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For Immediate Release March 28, 2016
Media Contacts:
Allison Martin - 502-485-3551
Jennifer Brislin - 502-485-3557
March 28, 2016 – Principals at three Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) District schools undergoing Leadership Assessments do have the capacity to lead their school’s continued improvement efforts, according to the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE). Findings of the Leadership Assessments conducted at Byck Elementary, Roosevelt-Perry Elementary, the Academy @ Shawnee and Moore Traditional School were released this afternoon to JCPS Superintendent Dr. Donna Hargens and the principals.
Each school has been designated as a priority school by the KDE, and the Leadership Assessment is part of the KDE’s ongoing review of these schools. As part of the review process, the KDE audit team determined that principals at Byck, Roosevelt-Perry and the Academy @ Shawnee do have the capacity to lead improvement interventions. In its review of Moore Traditional Middle School, the KDE review team determined that the principal at Moore Traditional School does not.
"I appreciate the thorough review of four of our schools by the Kentucky Department of Education,” said JCPS Superintendent Dr. Donna Hargens. “We are a school system, and we strive every day to learn and improve. Internal and external assessment gives us new perspective on our strengths and challenges, and we welcome the input as we strive to create an optimal learning environment for every student in our school district.”
Some highlights from the assessments include the following:
Jailen Leavell, a Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) High student, is among only 20 students nationwide selected as fellows for PBS NewsHour’s summer Student Reporting Labs Academy in Washington, D.C.
A design created by duPont Manual High student Dacia Berry has been selected for a line of Kentucky Derby Festival merchandise. Dacia’s artwork is featured on shirts and other festival products available at Kroger, Wal-Mart, and Taste of Kentucky locations as well as the Kentucky Derby Festival website.
Gold Keys are presented only to artworks “demonstrating the highest levels of originality, technique, and personal vision," according to the Scholastic Art Awards. JCPS students earned 93 of the 127 Gold Keys presented in Scholastic's Louisville Metro Art Region.
JCPS has developed a completely new website. Pages on the old site have been updated and migrated into a new system—and many new pages have been created. In addition, there's an entirely new menu structure and a new "look and feel" that help accomplish several goals: