Fox Meadow Middle School (FMMS), one of the seven middle schools in Harrison School District Two, serves approximately 400 students in grades 6-8 in southeast Colorado Springs, representing a high proportion of low socioeconomic families, English language learners, and students with disabilities. Fox Meadow prides itself on its student and staff diversity (approximately 75% minority populations). The student population at Fox Meadow Middle School is comprised of 49% Hispanic, 12% African America…
n, 24% White, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 11% two or more races, and 1% of other ethnicities. Approximately 28% of our students receive special education services for moderate, affective, or significant needs. Additionally, about 9% of our students are English language learners who receive co-taught Tier 1 instruction with CLDE services in math and language arts classes. About 81% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch. FMMS also serves a growing population of gifted students. The Fox Meadow Middle School staff comprises 29 highly qualified and certified teachers, two counselors, eight educational paraprofessionals, two social workers, a social-emotional wellness coordinator, a school psychologist, a dean of restorative practices, and three building administrators. The building leadership team comprises grade-level leaders, an electives leader, the Special Education (SpEd) department chair, building administrators, and one counselor who actively develops and implements the UIP. Providing feedback for the UIP, all certified staff analyzed and monitored the progress of the current CMAS, iReady, and ACCESS data. A special focus was given to writing instruction, leading to progress monitoring of writing skills by ELA and SS teachers. Additionally, the leadership team solicited feedback from teachers, students, parents/guardians, and community members through school climate surveys, employee engagement surveys, and student surveys. All staff members provided input to this plan via feedback during department meetings, which was reviewed and consolidated by the Building Leadership Team. Additionally, our Building Accountability Committee (BAC) and our District Accountability Committee (DAC) have parent/guardian representatives who serve as a voice for our students from the parental perspective. Fox Meadow strives to become an effective school in terms of growth and status by providing a guaranteed and viable curriculum and ensuring student engagement in research-based, high-quality instruction. The goal is to ensure that all students develop into responsible citizens and are high school ready, which will, in turn, contribute to their college and career readiness. The focus on achievement is to develop each teacher's ability in data-driven decision-making, student engagement, and lesson planning, which will support growth in all literacy skills and math. To support a positive culture, professional development is provided in culturally inclusive classrooms to our staff throughout the year. All 8th graders have the opportunity to prepare and take the PSAT to gauge their high school/college readiness and identify areas for growth. With district support, Fox Meadow Middle School offers our students high school-level science, social studies, and language arts.
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Improvement Plan - These schools are identified as lower performing. They may be meeting expectations on some performance metrics, but they are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on many.
Priority Improvement Plan - These schools are identified as low performing. They are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on most performance metrics. The state will provide support and oversight to these schools until they improve.
Turnaround Plan - These schools are identified as among the lowest performing schools in the state. They are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on most performance metrics. The state will provide support and oversight to these schools until they improve.
Insufficient State Data - These schools are assigned this plan type when the state does not have enough data to report publicly. To better understand why a school received an Insufficient State Data rating, all publicly reportable data are reflected in the performance framework report. More information about these ratings is available here.