33% 27% 37% RATE # of test 4 6 12 10 11 9 7 1 4 9 11 6 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, 2003-2016 4 3.5 3 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.3 2 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1 0.5 0
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SAT Scores Match Student SAT Performance vs. National Average3, Overall and by Ethnicity4 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 Evidence- Based Reading 460 550 460 480 450 500 and Writing Math 510 540 490 470 540 500 Overall 970 1090 950 950 1000 1000
PSAT to SAT Improvement5
Evidence-Based Reading and Mathematics OVERALL Writing Class PSAT Increase: PSAT Increase: PSAT Increase: SAT SAT SAT of Baseline PSAT to SAT Baseline PSAT to SAT Baseline PSAT to SAT 2017 410 460 50 470 510 40 870 970 100 2016 440 480 40 490 540 50 910 1010 100 2015 490 550 60 490 550 60 980 1100 120 2014 450 500 50 470 540 70 900 1030 130 2013 420 460 40 460 510 50 860 960 100 2012 440 470 30 470 530 60 890 990 100 2011 430 480 50 490 550 60 890 1020 130 2010 420 480 60 470 520 50 870 1000 130 2009 420 490 70 470 530 60 870 1020 150 2008 430 490 60 470 520 50 880 1000 120 2007 470 510 40 460 520 60 930 1030 100
3 The College Board has not yet published National Averages for the new 2016 SAT redesign. All National Averages presented here have been converted from the old 2400 scale to the new 1600 scale using the College Board’s SAT concordance tables (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/scores/understanding-scores/sat-score-converter). 4 For ease of comparison, all average scores have been rounded to the nearest ten. 5 All PSAT average scores have been converted from the old 240 format to the new 120 format using the College Board’s PSAT concordance tables (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-nmsqt-preliminary-concordance-tables- 2015.pdf) and have been multiplied by 10 for ease of comparison to SAT scores.
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