Demographic Study

Hunters Glen Elementary School Fort Bend ISD

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Historical Background of the Community and the School

History of Missouri City, TX1a. • August of 1853, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway

(BBB&C), began operating its first twenty miles of rail line that stretched from Harrisburg (now Houston) to Stafford's Point (now Stafford) in the area in which Missouri City is now located. • The first railroad to begin operating in Texas in 1853.• The first standard gauge railroad west of the Mississippi River in

1853. • The first businesses were a blacksmith shop, a depot, and a general

store, which also housed the first post office.• The first Catholic church was built in 1913, but was destroyed by a

hurricane in 1915. • Oil was discovered in 1919.• Natural gas was discovered in 1925.• In 1926, Missouri City became the first town in Fort Bend County to

make use of natural gas.

Development of Missouri City, TX1b. • Two real estate investors from Houston (R.M. Cash and L.E. Luckle)

purchased four square miles of land in 1890.• Property was advertised as "a land of genial sunshine and eternal

summer" in St. Louis, Missouri and it’s surrounding areas.• In 1893, W.R. McElroy purchased eighty acres in the same vicinity, and in

effort to promote the area jointly with Cash and Luckle in St. Louis, he named it "Missouri City”.

• In 1894, a settlement for Missouri City was officially registered in Texas and began to take shape as a railroad town along US-90A at Texas Parkway, then known as Main Street, Blue Ridge Road, or Farm to Market Road 2234.

• Missouri City’s first actual settlers were from Arlington, Texas near Dallas and Fort Worth.

• The town’s growth took a challenging turn due to a blizzard on Valentine's Day in 1895, shortly after the first group of settlers had arrived.

• In the early 1900’s, homes and a schoolhouse were built, and a general store housed the first post office, which opened in 1897.

Pioneers of Missouri City, TX1c.• Allen Owens, Mayor of Missouri City Council• Jerry Wyatt, Mayor Pro Tem At Large Position #1• Danny Nguyen, At Large Position #2• Yolanda Ford, District A• Don Smith, District B• Robin Elackatt, District C• Floyd Emery, District D• Grady Prestage (D), Commissioner, Fort Bend County Precinct 2• Ruben Davis (D), Constable, Precinct 2• Joel Clouser (D), Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2• State Representative Rodney Ellis (D), District 13 Senator of Missouri City,

TX• National Representative Al Green (D), Congressman, 9 th Congressional

District of Missouri City, TX

Pioneers continued…• Bruce Matthews, NFL Hall of Famer who previously played with the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans, now assistant coach with the Houston Texans lives in Missouri City, TX.•Warren Moon, Houston Oiler and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback lived in Missouri City from 1984-2004.• Kurt Carr, Gospel Recording Artist lives in Missouri City, TX.• Crystal Stewart, Miss Texas USA 2008 and Miss USA 2008 was born, raised and lived in Missouri City, TX until marriage in 2014.• Z-Ro, Houston rap artist, a native of Missouri City, TX.• Master P and his son Lil’ Romeo, a famous father-son rap duo, once lived in Missouri City. Their house was featured on MTV’s “Cribs.”• Doug Brocali, Houston Astros pitcher lives in Missouri City, TX.• James Loney, Boston Red Sox first baseman, grew up in Missouri City and attended Elkins High School.

Historical Events Related to Hunters Glen Elementary

1d.• The first elementary school in Fort Bend ISD to require that pupils wear uniforms beginning the 2009-10 school year.

• Hunters Glen Elementary School students proudly completed their first marathon, which was held on campus during Physical Education classes, inspired by the PE coach in June of 2014.

Schools and Facilities 1e.• Fort Bend Independent School District contains 74 campuses. • Of 74 campuses, 45 campuses are elementary schools.• Of 74 campuses, 25 campuses are secondary schools.• The remaining 4 campuses are specialized schools.

Campus Origination1f.• Hunters Glen Elementary opened in September of 1984 and serves predominately African American, low income families.

1g.• Hunters Glen Elementary is a campus that sits conveniently in the center of the Hunters Glen subdivisions I, II, III, IV and V and serves the children of that community with a favorable teacher to student ratio of 14:1 based on state statistics. The school name came from the existing community it was built in the heart of, Hunters Glen.

Campus Governance

Superintendent

Principal Assistant Principal Counselor

Area Superintend

ent

Review of Organizational Chart2a.• The current Superintendent is Dr. Charles Dupree and he was hired earlier this year, after Dr. Jenney retired and left. • Dr. Marla Shepherd is the area superintendent for Hunters Glen Elementary for going on two years.• Mrs. Angela Dow is the principal at Hunters Glen Elementary (2006-present).• Mrs. Angelyn Hogan is the assistant principal for now 3 years after coming from John Foster Dulles Elementary School to Hunters Glen Elementary. • Mrs. Romanda Poore is the school counselor for 2 years now.

Chain of Command 2b.• General parent complaints are directed to the teacher of that student. • If no solution comes out of meeting with the teacher, the team leader of

that grade level is brought in to attempt to resolve the problem. • Depending on the nature of the complaint, it will be determined if the

student is an “identified student” and that shall determine whether or not the next step is to the counselor to inquire about RTI / 504 currently being in place. • Once all background information is obtained and there’s a clearer picture

of the student and the nature of the concern, the assistant principal will be invited to the meeting for possible decision making.• If consensus isn’t reached, the principal will then be invited to the

meeting.• The area superintendent will be contacted if no resolution is available at

the campus level.• Last, but not least, the district superintendent will get involved to meet

with all parties involved to drive consensus being reached and problem being resolved.

Campus Site – Based Committee2c.• The Campus Based Leadership Team or CBLT strives to improve student achievement. • Data and observational notes will be presented to enhance CBLT decision making processes. • CBLT meets twice every other month for the 2014-15 school year.• Team leaders meet twice per month.• CBLT consists of representatives from all grade levels, including fine arts / p.e and special education, administration, data specialist, business partners within the local community, district representative and parent member.

Enrollment, Growth and Achievement

3a.•What is the district enrollment?

Ethnicity Socio-ecomonic

Grade Level

African American-31.3% Economically Disadvantaged-35.2%

Early Childhood-134 students

White-22.5% At Risk-43.6% Pre-K-1,105 students

Hispanic-24.1% Kindergarten-4,373 students

Native American-0.2% 1st – 5,021 students

2nd-4,799 students

3rd-5,084 students

4th-5,197 students

5th-5,201 students

School Enrollment3b. What is the school enrollment?

Hunters Glen now serves 435 students in grades Pre-K to 5 as of September 2014. Five years ago Hunters Glen served 614 students, which is a decrease of 31% in student enrollment. Most of this decrease is due to the deletion of 6 th grade from our elementary school campus. Hunters Glen became a Pre-K-5th grade campus in the fall of 2013. Grades Pre-K through 2nd are self-contained while grades 3-5 are primarily departmentalized or blocked. The student body is 56% male and 44% female, with a socio-economic status of 76.5.

Ethnicity Enrollment Grade Levels

African American 91.9% Early Childhood-8 students

Anglo 0.3% Pre-K-41 students

Asian 0.7% Kindergarten-60 students

Hispanic 7.6% 1st-91 students

2nd -83 students

3rd -74 students

4th-77 students

5th-100 students

School Enrollment cont…Socio-Economics Identified Students

English Language Learners 1 student

Gifted and Talented 3 students

504 Services 14 students

Response to Intervention (TIER 1)

90% of students

Response to Intervention (TIER 2)

7.5% of students

Response to Intervention (TIER 3)

3.5% of students

Special Education Services (includes BIC and PPCD)

21 students

Homeless 9 students

Economically Disadvantaged 66.8%

At Risk 34.2%

Student Performance on State Exams

3c.

System Safeguards for strong and weak areas reveal that Hunters Glen met standard for performance that on any given subject area, 55% of the test submitted had met standard. However, Federal standards were not met this year with the Federal expectation being 79%. This means that if not for House Bill 5, Hunters Glen would not have met AYP for the 2013-2014 school year. HB 5 has allowed the state of Texas a grace period for meeting AYP standards due to the new state assessment, STAAR which is considered to be more rigorous when compared to the surrounding states.

Subgroup/Subject

Reading

Math Writing

Science

All Students Tested

73% 70% 79% 80%

African American

72 68 76 78

Hispanic 81 81 100 100

Special Education

77 67 n/a 70

EconomicallyDisadvantaged

70 68 81 78

Political and Geographical Characteristics of School Attendance Area

4a.

• Socio-economic levels of the families are low income families that are economically disadvantaged and at-risk students.

4b.

• Parental involvement is low and parent training is needing to educate parents of this generation on how to become active in their child’s education and future.

4c.

• Hunters Glen Elementary is currently in need of a Parent Center Coordinator. Preferably with high parental involvement, the campus principal collaborates with both teachers and parents for recommendations and to organize the PTO. Once clear roles have been established, nominations take place and voting occurs for officers.

4d.

• District transportation not being made available to students who live less than 2 miles from the campus is a geographical characteristic that might impact students and families.

Professional Staff5a.•What are the levels of education, years of experience and demographic characteristics of professional staff at the district level?

Years of Experience

Ethnicity Gender

Beginning – 5.3%

African American-27.1%

Male-22.4%

1-5 years – 32.8%

White – 58.8% Female-77.6%

6-10 years – 24.2%

Hispanic – 9.5%

11-20 years – 22.6%

Native American-0.3%

20+ years – 15.1%

Asian/Pacific Islander-4.4%

Professional Staff continued…5b.•What are the levels of education, years of experience and demographic characteristics of professional staff at the campus level?

Years of Experience

Ethnicity Gender

Beginning – 2.3%

African American-84.9%

Male-12.6

1-5 years – 24.7%

White – 7.6% Female-87.4

6-10 years – 32.5%

Hispanic – 0.1%

11-20 years – 21.1%

Asian/Pacific Islander-7.3%

20+ years-19.3

Staff Comparisons5c.• In both the district and the campus levels gender categories, females outnumber the males. At both district and campus levels of beginning teachers, beginning teachers represent the lowest percentages and teachers with the highest number of years experience (20+ years experience) both came in at the second lowest percentages. There’s a significant difference between African American and white students at the campus level versus the district level.

6.

Other elements deemed appropriate to describe the demographics of the school.• None applicable

Potential Areas for Improvement7a.• The reinstatement of stipends for all Special Education Teachers should take place. • Two instructional aides should be a part of all special education instructional settings to meet the growing needs of all students.• Teacher prep time should be free of daily and weekly team meetings with specialists, campus visitors and / or administrators in order for effective planning and data collection and documentation to improve. • Discipline and bullying needs to be taken more serious as student crimes are growing even at the elementary level.• Parent educator needed to provide parent education classes throughout the year to encourage parental involvement.

Key Stakeholders in the School and Community

7b.• Parents• Students• Teachers• Paraprofessionals• Office Staff• Administrative Staff• Volunteers• Business Owners

It continues to take a village to raise a child and it can’t begin at school.

Leadership Strategies7c.• Promotion of FRED-Fathers Reading Every Day.• Promotion of WATCH D.O.G.S. to ensure that students have more male role models.• Provide incentives to parents to increase attendance at curriculum nights.• Have students do projects to showcase to their parents to increase parent attendance at Open House and other school-wide events.• Provide parent tutorial sessions that teach parents how to help their child at home. Sessions to be held during reading and math night.• Collect, analyze and use school data to identify school needs.

Hunters Glen ElementaryUnited for Success. Hunters Glen Elementary believes

that student success is the driving force behind everything we do. Hunters Glen Elementary is

committed to coming together as one to educate our children with a rigorous curriculum that is flexible, tailored and data driven to facilitate the academic

success of our student population.

Hunters Glen Elementary believes it takes a village to raise a child; therefore, we are committed to creating a

learning environment that is cohesive to the development and success of the whole child, by working

in alliance with the school, parents and community.