Every Day a Student is Absent From School is a Lost Learning Opportunity

Community Collaborative

Workshop

Community Collaborative

Workshop

September 5, 2013

Pickens County AgenciesComing Together to Discuss

Community Concerns and Resources

20 areas of Community Concern

1. Parenting Skills2. Dysfunctional Families3. Child abuse and Neglect4. Poverty5. Transportation6. Substance Abuse

20 areas of Community Concern

7. Employment Resources8. Parent Education9. Mental Health10. Single Parents11. Teen Pregnancy12. Family Economic Survival

20 areas of Community Concern

13. Domestic Violence14. Health Needs15. Homeless Families16. Housing17. Teen Center18. Prisoner Support 19. Food Nutrition Needs 20. Elderly Needs

Parent Supportand Resources

• Prevent Child Abuse (new moms)

• Department of Family and Children Services

• Parent to Parent helps Parents with

Special Needs Children

• Pregnancy Center

Dysfunctional FamiliesNorth Georgia Mountain &

Cherokee Crisis CenterJanuary 2012 to October 2013

• Bed Nights in Shelter 760

• Women/Children in Shelters 22

• Legal/Persons Requesting TPO 46

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• Sexual Assault Victims 7

• Outreach Clients Not Requiring Shelter 49

• Hotline Crisis Calls 375

Total Services Provided to Victims from Pickens County = 1,977

Child Abuse and Neglect

• 2009 10% = 66 cases• 2010 17% = 112 cases• 2011 13% = 88 cases• 2012 12% = 82 cases• 2013 TBD State Average = 5 % for 2012

Children Living In Poverty• 2007 18%• 2008 20%• 2009 22%• 2010 22%• 2011 26%• 2012 26% = 1,668• 2013 TBD State Average = 26.6%

Good NewsGood NewsGraduation rate 90.50% (52% in 2002)4.1% Students with >15 absences (a

decrease from 6.7% in previous years)

Mountain EducationCharter High School

• All students who attend the MECHS start high school somewhere else.

• Approximately 67% of the students who enroll in the MECHS come to us at least one year or more behind.

• The Cohort formula used to determine graduation rates measures the percentage of students who graduate “on time” within a 4 year or 5 year window. As you know, a majority of our students graduate late.

• The day school measurement of graduation success was not appropriate for the MECHS setting.

• This led to a Snapshot method that MECHS now uses to assess graduation results.

• The approach looks at the seniors enrolled in the MECHS at the beginning of the school year and measures the number of those students who graduate by the end that year. Not only did more students graduate, but the senior drop-out rate as measured in the Snapshot was cut by over 50 % in one year.

2011-2012 = 41 2012-2013 = 52 •

GED Graduates• For Pickens County, 137 students have

been served this year.• 42 have passed the GED test, and

another 10 are scheduled to test in the next few weeks.

• Over 50% of the students that come to take classes complete one educational level. An educational level is moving from 4th grade to 6th grade or from 2nd grade to 4th grade. It is hard to do.