# Presentation: 462288

## McNairy County Schools

- McNairy County, Tennessee

*A Rural School System*

*Building the Future, One Child at a Time*

- Presentation for                                              Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee                                January 16, 2007

## COUNTY PROFILE

- Population 				      25,285 Per Capita Income	                      $19,393                                 Median Household Income              $30,154

- Students		3,997	  53.6%
- Ethnicity		87.05%     White                	        11.78%     African-American		              1.17%      Hispanic

- Economically Disadvantaged

## FUNDING STREAM

- FEDERAL SOURCES				             	                           	*Safe and Drug-Free Schools – Title IV*		       			             				2005		$25,722			 			2006		$26,263      						2007		$20,315         	*21**ST** Century Community Learning Centers Grant*    				Federal Grant	         	2001-2004	$840,716 			State Flow-Through    	2004-2007	$540,000     	*Title VI*				2006		$133,311      						2007		$123,530	*Youth Violence & Drug Prevention Grant* 					State Flow-Through	2004-05	$ 71,672	       					2005-06	$ 71,672	  					2006-07	$ 57,297		*Learn and Serve Grants*		                                               			Safe Kids		2006-07	$    6,500                         		KAMEL Club          	2006-07	$  10,000         LAB GRANT				2004-06	$170,000                					2006-07	$133,000

## PREVENTION & INTERVENTION  	Programs and Activities

- McNairy County Drug Alliance                                                      Character Counts                                                                               Aspire and Jr. Teen Board                                                                     Life Skills                                                                                                  DARE  (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)                                                                                                LAB  (Learning Alternative Behaviors)                       SAP  (Student Assistance Program)                      Project ENRICH (Expanding Neighborhood Resources                     		       by Involving Community Hands)          Project Graduation                                                         Project Safe Kids                                                             KAMEL Club  (Kids Against Meth Ending Lives)

## STATISTICS                                 Student Assistance Program (SAP)

| Academic Performance    school success, study skills, motivation | 26 |
| --- | --- |
| Substance Abuse              student substance abuse, parent substance abuse | 8 |
| Family Unit Breakdown | 26 |
| Emotional Crisis                                       | 29 |
| Behavior Concerns                anger management, social skills, etc. | 50 |

- 2005-2006:   160 served

## STATISTICS                                   Student Assistance Program (SAP)

| Academic Performance    school success, study skills, motivation | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Substance Abuse             student substance abuse, parent substance abuse | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Family Unit Breakdown | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| Emotional Crisis                                       | 26 |  | 3 |
| Behavior Concerns                anger management, social skills, etc. | 38 | 7 | 8 |

- SUCCESS

- NEW REFERRAL

- REFUSED SERVICES

- Aug.-Dec. 2006:  141 referred

## STATISTICS

- Disciplinary Hearing Authority (DHA)			   	   2005-06	 2006-07
- 	Substance Abuse	         13               8                  	Unmodified Behavior        11               1                	Assault/Harassment         21	      4              	Theft/Vandalism	           8	      0                	Possession of Weapon 	6               1

- LAB                2004-05     2005-06     2006-07   			              16	          17	     11 YTD

## ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

| CRT | Math | Rdg/Lang. | Soc. Stud. | Science |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| System 05 | 53 B | 51 C | 51 C | 51 C |
| System 06 | 55 B | 54 B | 52 C | 52 C |
| State 06 | 55 B | 53 B | 52 C | 52 C |

| % Prof or Adv | MATH | RDG./LANG. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| McNAIRY COUNTY | 92% | 91% |
| STATE | 89% | 88% |
| STATE
TARGET | 79% | 83% |

- GRADUATION RATE
- 90%

## COMMUNITY NEEDS

- Juvenile Justice Software
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Increased Parental Involvement                 at Prevention Level
- Required Parental Involvement                       at Intervention Level

## FUNDING NEEDS

_*Continued*_* funding*
_*Specialized*_* funding*

## NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

- “All bad behavior is not the same.”  						Carol Ann Woods

## Elizabeth Redmon                                      Federal Projects Director                           redmone@k12tn.net

- 731-645-4191                              731-646-2577

*2007    McNairy County Schools    Public Relations Office*