1. Wheeling Park High School Ohio County March 2013 NDPC SD and WVDE
ON TARGET
Wheeling Park High School
Ohio County
March 2013
NDPC SD and WVDE

2. Wheeling Park High School
The total population of Ohio County is estimated at 44,015 people, ranked 13th in the state, with 5.5% of persons under 5 years old, 20.0% under 18 years old, and 19.4% were 65 years old and over. There has been a decrease in student enrollment that correlates with the steady decrease in population.
AYP 12
AYP 11
AYP 10
AYP 09
AYP 08  
Compressive High School
Grades 9-12
18 Career Technical Programs
17 Advanced Placement Classes
College at Park with WLU (37 credit hours)
Dual Credit with WVNCC (24 credit hours)
Service ALL Exceptionalities
Special Education Staffing
13 Professional
7 Service
2011- Low SES Subgroup Mathematics
Low SES Subgroup Reading Language Arts

3. Our Team Leah Stout Special Education Director, Ohio County Schools
Amy Minch
Principal, Wheeling Park High School
Linda Boyd
Special Education Department Chair, Wheeling Park High School
Josh Fromhart
General Education Teacher, Wheeling Park High School
Amy Rice
Special Education Teacher, Wheeling Park High School

4. Baseline Data for 2010-2011 Group Graduation Rate Dropout Rate
Attendance Rate
All
75%
1.9%
98.1%
SWD
59%
2.3%
97.6%

5. Dropout Factors for Wheeling Park High School
Attendance
Behavior
Course Performance A B C

6. Z the of dropout prevention at WPHS and
WPHS has a WV Dropout Prevention Team supported by NDPC-SD (National Dropout Prevention Center- Students with Disabilities) working to establish a data-driven early warning and response system in our school. Students signal frustration and disengagement from school in their attendance, behavior, and course performance. Studies show that we can identify up to half of future dropouts as early as the sixth grade just by looking at these variables. Our goal is for focused coordination and communication that will ease students’ transitions and help get the right supports to the right students at the right time before they disengage and give up on school.

7. B: Behavior C: Course Performance A: Attendance Z: Everything Else
Individual Counseling
Tardy Sweeps
Peer Mediation and Harassment/Bullying Reporting
A: Attendance
Home Visits
Weekly attendance briefings
Daily updates to “Attendance Watch List”
Juvenile Mediation, Court Proceedings
C: Course Performance
Summer School/Credit Recovery
Option Pathway
Monitoring of D-F-I Lists
Intervention Counselor
Anchor Program
Saturday Scholars
Credit Checks
Cohort Monitoring
Z: Everything Else
Student Exit Interview Process
Extended Year Transition Program
Monitoring of Coding Issue

8. Dropout Prevention Plan
Wheeling Park High School
Initial Plan ( )
Implement Option Pathway
Program
Activate School-wide
Monitoring Team
Incorporate READ 180
curriculum and techSteps

9. Dropout Prevention Plan
Wheeling Park High School
Plan Revisions ( )
Full-time Option Pathway and Identification Team
Credit Checks and Cohort Monitoring
Tardy Sweep Monitoring Procedure

10. Dropout Prevention Plan
Wheeling Park High School
Final Plan ( )
Option Pathway and Identification Team
Credit Checks and Cohort Monitoring
Tardy Sweep Monitoring Procedure
Home Visits, Juvenile Mediation, Legal Action
Individual Counseling and Peer Mediation
Summer School and Credit Recovery
After School Programs
Monitoring of D-F-I Lists
Final Plan ( )
Advisor – Advisee Program
Intervention Team Meetings
Looping of Grade Level Principals
Administrators Assigned Departments
Increased Job Sites for Project Employ
Ruby Payne Professional Development

11. School Developed Resources and Tools
Google Docs EWS
Advisor – Advisee Program
ABC Criteria
Intervention Teams

12. NDPC SD Intensive TA Funding
Professional Development
Team member expenses for technical assistance conferences.
Personnel
Substitutes to cover for conferences, home visits, and meetings.
Technology
Tablets to be used by Advisors and Advisees to monitor and document student progress.
NDPC SD Intensive TA Funding

13. Attendance Rate Group 2010 2011 2012 2013 All 97.4% 98.1% 98.36% SWD
96.3%
97.6%

14. Graduation Rate NCLB Data for 2011-2012 (2011 Cohort)
All Students
Students with IEPs
Standard Diploma
Cohort Denominator
Rate
WHPS
331
443
75% 33 56
59%
State
16,635
21,759
76%
2,049
3,566
57%
NCLB Data for (2011 Cohort)
All Students
Students with IEPs
Standard Diploma
Cohort Denominator
Rate
WHPS
337
414
81.4% 26 47
55.3%
State
16,513
21,205
77.9%
2,023
3,396
59.6%
Projected NCLB Data for (2012 Cohort)
All Students
Students with IEPs
Standard Diploma
Cohort Denominator
Rate
WHPS
335
409
82% 24 43
56%

15. SWD Cohort 2012 Non-Grads
Rational
Number of Students
T2 Transfers Not Picked-up 2
DHHR Placement (PHANTOMS) 1
No Shows
Transfer During Year 5
Dropout Prior to NDPC-SD TA 9
Dropout After NDPC-SD TA 3
5 Year Grads
TOTALS 19
SWD Students who are not calculated as graduates for the 2012 cohort. Some issues are outside of the school’s control. T2 Transfers DHHR Placements No Shows Transfer During Year 5

16. Dropout Rate Dropout Rate for 2011-2012
All Students Grades 7-12
Students with IEPs Grades 7-12
Enrollment
Drops
Rate
Ohio Co.
2,452 47
1.9%
286 8
2.8%
State
122,115
2,729
2.3%
19,103
523
2.7%
Dropout Rate for
All Students Grades 7-12
Students with IEPs Grades 7-12
Enrollment
Drops
Rate
Ohio Co.
2,460 9
.4%
302 2
.66%
State
121,519
2,114
1.7
18,085
398
2.20%
Projected Dropout Rate for
All Students Grades 7-12
Students with IEPs Grades 7-12
Enrollment
Drops
Rate
Ohio Co.
2,411 6
.24%
279 2
.71%

17. Dropouts
Students
Rational 1
2011 Cohort with 19 credits who had a baby 2
2011 Cohort with 23 credits moved to TX
(Sp. Ed.) 3
Option 3 GED 4
19.5 credits, moved in with boyfriend in OH (Sp. Ed.) 5
2011 Cohort, left home 6
2011 Cohort, 22 credits, runaway from placement
TOTALS
So far this school year we have six students coded as dropouts from Wheeling Park High School.

18. Aiming for the Target Proven Practices Expand Advisor-Advisee Program
Transition
Programs
Continue with the proven practices from the past three years.
Expand the Special Education Advisor-Advisee Program to include regular education at-risk students.
Expand programs with DRS (Division of Rehabilitation Services) and community agencies to promote the post-secondary transition for special education students.

19. Contact Information
Leah Stout
Amy Minch
Linda Boyd
Josh Fromhart
Amy Rice