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Intensive Planning Draws Broad Participation Reavis Elementary School and the Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) were chosen for participation in ISS-Chicago through a competitive process in early 2007. They represent one of five school-community partnerships seeking to create and demonstrate a new model of Integrated Services in Schools (ISS). The Reavis/QCDC partnership led a comprehensive planning process between February and May 2007. More than 40 people participated in four initial visioning and goal-setting meetings followed by committee work and plan-writing meetings. The summary plan that follows is the result of their work. Reavis and QCDC thank all who contributed. The list below was compiled from sign-in sheets and may not include all participants. Our apologies for any omissions or misspellings. Reavis Elementary School Michael T. Johnson, Principal Andalib Khelghati, Reavis assistant principal Quad Communities Development Corporation Bernita Johnson-Gabriel, Executive Director Rebecca Janowitz, New Communities Program Director Yvette Kelly, QCDC Planning participants Dawn M. Alvarez, Reavis teacher Brenda Bannor, consultant Yvonne Battle, Abraham Lincoln Centre Milo Boraz, Kenwood High School assistant principal Giselle Boyd, Youth Guidance Tinger Bryant, Reavis teacher Charlene Campbell, Reavis parent Demietrice Davis, Reavis Amanda Deisch, Abraham Lincoln Centre Latesha Dickerson, Chicago New Teacher Center Adrienne Garner, Chicago Public Schools Angela Hampton, Reavis parent and volunteer Phillip Hampton, Chicago Public Schools-Community Development Krista Hinton, CPS Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (Reavis PBIS coach) Melissa Jones, MLS Regina Little, Reavis parent and Local School Council president Dr. Tim Long, Komed Margaret Pinaglia, Reavis teacher Carol Reels, school nurse Evelyn Reid, Near North/KoMed Health Ken Roberts, Abraham Lincoln Centre Brenda Robertson, Reavis counselor case manager Dr. Mashona Smith, MLS Berneice Thomas, Near North/ Komed Health Wahabi Tijani, Komed Anita Tutson, Reavis teacher Daniel Ward, Chicago New Teacher Center Keshia B. Warner, Reavis resident principal Deonna Wheeler, Abraham Lincoln Centre Student participants Johnny Byrd, high school senior Tierra Burres, high school senior Revira Davis, high school senior Antione Williams, high school senior Erica Kellum, high school junior Jeremy Ward, high school junior Darcell Dawson, high school sophomore Timothy Pleasant, high school sophomore Technical support Chris Brown, ISS-Chicago consultant Jobi Petersen, ISS-Chicago consultant Richard Muhammad, scribe, LISC/ Chicago Patrick Barry, scribe coordinator, LISC/Chicago Liz Reyes, Illinois Facilities Fund Kirby Burkholder, Illinois Facilities Fund Susana Vasquez, LISC/Chicago New Communities Program director 3 | REAVIS REBIRTH
1 SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT The Reavis Way: High expectations, mutual respect and teamwork Reavis Elementary School sits at 50 th Street and Drexel Boulevard on the border of the Grand Boulevard and North Kenwood neighborhoods, a short distance from historic Bronzeville and Hyde Park. The school’s 467 children from pre-kindergarten to 8 th grade are almost entirely African-American, mostly poor and sometimes seen as trouble by teachers at area high schools. The school has a high population of students with asthma, diabetes and special education needs, and more than one-quarter of the students move in or out during the school year. Reavis feeds students primarily into two nearby high schools, the Walter H. Dyett Academic Center and Kenwood High School, and is down the street from Martin Luther King College Preparatory School, one of the city’s selective-enrollment high schools. PROFILE: Reavis Elementary School STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS (2006) Number of students (PreK-8) 467 Number of middle-school students (Grades 6-8) 147 Percent low-income 95.9 Percent African-American 98.9 PERFORMANCE (2006) Percent 8 th -graders meeting standards – reading (ISAT) 67.4 Percent 8 th -graders meeting standards – math (ISAT) 45.7 Attendance rate 94.0 Percent mobility (transfers out/year) 26.4 Source: Illinois School Report Card, 2006 Four years ago, Reavis was a low-performing school, and there is still room for improvement. The student attendance rate in 2006 was 94 percent, slightly below the citywide average of 95 percent. Teacher attendance and the quality of teaching have been serious issues in past years and more progress is needed. Discipline problems also require attention, with 45 suspensions as of May 2007, though this is a reduction of about 66 percent from the previous year. Despite these challenges, Principal Michael T. Johnson believes the school is on its way back; he calls it the “Reavis Rebirth.” A graduate of the New Leaders for New Schools principal-training program, Johnson arrived at Reavis four years ago when the school was on academic probation and had severe behavior problems. Now, with Reavis Elementary School ISS Plan | 4
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