Lumpkin County School System: Leading All Children to Success!
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The purpose of the Lumpkin County School System (LCSS) is to Lead all Children to Success.
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As educators, we believe firmly that:
Student learning and achievement must be paramount
- All students can and will learn through different means and at different rates
- Student mastery of the standards must be the basis of all our educational decisions
Expectations must be high
- We must continuously maintain high expectations for all students and for ourselves
- Student learning requires a highly qualified, technologically competent, caring, and motivated professional staff involved in continuous adult learning
Leadership must be effective
- Our leaders must possess integrity, adhering to the highest professional, ethical, and moral standards
- Our educators must be innovative leaders using research-based best practices in leadership and school improvement to create high performing schools at all levels
The environment must be supportive
- Our schools must be environments that foster creative and innovative thinking by students and educators
- Student learning, achievement, and wellness require strong and constructive collaboration between schools, homes, and community
- Effective communication creates a climate of unity and teamwork
- Our schools must be safe, secure, and clean learning environments for everyone
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As the mission and core values are met, all students will:
- Achieve at levels exceeding state and national standards (rank in the top 10 percent of school systems in the nation on student achievement, student attendance, and school completion)
- Graduate high school prepared for post-secondary educational and work opportunities
- Demonstrate higher order/critical thinking skills and individual/collaborative problem solving skills to adapt to a changing world
- Develop academically, athletically, and artistically as part of a well-rounded education
- Contribute productively and positively as citizens of Lumpkin County, the United States, and the world
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Lumpkin County Schools will take the following concrete steps to carry out its mission:
Hire, cultivate, and retain the most qualified, effective, and dynamic educators
- Indicator 1- 100% highly qualified staff
- Indicator 2- 90% teacher retention rate
Ensure that all students—including those with exceptional needs-- learn in effective standards-based classrooms
- Indicator 3- 100% of schools making AYP
- Indicator 4- Mathematics, Reading/LA, and Writing
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% Meeting/Exceeding
| Reading/LA
% Meeting/Exceeding
| Writing
% Meeting/Exceeding
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All 90%
SWD 61%
ELL 76%
GHSGT
(1st Time Test Takers)
All 90%
SWD 65%
ELL 75% | CRCT (Grades 3-8)
All 95%
SWD 71%
ELL 79%
GHSGT
(1st Time Test Takers)
All 95%
SWD 65%
ELL 75% | Grade 5
All 90%
SWD 45%
ELL 60%
Grade 8
All 90%
SWD 55%
ELL 60%
Grade 11
All 92%
SWD 60%
ELL 65%
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Provide efficient stewardship of our human, financial, and material resources
- Indicator 5- Meet 100% of Department of Education expenditure test requirements
- Indicator 6- Maintain a healthy general fund balance without exceeding the 15% maximum under the O.C.G.A. 20-2-167
- Indicator 7- Operate within the established budget
- Indicator 8- Develop cost-cutting contingency plan
- Indicator 9- Train 100% of staff on safety measures
Forge strong and constructive ties between the schools, school system, and community
- Indicator 10- Conduct two Town Hall Meetings per school
- Indicator 11- Establish a system-wide parent survey to establish baseline data
- Indicator 12- Establish a fundamental system-wide parent two-way communication model
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