WILLIAMS from page 26 and put less of a focus on the amount that they were receiving but we put it in place that those kids that earned it and deserved it were able to benefit from improved attendance. Then, in the second round, we looked at inter-district transfers - kids that were leaving our district - and we did a five year trend…why they left, what grade level they left, what schools they went to. Then we put in a new process that any inter-district transfer, before they were signed, authorized or approved that we want those families to go and see our schools with those kids to experience it. We have leadership groups of kids that I actually can connect with…last year I believe we had 209 students that left our district on inter-districts to go elsewhere. This year we were able to reduce it 129 or 130, so that’s a great shift and our enrollments being able to be sustained and I think once we begin to roll out and gain trust within the community again, and look at the people we have and honor the people we have in this community which adds value to the students that are coming in. And then looking at our next phase of implementation next year with the VAPA program, K-5, and elementary GATE program that will be all grade levels, in lieu of just 4th or 5th grade, so we can really have structures and systems in place to enhance what we’re doing with our GATE programs and really a strong focus on extra curricular activities as well as athletics. I’m a strong believer in the VAPA music program, for both of my kids. My daughter is a dancer at Fresno State, my son is a musician and it’s been a huge impact in his life and his development process and he’s 23 now. And I think when we look at that, that athletics also is a key component in fitness in the organization, team work, hard work and opportunities. The whole child, being able to develop with elementary PE so that you have fitness. I just met with the Food Bank about nutrition and opportunities so that every kid is well fed when they come into our schools. We looked at data of how many kids go to the nurses office, at what time of the day, and why? We look at data and when a kid has a stomach ache at 10:30, what’s the reason? Probably because they haven’t had breakfast and it’s hard to learn when you’re not whole and complete. The last piece that we did was not only the student recognition piece but an employee recognition program as well. We’ve already had components in place for employee of the year for certificated and classified, we’ve done retiree recognition but now we have three other areas that we focus on…I kind of have fun with this. We have a Rookie of the Year, your new people coming in… teachers, classified, management…and being able to say to them congratulations, come to the board, Rookie of the Year, right? They have a lot of fun with this, we dedicate a plaque to them. The other one we haven’t focused on, we talk about student attendance so much, but we have some teachers who have never missed a day of work in 20 years. So we have employee recognition for attendance, a perfect attendance certificate. It just values them, we recognize you and we see in December and in June every year. Then we’ll have longevity where each of our employees that have 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years - they’ll get a nice plaque with our district guiding principle message and then they’ll be honored for being here. A lot of it is you talk about successful organizations, teams and corporations there’s a succinct belief in values, but there’s also consistency in staffing to build upon that. We want to be able to recognize and honor that as we go through. Watch for Part 3 in the March Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 28 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>February</strong> <strong>2015</strong>
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