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=1. What __**challenges**__ do you notice in the Demographic data ?= Society often thinks that males get more attention in a classroom. Having more males creates that idea as well. Would a clearer definition of "hispanic" clarify how many are in our district? A definite challenge lies in fitting mobile students into our classrooms. What if they come with a set of skills that are either far below or far above where our students are working? Clearly, cultural challenges are to be faced as the number of minority students increases. || 1/3 of students receiving free/reduced lunches Why population is decreasing? || Special Education ~ increase in population, ratio of student to teacher, facility / space Free & Reduced Lunch ~ Where are the funds coming from? || Although our mobility is below the state average this also impacts the students learning. The students that are mobile have HIGH needs. The percentage of free and reduced lunches is a challenge. || We have a limited amount of diversity. The poverty rate is similar to the state, but we do believe that this can create a challenge for students in the classroom. || Sped- Total enrollment dropping while sped rate increasing over 2% in the 3 year period. || Or minority population is picking up rather than just the Native Am. population || Increase in ethnicity, special education although sped still below state average at the district level. || = =
 * > ==1== || no response ||
 * > ==2== || Very few minorities. Would more minorities generate more cultural awareness and understanding?
 * > ==3== || Higher free and reduced meals pose a challenge that indicates low income students have risen. Mobility has risen and affects school climate and continuity, which could affect scoring for state standards and the accuracy of the overall scores. Special education programs have increased and could affect the school's climate. ||
 * > ==4== || Dealing with a small minority population. ||
 * > ==5== || Nevermind we found that information on the NDE website. ||
 * > ==6== || Special Education rate is increasing while student population is decreasing
 * > ==7== || People not filling out free and reduced forms. Maintaining the low drop out rate and high graduation rates, as well as, maintaining the attendance rates. ||
 * > ==8== || Significant percentage more boys than girls., Increasing diversity. ||
 * > ==9== || Enrollment ~ Space, drop in faculty lead programs due to drop in enrollment
 * > ==10== || The challenges we see is the increase in numbers of our special education students. The main concern with this is student learning. Making sure that we can best meet their needs in our school system.
 * > ==11== || Did the mobility rate drastically change with the inclusion of the middle school and elementary school (it went up)?
 * > ==12== || * Mobility- We need to keep the students in our classrooms for success
 * Enrollment- Ethnic teachers missing while while ethnic population is increasing
 * > ==13== || Our native American population is increasing as is our special education population even though our total population is going down.
 * > ==14== || Special Ed services continues to rise. Attendance is consistently below the state average for the 3 out of the 5 years. The increase in Native American population has a possible correlation to the attendance data. It isn't something that VCS can control, but the mobility rate does impact the learning in the classroom. What does the mobility rate look like for each group: rurals, elementary, middle, and high school? ||
 * > ==15== || Increase in special ed enrollment and mobility. ||
 * > ==16== || Data error in district prepared information need to corrected for 08-09 and 07-08.