Carter schools await state’s help

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November 23, 2010

Mike James The Independent The Daily Independent Tue Nov 23, 2010, 01:55 AM EST

GRAYSON — School officials in Carter County are waiting to see how much help the state will send them following the designation of East Carter High as one of Kentucky’s lowest-performing schools.

The best case would be three education experts to spend time at the school coaching administrators and teachers, plus up to $1.5 million to use for additional staff, teacher training, or technology, said Superintendent Darlene Gee.

That’s what the first group of 10 schools identified as persistently low achieving received.

However, with state finances still at a low ebb, East Carter might not get as much help. The Kentucky Department of Education hasn’t told her yet what the district will get, Gee said. She hopes at minimum to get an education recovery specialist to take the lead in implementing an improvement plan.

Three would be better, with one as an administrative mentor and two to work with math and language arts teachers. Those are the academic areas in question, because the low-achieving designation is based on the number of students who are proficient or distinguished based on their accountability test scores.

Regardless of what the state provides, East Carter already is implementing intervention programs for reading and math, she said.

Remediation and intervention, along with boosting attendance, are top priorities so far in the school’s improvement strategy.

Faculty at East Carter and the district as a whole are focusing on leadership development, she said.

The state is sending a team next week to assess the school. The team will spend an entire week at East Carter, interviewing staff, observing classes, and reviewing records.

Then they will make recommendations and identify improvement steps.

MIKE JAMES can be reached at mjames@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2652.

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