Worst Outcomes (fears)
- State will take over
- Top performing students move to other schools
- Unemployment
- Families and children suffer
- Future of students will be limited
- State will take over
- Harder & harder to teach
- Losing more top students
- High teacher/administration turnover
- Student achievement will continue to decrease
- Discipline increases, loss respect for educational building – more destructive
- If you always do what you always done, you will always get what you always gotten
- Budget cuts
- Loss of staff/students
- Reconfiguration
- State takeover, loss of staff and students, downward spiral continues
- More students dropping out of school
- Constant teacher turn over and frustration
- Students enrolling in other districts
- Student achievement would maintain or decline
- Students unable to become productive citizens of society
- The state would come in and run the district
- Continue decline in enrollment
- Current trends in drop out
- Teen pregnancy rates stay the same
- Teacher burn out
- Constant change in staff
- No faith system
- Lose education community members
- Things just keep getting worse – achievement gap widens
- Lose quality teachers and students
- Low morale (community – district)
- Less “buy in” (staff and students)
- Lose accreditation
- Property values decrease
- CDE closes us down
- Students unqualified for jobs
- Community will suffer
- Students will continue to suffer
- Declining enrollment
- Poverty trend do nothing but grow
- More current businesses leave
- Current staff being let go in order to get new results
- Re-assess staff members – reapply for position
- Lose enrollment to other schools
- Economic development will drop
- Students will lose out on educational opportunities
- Learned helplessness
- State takeover
- Staff turnover
- Community outcomes – crime, unemployment
- Blame game – buck passing
- Brain drain – diminishing educational opportunities
- District climate degradation
- Not all students will learn
- The state will take over – job losses
- Sense of failure
- Performance-based evaluations
- Our community will never change/improve if students do not succeed.
- Our students won’t be competitive in the world
- Improvement could go from difficult to impossible
- Lose students and teachers
- Enrollment will continue to decline
- Tension in work force
- Low teacher retention rates
- Student achievement will decline
- More behavior/discipline issues
- Poor attitude/not willing to change or improvement
- Unprepared students for workforce, college, life skills
- Bad reputation for district
- Continue students run off to other districts
- Not preparing a global citizen w/ competitive skills
- Lower morale (community, school, staff)
- • High teacher turn over
Best Outcomes
- Economic development
- Student achievement
- Increased enrollment
- Renewed energy
- Reduced turnover
- Attract quality teachers
- More money/resources
- Be a model for success
- Time and energy better spent
- Higher student achievement
- Higher teacher morale
- Attract new businesses to community
- Work smarter, not harder
- More rewarding
- Off state “hit-list”
- Better view/relationship between school/community
- Less discipline in/out of school
- Longevity of teachers/admin
- Attract teachers with high qualifications/background
- Student success in all areas (sports, social)
- Improved student performance
- Community climate
- Quality engagement
- Pride
- Teaching could become fun again
- Student achievement soars and we could smile again
- Enrollment could increase (students from other districts)
- “Create Hope”
- District attracts students and teachers
- Pride in the community
- Enthusiasm within district/community
- Students choosing to continue their education
- Lower drop out rate
- Economic growth in community
- Produce quality citizens
- More family involvement
- Improved student behavior
- Achievement gap closes – kids learn!
- Discipline problems go down
- Community starts taking pride in school again
- Higher enrollment
- Happier staff
- Easier to attract better teachers
- Demonstrated success attracts more success
- Students start feeling like they have a future
- Teachers get raises? ☺
- Gain quality teachers and students
- Increased student enrollment
- Pride and higher morale
- Higher achievement
- State recognition
- Community grows/prospers
- We would feel successful
- Students would have confidence to succeed
- Community would prosper
- Stable or increasing enrollment
- Students may want to stay after graduation, make LJ home
- Economy looks up – economic growth
- Achievement in students begins to happen
- Drive to do better/go far in life/continue education
- Sense of pride (staff, community, etc)
- Increase in enrollment, economic development, educational opportunities
- Increase achievement, decrease achievement gap
- Teachers would be happier/less burn out
- Teachers would stay, increase in morale
- Unlimited possibilities
- Staff fidelity
- Community desirability
- Staff & students happiness
- Education happens
- Improve student achievement
- Begin to see a thriving community
- More desire for college
- Pride in school/job
- More motivation and excitement
- Job security
- More parent support/involvement
- Students will be competitive in the work force
- Increased enrollment
- Pleasant environment for students and staff
- Resources could be allocated in different areas – advanced learners getting more opportunities
- Recognition and respect
- Improved enrollment
- Less (no) tension
- District attractive to new teachers
- Help stabilize the community
- Increasing students achievement (prepared individuals to function in society)
- Teacher/student(s) have a good attitude about education/learning.
- Less discipline issues!
- Good reputation as a district. ☺
- “Don’t quit – the hardest part of the journey is the beginning.”
- Pride
- Allow time for the change
- Increase in community support
- Productive people
- Keep your job!
