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WCPSS Defines 4 Cs

Vision 2020 – the WCPSS strategic plan – focuses language around students acquiring and utilizing the four Cs: communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity.  The four Cs are included in the district’s mission statement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, EdLeader21, and the National Education Association have definitions for the four Cs.  But it was

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A Helpful Guide to Understanding School Performance Grades

School Performance Grade – calculated by weighting and combining two other scores: achievement and growth.  Achievement counts 80 percent of the total grade.  Growth counts 20 percent. Achievement – primarily test scores.  In elementary and middle school, these includes math and language arts end-of-grade tests in grades three through eight.  Science is tested in grades

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Chapter 1 of a New School Year

As the new school year is here and these are some facts and figures to consider. $80 Million – one-time funding WCPSS received last year for teacher assistants; still under negotiation for this school year $3 Million – Driver’s Education funding received last year; still under negotiation for this school year 2,550 – teacher assistants

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2016-2017 WCPSS Calendar Woes

WCPSS staff have grappled with next year’s instructional calendars for months now.  And that’s not hyperbole. Many options have been considered. The problems are parameters that state statute dictates for the school calendar and the (un)lucky fall of calendar dates.  2012 Senate Bill 187 (Session Law 2012-145) states that the first instructional day for students cannot

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