RCCW Fayette County

Good practices on establishing new families with extended kin and building a culture of permanancy (published November 2007)

October 2009 (amended June 2010) A paper prepared by the Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare The states whose public policy are under study here are: California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington.

2010-11 graduates from Bryan Station High School # HS graduates - 441 Avg HS GPA - 2.59 % eligible for free/reduced lunch 61.5% % of graduates ready for college-level math - 26.9% English - 39.8% reading - 32.4% % of 2009-10 graduates with 1st year of college GPA of 2.0 or higher - 48.8% % who earned a full year of college-level credits in 1st year - 9.7% % who returned for 2nd year of college - 70.9%

# of 2010-11 graduates - 522 % graduation rate 82% % college-going rate - 72.4% % free/reduced lunch - 30.5% college-going rate - 72.4% % ready for college-level math - 58.8% English - 62.8% reading - 58.0% % of 2990-10 with 1st year of college GPA >2.0 - 70.8% % who earned a full year of college-level credits in 1st year - 13.5% % who returned for 2nd year of college - 75.6%

# 2010-11 graduates - 460 Av HS GPA - 2.83 HS graduation rate - 83.4% % free/reduced lunch - 26.7% college-going rate - 72.0% % ready for college-level math - 56.2% English - 66.7% reading - 56.0% % 2009-10 with 1st Year college GPA >2.0 - 65.5% % earning full year of college-level credits during 1st year - 16.1% % returning for 2nd Year of college - 77.2%

# 2010-11 graduates - 484 Av HS GPA - 2.96 HS graduation rate - 80.9% % free/reduced lunch - 21.1% College-going rate - 77.5% % of 2009-10 grads with 1st Year college GPA >2.0 - 67.6% % who earned full year of college-level credits in 1st year - 22.3% % who returned for 2nd Year in college - 72.1%

# 2010-11 graduates - 361 Avg HS GPA - 2.76 % free/reduced lunch - 26.0% HS graduation rate - 83.4% college-going rate 77.0% % graduates ready for college-level math - 54.4% English - 62.2% reading - 56.4% % with 1st Year of college GPA >2.0 - 64.4% % earned full year of college-level credits in 1st year - 17.3% % returned for 2nd Year in college - 77.4%

Status offenses include: - Habitual truancy - Beyond the control of parents - Beyond the control of school - Habitual runaway - Tobacco offense - Alcohol offense

includes list of best practices implemented in Kentucky

includes links to flyer, invitation letter, etc.

Provided through the Fayette County Model Court initiative, a collaboration between Family Court and the community.

Who does diversity include? Each of us! We all bring something unique to the table. What is it about your body, mind, or experience that makes you unique? This movement aims to stretch our thinking about diversity, to have us explore our contribution to the diversity of our commonwealth, and to help one another build a more inclusive Kentucky for us all. We are Kentucky. We are diversity.

here's a full url: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-just-say-no-doesnt-work&WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook Research now shows that the D.A.R.E. model doesn't work to prevent drug abuse in youth; characteristics of programs that ARE successful are listed -- "A few clues to D.A.R.E.'s deficiencies come from psychologist Pim Cuijpers of the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction in Utrecht. In a review of 30 studies published in 2002, she attempted to pinpoint the common elements of successful programs. Cuijpers reported that the most effective ones involve substantial amounts of interaction between instructors and students."

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