Gibbs High in St. Petersburg won’t have to make plans for an overhaul after all.
Despite its F grade, it falls into the “Correct II” category under the state’s complicated new accountability system and not in “Intervene,” according to information released by the state Department of Education this morning. Thirty-six other Pinellas schools are in Correct II. (You can find them here.)
Those schools will still get increased intervention and oversight from state and district officials, and will still have to make changes. But only schools in Intervene face the prospect of restructuring (at least that’s the threat the state has put on paper) if they don’t make substantial progress in two years.
How Gibbs managed to avoid the most severe category remains unclear. But it may have squeaked past because even though it hasn’t improved in reading and math in the past five years, it hasn’t gotten worse, either.
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Should I worry, both my kids' schools are on the list.
Posted by: Should I worry? | June 25, 2009 at 11:44 PM
AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AZALEA MIDDLE SCHOOL
BARDMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
BAY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BAY POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOCA CIEGA HIGH SCHOOL
CAMPBELL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CLEARVIEW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
HAMILTON DISSTON SCHOOL
DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL
DUNEDIN HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRMOUNT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL
LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL
GULF BEACHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GULFPORT MONTESSOURI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALVIN A. HUNSINGER SCHOOL
HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOUG JAMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL
KINGS HIGHWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
LARGO HIGH SCHOOL
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEALMAN INTERMEDIATE
MADEIRA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHI CHI RODRIQUEZ ACADEMY
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER
NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTH WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
OLDSMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL
CLEARWATER INTERMEDIATE
PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINELLAS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOL
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIO VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JAMES B. SANDERLIN ELEMENTARY
ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL
SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY
SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL
THURGOOD MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH
WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL
DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL
HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND
ATHENIAN ACADEMY
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL
LIFE SKILLS CENTER OF PINELLAS COUNTY
EWES - E-NINI-HASSEE CAMP
EWES - E-MA-CHAMEE CAMP
EWES - E-KEL-ETU CAMP
EWES-ECKERD INTENSIVE HALFWAY
PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS
Posted by: The rest of Pinellas' schools on the list...oh, my! | June 25, 2009 at 11:43 PM
The DoE rules say "hasn't improved". "Have stayed the same" may mean "haven't gotten worse", but that's not what the rule requires.
Maybe the percentages stayed the same when rounded to the nearest percent but really went up slightly, say from 46.8% to 47.1% or even 46.80% to 46.81%.
What say you Mr. Solochek, can you check this out? Was there some improvement, or did the DoE ignore their own rules to cut a school a break?
Posted by: I'm a math teacher, not an English teacher, but ... | June 25, 2009 at 11:01 PM