Fayette County Public Schools
From FreedomKentucky
Fayette County Public Schools operates in Lexington, Kentucky. Stu Silberman is the district's school superintendent. Fifty-three separate schools are included in the district. This includes thirty-three elementary schools, twelve middle schools, five high schools, and six special teaching units. For the school year beginning in August 2007, 35,124 students were enrolled in the district. The enrollment has increased 6.5% over the last two years. The total number of full-time employees in the district is 4,885. This includes 2,913 teachers. [1] The annual budget in 2006-2007 was $255.9 million.
|
|
Fayette County No Child Left Behind Status
| The Money Trail | |
 | |
| FY 2009 Check Register | |
| Budget N/A | |
Tier 3 (4th year)
Currently Fayette County Public Schools is in Tier 3 (4th Year) status according to the 2008 No Child Left Behind results. This means that for six consecutive years, Fayette County Schools have not made Adequate Yearly Progress. Tier 3 consequences require Fayette County to...
- notify parents using state provided information
- revise the district improvement plan
- request technical assistance if needed
- and may make the county subject to corrective action from the Kentucky Department of Education. [2]
| Open Records Project | |
 | |
| Fayette County Schools | |
| Request History | |
| Kentucky Open Records Act | |
Failing Schools in Fayette County
The following schools currently fall into a Tier Status according to the No Child Left Behind standards (2008) [3]
Elementary Schools
- Cardinal Valley Elementary School - Tier 2
- Russel Cave Elementary School - Tier 3
Middle Schools
- Bryan Station Traditional Magnet MS - Eligible
- Crawford Middle School - Tier 4
- Leestown Middle School - Tier 4
- Tates Creek Middle School - Tier 3
- Winburn Middle School - Tier 4
High Schools
- Bryan Station High School - Tier 5 (2nd Year)
- Henry Clay High School - Eligible
- Lafayette High School - Eligible
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - Eligible
- Tates Creek High School - Eligible
Fayette County Schools Budget
| School year | General fund expenses | Number of students | Number of teachers | Non-teaching staff | Superintendent's salary | Cost per student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | $285.9 million | | | | | |
| 2006-2007 | $255.8 million | | | | | |
| 2005-2006 | $251.1 million | | | | | |
Fayette County Schools Graduation/Dropout Rates
 |  |
There are five high school in the Fayette county school system: Henry Clay High School, Lafayette High School, Tates Creek High School, Bryan Station High School, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. The chart in figure 1 shows graduates for these high school for a five year period alongside the Fayette county average graduation rates as well as the state graduation rates. FIgure 2 shows dropout rates for Fayette county schools for the five year period from 2003 to 2007 alongside the state average dropout rate. Over the five years, Fayette county dropout rates have recorded improvements.
Peggy Petrilli Lawsuit
Peggy Petrilli was the principal of Booker T. Washington Academy, a predominantly African-American elementary school in the FCSD district, from March 2005-August 2007, when she resigned. Her resignation occurred after parents of students presented Superintendent Stu Silberman with a list of 50 allegations against her.
In February 2008, she filed a lawsuit against FCSD saying that she had been forced to resign from her position as principal because of reverse discrimation, and that the school district was engaged in an unlawful effort to defame her. In the reverse discrimination claim, Petrilli says that Silberman and the school board forced her out so they could replace her with a black principal.
The defamation aspect of the lawsuit stems from a report [1] written for FCSD by school board general counsel Brenda Allen. The report accuses Petrilli and additional Booker T. Washington staff of testing irregularities, improperly holding students back a year, misleading parents, circumventing the school's site-based decision making council and retaliating against parents. The Kentucky Department of Education is investigating.
Fayette County Board of Education
| Name | District | Phone# | |
| Becky Sagan (Chair) | District 5 | becky.sagan@fayette.kyschools.us | (859) 271-3137 |
| Amanda Ferguson | District 4 | Amanda.Ferguson@fayette.kyschools.us | (859) 269-3421, (859) 559-1449 |
| John Price | District 3 | john.price@fayette.kyschools.us | (859) 263-2460 |
| Melissa Bacon | District 1 | Melissa.Bacon@fayette.kyschools.us | (859) 223-7764 |
| Stu Silberman | Superintendent | stu.silberman@fayette.kyschools.us | (859) 381-4100 |
| Kirk Tinsley | District 2 | kirk.tinsley@fayette.kyschools.us | (859) 299-1620 |
Contact Information
- Superintendent: Stu Silberman
- Phone: n/a
- Email: stu.silberman@fayette.kyschools.us
- Central Office:
- Phone: (859) 381-4100
- Address: 701 E. Main St., Lexington KY 40502
- Fax: n/a
External links
References
- ↑ Fayette County Public Schools Facts
- ↑ 2009 Adequate Yearly Progress Report for Kentucky
- ↑ 2008 Kentucky No Child Left Behind Media Report
