Annual Report for 2009-2010

WILBER-CLATONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT #82

SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010

 

From the Superintendent, Dave Rokusek:

This annual report is intended to keep patrons of the Wilber-Clatonia District informed about the school system as well as meet requirements of the Nebraska Department of Education.

 

The Wilber-Clatonia District covers approximately 207 miles in Saline, Gage and Lancaster counties.  The district is organized as a K-6 educational program.  The district is classified as a Class III district by the Nebraska Department of Education and is classified as a Class C school by the Nebraska School Activities Association. Depending on the year individual sports teams are classified as C-1 or C-2.  The school is a member of the Southern Nebraska Conference that includes:  Centennial, Cross County, David City, Fillmore Central, Heartland, Thayer Central, Milford, Sandy Creek, Superior, Sutton, and  Tri-County.

 

A six member Board governs the School District.  Each member is elected for a four year term. Three members are elected every two years.  Board members serve without compensation and meet the third Monday of every month at the high school in the Board room.  Current members of the Board of Education are:  Chairman-Robert Sykes, Vice-Chairman-Chris Cerveny, Treasurer-Scott Havel, Dave Houser, Michelle Pryor and Jerry Petracek.  The superintendent is the appointed as Secretary.  The mission of the district is:  To prepare each student to be a life-long learner by providing an educational experience challenging them to reach their potential.

 

District goals:

• Continue to improve student reading comprehension and vocabulary skills across all content areas.
• Continue to improve the utilization of technologies to improve student achievement and improve school communication.
• Improve student ACT scores.
• Continue to maintain and recruit quality staff.

 

 

Elementary-Allen Brozovsky, Elementary Principal

 

In the elementary we have shortened our school mission to relate to elementary children to “be the best person you can be.” In this way we can relate it to academics and personal character skills.  We had the art class paint our elementary mission in strategic places so students can see it in many places.  We continue to work with our new reading series and updated our math curriculum to be more technology friendly. This year we also started using MAP testing, a computer web based system, for our student’s which gives the teachers instant feedback on where students are at grade level, what they are ready to learn and what they need to learn.  We continue our elementary students council and Circle of Friends groups to find ways to strengthen all students’ character skills.  We pride ourselves on giving our students a safe and caring environment to learn and grow.  Through these processes, we hope to assist each student to reach their potential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary-Ron Oltman, High School Principal

 

The 2009-2010 school year started out with a new Math series being used.  The students were greeted by all new McDougal Little Math books and more rigors in the upper level Math courses by adding Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry to the schedule.  The Math classrooms were also enhanced by new Smart Board technology.  There were more overhead projectors added to the classrooms.  A new reading program was started with the seventh and eighth grade.  A change was made to a consistent reading series from Pearson Learning.  ACT preparation was continued with 19 students taking advantage of the three sessions provided.  We also have some faculty that went to some on-line learning training called Angel over the summer.  MAP testing was implemented throughout the K-12 building students in 8^th and 11^th grades were tested in Reading, Language Usage, Math and Science.  This testing takes the place of the Tera-Nova Cat test.  The school improvement goal of reading comprehensive continues to be a focus of our learning teams.  The Wilber-Clatonia Multicultural day was also held in October.  Upgrades were made in the boys locker room area with new flooring in the shower area.  For safety purposes the front doors are locked down at the beginning of each school day. 

 

 

 

 

The enrollment figures below were compiled on the last Friday in the month of September for each of the given years.  Beginning in 2008-2009 the count included pre-school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The district employs 17 elementary teachers and 21 high school teachers.  That provides a student-faculty ration of 14.6 to 1.  The districts administrative staff includes a superintendent, 7-12 principal, elementary principal and an activity/technology director.  The district also employs 32 support staff , including cafeteria workers, secretaries, para-professionals, custodians, a nurse and a part time preschool bus driver.

 

Numbers of School Personnel
	Preschool	Elementary	High School	District
Clerical Personnel		1	2	2
Health Aides/Nurse				1
Technology Coordinators				1.5
Para-Professionals	1	9	2
Food-Service Workers				6
Maintenance Staff		2	2	2
Transportation (First Student)				-5
Teachers	1	17	21
Administration		1	1.5	1

 

 

 

The number of teachers and administrators employed in the district during the past school year is shown below plus their average years of experience.

 

	Number	Average Total Experience	Average years at Wilber Clatonia
Elementary K-6	17	20.2	18.7
High School 7-12	21	16.2	12.9
Administration	4	31.5	14
Preschool	1	1	1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The table below lists the number of certified staff employed at Wilber-Clatonia Schools for the 2008-2009 school year according to their highest degree.  The list includes teachers and administrators.

 

 

 

 

The figures below represent the amount 2009-2010 budget expenditures, and tax request for all funds of the school.

 

Fund	Budget of Expenditures	Property Tax Request	Proposed Tax Levy
General Fund	$ 6,120,669	$3,190,480	.951873
Special Building	$264,761	$80,800	.024107
Bond Fund	$967,804	$564,299	.1700274
Qualified Capital	$185,507	$80,800	.024107
Depreciation	$143,832	$ 0
Employee Benefit	$160,845	$ 0
Activities	$240,700	$ 0
School Lunch	$313,617	$ 0
Student Fee	$36,141	$ 0
		Total:	1.17036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The figures represent the general fund 2009-2010 budgeted expenditures.

 

Category	Amount	Percentage
Regular Instruction	$2,786,001	42.2
Special Education	$660,036	10
Support Services-Pupils	$147,640	2.2
Support Services-Staff	$126,672	2
Health Services	$25,044	.03
Board of Education	$28,625	.04
Executive Administration	$134,532	2
Office of the Principals	$302,474	5
Business Services	$125,104	2
Plant Operation, Maintenance	$522,387	8.7
Transportation	$277,279	4.2
Federal Programs	$205,883	3.1
State Categorized Programs	$184,035	2.8
Cash Reserve	$1,025,000	15.5
Transfers	0	0
Total	$6,600,712	99.8

 

 

 

 

 

The table below indicates the budgeted revenue for the general fund and the amount from that source for the 2009-2010 school year.

 

 

Revenue Sources 2009-2010
Category	Amount	Percentage
Beginning Balance	1,026,016	15.6
County & ESU	44,250	.07
Federal Government	307,566	4.7
Other Local Receipts	176,650	2.7
Local Property Taxes	3,158,892	47.9
State of Nebraska	1,876,838	28.4
Non Revenue	10,500	.02
Total	6,600.712	99.4

 

 

 

 

  The district’s cafeteria staff served 79,935 lunches in 2008-2009. Our lunch prices for 2009-2010 are:

$3.00 for adults; $2.25 for students 6-12; $2.00 for students K-5. We also served 10,517 breakfasts for students K-12.  Prices for breakfast are:  $1.35 for adults and $1.25 for K-12 students. 

 

Our bus transportation is contracted with First Student Bus Company to provide service for our four bus routes and for our activities.   The district does maintain a mini bus and driver for preschool.  The school owns a mini bus,  mini van, a suburban, and two 10 passenger vans for activities that do not require a bus.  During the past school year, the buses and vans logged 98,704 miles including 61,480 on regular routes and 37,224 for student activities. 

 

 

Wilber-Clatonia is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act by insuring that persons with disabilities have access to all programs provided by the school district.

 

 

Wilber-Clatonia is in a continuous cycle of school improvement.  The current emphasis is placed on improving reading comprehension skills across all content areas.  Strong emphasis is given to expanding student vocabulary across all K-12 grade levels.  An external team visitation will be conducted in 2010-2011.

 

 

Twenty-Five students in the 2009-2010school year were identified with limited English speaking abilities who qualify as English Language Learner students:  Twenty in the elementary building and five  in the junior high and high school.  Students receive help to speak English since their native language is Spanish.  Part-time paraprofessionals help assess the English speaking abilities of each student, and assist with students.    

 

 

The program focus is on second through twelfth grade students.  High ability learners are those who have the potential or show the potential to exhibit high performance in intellectual, creative, and/or artistic areas, possess an unusual leadership capacity, or excel in specific academic fields.   Students are referred or nominated by their teachers.  Parent and student questionnaires are filled out, district assessments and standardized test results, as well as report cards, grades, projects, and products are used to see if students qualify. 

 

 

One hundred seventy-eight student days are scheduled for the 2009-2010 school year.  In addition to the one hundred seventy-eight student days scheduled above, staff members work an additional seven days, which includes pre-school workshops, parent-teacher conferences, school improvement, staff development days throughout the school year, etc.

 

 

 

 

With the construction of the elementary in 2005, the district was able to centralize to one campus and connect both schools.  At the same time the track area was improved with an all weather track and the relocation of the jumping pits and stadium seating.  The district has 10 years of bond debt for the elementary school and track ending in 2018.  Age of Buildings  7-12 High School Building (1970)

K-6 Elementary Building (2005)

 

 

Student Enrollment Trends by Race and Ethnicity K-12
Years	White, not Hispanic	Black, not Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islanders	American Indian/Alaskan Native
1995-1996	579	1	14	10	1
2000-2001	568	0	6	10	3
2004-2005	516	0	19	5	0
2005-2006	502	0	23	5	0
2006-2007	490	1	24	6	0
2007-2008	504	1	27	5	1
2008-2009	505	0	37	9	2
2009-2010	517	0	41	11	1

 

 

 

Student Dropout Rate
Years	State	District
2000-2001	2.73%	1.71%
2003-2004	1.92%	0.77%
2004-2005	1.86%	1.11%
2005-2006	1.81%	0.78%
2006-2007	1.94%	1.57%
2007-2008	1.69%	0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

High School Graduation Rate
Years	State	District
2002-2003	85.80%	95.45%
2003-2004	87.48%	90.91%
2004-2005	88.04%	89.36%
2005-2006	88.76%	93.02%
2006-2007	89.22 %	89.47
2007-2008	89.74%	100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In addition to the above requirements, students must earn a total of 240 credit hours to be eligible to graduate which includes 80 credit hours of electives.

 

 

 

Student Characteristics
District Data	State Statistics	District Statistics
Poverty Percentage	38.35%	22.24%
English Language Learners Percentage	6.31%	2.96%
Special Education Percentage	15.21%	12.75%
School Mobility Rate	11.57%	5.36%
Graduation Rate Percentage	89.74%	100.00%
Attendance Percentage	94.84%	95.93%
Enrollment	292.043	541
High School Teachers Endorsed Percentage	94.50%	97.55%
* Based on latest statistics of 2008-2009

 

 

 

                

	4th Grade			8th Grade			11th Grade
	2007	2008	2009	2007	2008	2009	2007	2008	2009
Reading/Speaking/Listening	80.4	89.3	85.7	98.3	98.5	49.3	94.2	90.6	91.3
Mathematics	92.4	95.8	100	98.6	96.1	92.1	74.5	82.4	84.4
State Writing Assessments	76.7	96.6	97.1	97.2	100	94.5	94.3	97.1	93.3
	5th Grade			8th Grade			11th Grade
	2007	2008	2009	2007	2008	2009	2007	2008	2009
Science	86	97.2	95.5	79.6	76.5	80.4	72.8	72.7	79.4
Social Studies	73.7	76.3	100	83.7	80.5	92.1	73.5	77.1	73.9

 

 

 

	Class of ‘07	Class of ‘08	Class of ‘09
Post-Secondary Education	69%	66%	77%
Military	0%	6%	0%
Employment	11%	16%	15%
Other or Unknown	20%	12%	18%
Completed Educational Program & Employed	0%	0%	0%

 

 

Average ACT Scores
	English		Mathematics		Reading		Science		Composite
Grad Year	Local	State	Local	State	Local	State	Local	State	Local	State
2005	20.1	20.4	20.4	20.7	19.7	20.3	20.5	20.9	20.3	20.9
2006	22.1	20.6	22.9	20.8	21.8	22.3	23.2	20.9	22.7	20.9
2007	18.3	20.7	20.1	21.0	21.2	21.5	20.8	21.0	20.2	21.2
2008	19.5	21.8	21.7	21.8	22	22.5	21.2	21.9	21.2	22.1
2009	17.7	21.9	20.1	21.8	18.1	22.5	21.5	22.0	19.4	22.1

 

 

 

California Achievement Test
*  Results are printed as a national percentile.  Includes all student populations
Grade Level
	4th Grade				8th Grade				11th Grade
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2006	2007	2008	2009	2006	2007	2008	2009
Reading	54	65	62	64	56	64	61	63	49	57	66	54
Language	67	64	60	62	53	61	59	55	53	54	59	57
Math	77	69	73	68	76	78	58	66	62	63	68	61
Battery	69	69	64	63	64	64	59	56	58	59	63	61
Spelling	55	42	59	61	51	58	52	53	45	46	41	46
Science	57	59	69	63	64	62	63	58	65	63	70	56
Social Studies	75	75	73	68	57	59	56	59	65	57	53	53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High School Courses

 

 

Social Studies	American History I, American History II, American Government, World History, Humanities, Economics, Modern Problems, Sociology, Psychology, Psychology-SCC Dual Credit
Art	Art I, Art II, Art III
Industrial Arts	Woods I, Woods II, Architectural Drawing, Computer Drafting, Construction Technology
English	English 9, English 10, English 11, General English 12, English 12 College Prep, English 12 College Prep-SCC Dual Credit, Speech
Foreign Language	Spanish I, Spanish II, German I, German II
Music	Band, Choir
Agriculture	Agricultural Enrichment, Plant and Soil Science, Animal Science, Agriculture I, Horticulture, Landscaping, Small Engines, Introduction to Metallurgy
Business	Business Law, Personal Finance, Accounting I, Accounting II, Applied Communications
Computers	Computer Applications 9-12, Advanced Computer Applications
Mathematics	Pre Algebra 8-12, Algebra I, Algebra I 9-12, Geometry, Algebra II, Probability and Statistics, Applied Math I, Applied Math II, Calculus
Physical Education	Health & Physical Education 9, Recreational Sports & Fitness, Advanced Conditioning
Science	Science I, Biology, Biology II, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Physics, Environmental Science
Distance Learning	Sociology, Public Speaking  College Credit
Other	Drivers Education, Student Aide

 

 

 

Advanced Placement Classes

 

Wilber Clatonia offers advanced placement classes (classes in which a student can earn college credits by successfully completing a test), college or dual credit classes (classes in which a student can earn both college and high school credit by successfully completing class requirements), and advanced classes (classes which are for college-bound students or classes in which students can further pursue a particular skill or interest)

 

Psychology	Dual Credit Course
Sociology	Distance learning class for college credit through SCC
English 1010	Dual credit course through SCC
English 2100	Dual credit course through SCC
Sociology	Distance learning class for college credit through SCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extracurricular activities staffed by 26 faculty and administrative personnel, 5 paid community personnel and several unpaid volunteer aides; include eleven varsity sports, seven junior varsity, three freshman teams and ten junior high teams.  Additional offerings include vocal and instrumental music (senior and junior high), swing choir (senior and junior high), stage band, jazz band (senior and junior high), speech, play production, senior class play, cheerleading, drill team, yearbook, letter club, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), The Country’s Best Youth (TCBY), National Honor Society and Student Council (3-6 Grades, 7-12 Grades).  The participation breakdown is 16 students in grades 3-6, 270 students in offerings to junior high grades and 567 students in organizations with students in the senior high grades for the 2008-2009 school year. 

 

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