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The A+ College Ready Program

How are schools in Huntsville and Madison County

benefitting?

Status Report

November 2009

www.theschoolsfoundation.org

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A+ College Ready Goals

What does this mean for our schools?A significant increase in course offerings and student enrollment

for 2009-2010.% Increase in Enrollment

% increase Qualifying Score Goal Data

08-09 09-10 08-09 09-10 % increase

MADISON COUNTY 229 965 321% 31 164 429%

Buckhorn 111 230 107% 22 61

Hazel Green 50 340 580% 0 30

Madison Co HS 3 95 3067% 0 30

Sparkman HS 65 300 362% 9 43

HUNTSVILLE CITY 540 794 47% 229 421 84%

Lee HS 90 159 77% 24 64

Hsv HS 395 490 24% 198 317

Columbia HS 55 145 164% 7 40

COMBINED TOTALS 769 1759 129% 260 585 125%

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Funding for Huntsville-Madison-Madison County

Program Year

A+ College Ready (NMSI)

LocalPercentage

Match

Local Funding

RequirementTotal

FundingYear 1 $800,000 0 $0 $800,000Year 2 $600,000 25 $200,000 $800,000Year 3 $400,000 50 $400,000 $800,000Year 4 $200,000 75 $600,000 $800,000Year 5 and beyond 0 100 TBD TBDTotal $2,000,000 NA $1,200,000+ $3,200,00

NMSI funding is contingent on meeting annual school and school system goals.

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A+ College ReadyCorporate Partners

RBC Bank Boeing SAIC

Az Technology

Westar Redstone Federal Credit Union

WILL Technology

Dynetics COLSA

Public FA First Commercial Bank ERC, Inc.

Belzon Compass Bank S3

AeroJet

Funding Status: $832,500/$1.2 m

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A+ College Ready

PROGRAM GOALS:

• Increase the number of students enrolled in Advanced Placement® English, math, and science programs

• Increase the number of students receiving qualifying scores (>2) on the College Board’s National Examinations in AP® English, math, and science

• Increase the number of students attending and graduating from College with degrees in math and science

A teacher training and incentive program designed to increase student achievement in advanced placement math, science, and English.

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Advanced Placement and Laying the Foundation Teacher Training

Summer 2009Madison County High

SchoolsCluster Middle

SchoolsTotal Teachers Trained in 2009

AP Teachers Trained: 29 Pre-AP Teachers Trained: 154

TOTAL: 183

New Hope High School

New Hope K-8Owens Cross Roads

14

Sparkman High School

Sparkman 9th GradeMonrovia MiddleSparkman Middle

51

Buckhorn High School Riverton New Market 33

Madison County High CentralMadison County Elementary

22

Hazel Green Meridianville Middle 34

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Advanced Placement and Laying the Foundation Teacher (LTF) Training

Summer 2009Huntsville City High

SchoolsCluster Middle

Schools

Total Advanced Placement Teachers

25

Lee High School Cluster-LTF

24

Huntsville High Cluster-LTF

43

Columbia High Cluster-LTF

26

Butler Cluster-LTF 19

Johnson Cluster-LTF 37

Total AP and Pre-AP teachers trained:

174