COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
BOX 2120
RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 113
August 23, 2002
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne DeMary Superintendent of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Annual
Reports on Status of Three-Year School Improvement Plan Implementation for
Schools Rated Accredited with Warning for the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 School
Years |
The
purpose of this memo is to provide further clarification of the school
improvement plan implementation reporting requirements for schools rated
Accredited with Warning during the 2000-2001 and 2001-02 school years. Section
8 VAC 20-131-310.H of the Regulations
Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia state,
The school improvement plan and related annual reports
submitted to the Board (of Education) shall provide documentation of the
continuous efforts of the school to achieve the requirements to become Fully
Accredited. The Board shall adopt and
approve all policies and formats for the submission of annual reports under
this section. The reports shall be due no later than October 1 of the school
year.
Accordingly,
schools rated Accredited with Warning during the 2001-2002 school year are
required to submit status reports by the October 1 date. Please note that
schools rated Accredited with Warning during the 2000-01 school year are
required to submit the annual report, regardless of their accreditation status
during the 2001-02 school year.
On
February 15, 2001, the Board of Education approved guidelines and formats for
developing and submitting three-year school improvement plans and annual
reports. The directions and suggested
format for submitting the annual report on the status of implementation of the
three-year school improvement plan are provided in Attachment A of this memo
and can be accessed as a Word document read-only file under the Forms tab on
the departments Web page at http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Forms/.
The annual report on the status of implementation of
the three-year school improvement plan may be sent to the Division of
Educational Accountability by mail or through electronic transmission to accredit@mail.vak12ed.edu.
If you
have questions, please contact Jan Callis (jcallis@mail.vak12ed.edu),
accreditation specialist at 804-692-0250 or Ed Holstrom (eholstro@mail.vak12ed.edu),
accreditation specialist, at 804-225-3122.
JLD/CCM/CWF
Attachment