{"id":12732,"date":"2019-03-24T20:04:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T00:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=12732"},"modified":"2019-04-28T21:36:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T01:36:48","slug":"school-board-matters-tag-and-students-with-disabilities-evaluation-updates-progress-towards-acps-2020-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=12732","title":{"rendered":"Board Matters: TAG and Students with Disabilities Evaluation Updates, Progress towards ACPS 2020 Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday night, the Board discussed the TAG program, Students with Disabilities evaluation and progress towards its ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Board also celebrated our recent Scholastic Bowl win and students who successfully participated in National History Day.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t watch the meeting live, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandriaschoolsva.swagit.com\/play\/03212019-1415\">watch the March 21 Board meeting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/1855\">all Board meetings online<\/a> anytime from the comfort of your sofa, and take your time to <a href=\"https:\/\/esbpublic.acps.k12.va.us\/public_agendaview.aspx?mtgId=1337\">view the presentations and memos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that you can also watch all Board meetings live on ACPS-TV, local cable channel 71 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/acpstv\">ACPS-TV online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Celebrating Our Scholastic Bowl Champions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=12499\">T.C. Williams High School won the Scholastic Bowl state championship<\/a> for the first time in T.C. history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexandriaschoolsva.swagit.com\/play\/03212019-1415\/3\/\"><strong>Watch video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Students with Disabilities Evaluation Update<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Last year, ACPS commissioned a full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/2331\">evaluation<\/a> of services to Students with Disabilities. This was an update on the action plan that came out of that evaluation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexandriaschoolsva.swagit.com\/play\/03212019-1415\/8\/\"><b>Watch video<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esbpublic.acps.k12.va.us\/attachments\/93cab868-60e5-4f71-8671-20d9658fc5fe.pdf\"><b>View presentation (PDF)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Progress Towards the ACPS Goal of Becoming a High-performing School Division<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>This was an update on the ACPS 2020 goals met, improved or still needing improvement in the fourth year of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/acps2020\">ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexandriaschoolsva.swagit.com\/play\/03212019-1415\/11\/\"><b>Watch video<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esbpublic.acps.k12.va.us\/attachments\/efef6cba-6bb3-4b2b-8057-e42fb558de3c.pdf\"><b>View presentation (PDF)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Talented and Gifted (TAG) Update<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>ACPS is in the action phase of improving its identification of TAG students and delivery of TAG services, following an evaluation last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexandriaschoolsva.swagit.com\/play\/03212019-1415\/9\/\"><b>Watch video<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esbpublic.acps.k12.va.us\/attachments\/dac3d8a8-90f2-4909-be3f-048a5e73fc33.pdf\"><b>View presentation (PDF)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The High School Project Update<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>At the Board meeting, school board members amended the wording of the January 24 motion that gave ACPS permission to explore possibilities for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/2440\">Connected High School Network (CHSN)<\/a>, in an effort to better align it with the work plan presented by ACPS staff. A May 2019 deadline for a comparative analysis between building a second comprehensive high school and launching a CHSN under the T.C. Williams name was moved to September 2019. References to impacts on student achievement, academic and extracurricular programs, emotional and interpersonal skills was changed to \u201cpotential\u201d since this is a planning document and results will not be measurable yet. Other technical changes had to do with wording, changing &#8220;middle college&#8221; to &#8220;early college&#8221; program and \u201cdesign\u201d to &#8220;concepts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexandriaschoolsva.swagit.com\/play\/03212019-1415\/10\/\"><b>Watch video<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esbpublic.acps.k12.va.us\/public_itemview.aspx?ItemId=11801&amp;mtgId=1337\"><b>View the documents<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night, the Board discussed the TAG program, Students with Disabilities evaluation and progress towards its ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan goals. 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