Action Item
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Student Services
Action Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, June 9, 2015 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | Jeff Eakins, Acting Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Approve Cooperative Agreements for Use-of-Facilities with Various Agencies to House the Alternative To Out-of-School Suspension (ATOSS) Program for 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 (Student Services Division) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| On July 27, 1999, The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida approved the establishment of an Alternative To Out-of-School Suspension (ATOSS) Program. Since then, the program has provided safe, off-campus learning environments for students who have earned an out-of-school suspension as a consequence for inappropriate behavior. Middle and high school students who would otherwise have served a one- to ten-day suspension are referred to the ATOSS Program at the discretion of school administrators. During the 2014/2015 year an estimated 15,198 students participated in the ATOSS Program.
While attending ATOSS, students receive instruction in the strategies necessary for success on the district, state, and national assessments. The school day is also designed to include character education and career exploration components that provide students with the tools needed to consistently make positive, appropriate choices. Space for the programs is provided at no cost to the district through collaboration with a variety of community agencies. Agreements have been developed with the Apollo Beach Recreation Center, Liberty Boys and Girls Club, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center (Plant City), Nuccio Park Recreation Center, Riverview Recreation Center, Steinbrenner Boys and Girls Club, Timberlane Recreation Center, Wilbert Davis/Belmont Heights Boys and Girls Club, Winston Park Recreation Center, and Zonta Boys and Girls Club. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| All Strategic Objectives | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes) | |
| Facilities are provided by these community agencies at no cost to the district. The cost of the middle and high school ATOSS Programs for deputies, instructional, and non-instructional staff salaries supported through the unit allocation process is approximately $1,417,276. This item is included in the Part 1 budget. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| A comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the ATOSS Program will be conducted by June 30 of each year. District staff will review data, including but not limited to, notes and walk-through checklists from site visits, results of student exit, school administrator and parent surveys, and student participation rates. | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Walt Shaffner, Director, Non-Traditional Programs | |
| Wynne A. Tye, Assistant Superintendent | Gretchen Saunders | |
| Student Services Division (813) 273-7033 |
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| A 6.05 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150609_693 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.05 | ||