1. BALDWIN COUNTY SCHOOLS
Graduation Rate Increase

2. BALDWIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ...At a glance
6 schools
2 primary schools
2 elementary schools
1 middle school
1 high school
Georgia College Early College
Early Learning Center
College and Career Academy
848 employees
5400 students(P-12)
Budget: $42,500,000
Home of Georgia College and State University, Central Georgia Technical College and Georgia Military College
BALDWIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
...At a glance

3. BALDWIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ...Successes and Celebrations
GRADUATION RATE: increased 22.2 percent over a four year span from 66.6% to 88.8%,
LITERARY TEAM: Region Champs!
CONCERT BAND: all superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation.
ATHLETICS: Boys XC, Wrestling, Boys Basketball & Boys Track team: Region Champs!
BALDWIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
...Successes and Celebrations

4. “Top 10” Strategies to Help Increase Graduation
Quarterly monitoring of seniors and off-track seniors with counselors, administrators, social worker, and superintendent (and/or assistant superintendent, deputy superintendent)
Bi-monthly conversation with SILT to address seniors/off-track seniors to find effective strategies and interventions
Individualized graduation plans for all students to meet their specific needs with a focus on off- track students.
Mandatory parent and student meetings with principal and counselors.
Credit recovery opportunities before school, after school, during school (IF), and saturday school (2X monthly)
“Top 10”
Strategies to
Help Increase Graduation

5. “Top 10” Strategies to Help Increase Graduation
6. Assign teacher advocates to severe at-risk students
7. Involve school level and district level Special Education staff to help in the utilization of PEC waivers
8. Reviewed IEP plans to ensure students were meeting graduation requirements.
9. Summer school opportunities for students with extended summer hours through Foothills Charter School .evening school.
10. Community and staff participation in the Martin Luther King Community Student Drop Out roundup. Social worker and attendance officer followed up with students who had dropped out or were not attending school.
“Top 10”
Strategies to
Help Increase Graduation

6. Instructional Focus Time Added in the Bell Schedule
This additional 53 minutes is added to the school day schedule Monday-Thursday.
Friday it is used for Advisement
Focus on Content Mastery and Differentiation
Students who are labeled as “severe” on the monitoring list attend credit recovery focus
Instructional Focus Time Added in the Bell Schedule

7. Graduation Rate Increase
2017: 88.8
2016: 86.1
2015: 79.8
2014: 66.6