COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 55
August 23, 2002
ADMINISTRATIVE
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Report of
Dropouts, 2001-2002 School Year |
In
order for the Department of Education to meet commonwealth legislative
reporting requirements, the 2001-2002 Report of Dropouts must be completed for
certain schools in your division. Reports should be submitted through the
Web-based submission process on or before Monday,
October 21, 2002.
All
schools that had membership in grades 7 through 12 in the 2001-02 school year
must submit the dropout report. The
dropout report should not be completed for vocational, technical,
special education, or alternative education centers providing specialized
instruction to students officially enrolled at other schools.
The
2001-2002 Report of Dropouts conforms to federal dropout definitions and
reporting procedures. Summer 2001 dropouts should be reported as dropouts for
the grade and school for which they failed to report by October 1, 2001.
A
custom-designed dropout spreadsheet and instructions can be downloaded from the
Department of Education's website at http://www.pen.k12.va.us
by selecting "Reports" at the top of the homepage or "Data and
Publications" at the bottom and then selecting "Report of Dropouts
2001-02." The complete address is:
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Publications/Dropouts/datacoll/coll.htm to access the
dropout spreadsheet. The dropout report should be completed using either the
Excel spreadsheet or the ASCII flat file format. Each contact person for the dropout report should coordinate the
collection of the data for the division and submit the text file using the new Web-based submission
process.
The statistics on dropouts will be made available to
the Virginia General Assembly, and the information will be included in the
School Performance Report Card. Because
of the short period of time we have to process and publish dropout statistics,
any reports received before the due
date will be sincerely appreciated.
Please direct any questions or comments regarding
the Report of Dropouts to dropouts@pen.k12.va.us
or to Data Administration staff at (804) 225-2099.
JLD/JCC/bmc
cc: dropout contacts (vial e-mail)