School LAND Trust Program

1. During the 2004-2005 school year, the School Community Council met:

More Than 6 Times

2. Did the committee view the video "Using the Trust?"

Yes

3. Duration of the plan:

Single Year

4. School's most critical academic need(s):

Identified in the plan	Indentified by the report
Reading Mathematics	Reading Writing

5. Plan description

We are tremendously encouraged by the success shown in our media check out over the past years and our reading audiences. More children are reading more books. We want to continue our AR help in the Media Center (hired on T/A) to help check in/out books, to help with testing, and to order new books and tests. Trust Land supports our school plan where we've identified reading as our primary focus. Our measure will be based on circulation of books, increased reading scores, and parent surveys of how they see their child's motivation to read on level and read more often.

6. Report description

• Explanation of implementation and progress
  

  Using CRT results we compared 2003 with 2004 and found the overall school's percentages are down by several percentage points- we still maintained good progress towards our goals. We continue to use strategies of Language Arts reading and writing skills for improvement. Math in problem solving and computation are strategies used by all teachers. Our Language Arts CRT reflected 68% of our students were proficient in 2004. Our subpopulations improved from 59% to 63% Our Math CRT's stayed the same from last year 64% of our students being proficient. Our subpopulation did show increase. All considered we did meet AYP in 2004. We will continue to focus on reading comprehension and writing for goals in 2005.
• Measurement of student improvement
  

  On the CRT for Language Arts 68% of our students in grades 3-6 were in the proficient range in 2004. This was 3 % points higher that the state proficiency goal of 65%. Our 'Economically Disadvantaged' subpopulation showed an improvement of four percentage points scoring 63% proficient in 2004 compared to 59% in 2003. Our 'Students with disabilities' also improved three percentage points scoring 25% proficient in 2004 up from 22% in 2003. These subpopulations were designated with 'Yes' under the statistical significance test. Our Math goals: CRT scores showed our school as a whole stayed consistent at 64% proficient in 2004 and 2003. This is seven percentage points above the state minimum of 57%. Our subpopulations did show improvement. The 'Economically Disadvantaged' subpopulation show 58% proficient in 2004 compared to 53% proficient in 2003. This is one percentage point higher than state proficiency goal of 57%. 'Students with Disabilities' has 31% proficient in 2004 up from 29% in 2003. This latter subpopulation received 'Yes' under the statistical significance test. All of this help Fremont to meet the AYP requirements of 2004.
• Impact of funds on students
  

  The Trust Lands program is an important source of funding for highly impacted schools. At Fremont Elementary, we were able to... 1. purchase books for the library. 2. purchase Accelerated Reader tests for these new books. 3. pay additional help to process these books in and mark them for Accelerated Reader - thus making these books an important part of our school literacy program. 4. purchase an additional book scanner for the library. None of these purchases would have been possible without the Trust Lands budget. Thank you.

7. Financial proposal and report

Available funds		Plan(estimates)	Report(actual)
	Distribution for 2004-2005	$6397	$7235
	Carry-over from 2003-2004	$90	$369
	Total available for expenditure	$6487	$7604
Expenditures
	Salaries and Employee Benefits	$3000	$6017
	Professional Development / Technical Services	$0	$765
	Repairs and Maintenance	$0	$0
	Travel / Admissions /Printing	$0	$0
	Supplies / Textbooks / Library / Software	$1200	$763
	Technology / Equipment	$2250	$0
	Total Expenditures	$6450	$7545
	Remaining Funds	$37	$59

8. Were a substantial portion of funds spent for remediation?

Yes

9. How the plan related to the School Improvement Plan

Trust Lands is one part of the larger School Improvement Plan. Trust Land funding helps support the reading component with a budget to do things outside what is usually available. We want to meet 'Adequate Yearly Progress' reading standards.

10. Additional funds that have been identified to implement the plan

Amount:	$2000
Source:	school fund raisers

11. The council sent letters explaining the school plan to:

Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. Utah Sen. Dist. 21 - Sheldon Killpack Local School Board - Barbara Smith

12. The school plan was advertised to the community in the following ways:

Letters to state senators, representatives, governor, and congressional delegation Local newspaper School newsletter School assembly

1. Did the committee view the video "Using the Trust?"

Yes

2. Duration of the plan:

Multi-Year

3. School's most critical academic need(s):

Reading Writing

4. Plan description

• How the money will be spent to improve academic performace
  

  Word processing for:1. Student writing and comprehension. 2. Accelerated Reader for comprehension in reading. 3. STAR testing as a reading assessment tool. 4. Presentations by both students and teachers as teaching tools. 5. Internet for additional information and activities for instruction. 6. ILS.
• Goals for student improvement
  

  Reading: Based on CRT data we will improve reading comprehension skills by teaching comprehension strategies in the content area. Writing: Based on CRT data we will improve writing skills by teaching writing strategies in the content area.
• How improvement is assessed or measured
  

  Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), 1-3 Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test (SDRT), State Criterion Referenced Tests (CRTs).

5. How the plan relates to the School Improvement Plan

Trust Lands is embedded entirely in the school improvement plan. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/rad/sip/07133.pdf

6. Financial proposal

Available funds		Plan Estimates
	School LAND Trust funds for 2005-2006	$7893
	Carry-over from 2004-2005	$987
	Total available for expenditure	$8880
Expenditures
	Professional Development	$0
	Computers / Microscopes / Calculators / Repairs / Maintenance	$1000
	Textbooks / Books / Media / Software / Supplies	$5290
	Travel / Admissions / Printing	$0
	Salaries / Benefits	$2500
	Total Expenditures	$8790
	Remaining Funds	$90

7. Additional funds that have been identified to implement the plan

Amount:	$14700
Source:	TAP Funds $14,700

8. The school plan will be advertised to the community in the following ways:

Letters to state senators, representatives, governor, and congressional delegationLocal newspaperSchool newsletterSchool assemblyOther