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vlll-B Milepost #13: Expand the Targeted Services programming for identified students. Rationale: The achievement gap in Roseville Area Schools is real, and we cannot ignore this fact. What Roseville Area Schools can do is to acknowledge the achievement gap between different groups of students and work to overcome the gap. One of the most effective tools in reducing the achievement gap is the current Targeted Services Program. Under the direction of Dr. Latimer and Peg Kennedy, the Targeted Services Program has assisted hundreds of children who are struggling academically. My proposal is to expand the program, work to 5ecure additional funding to improve the academic performance of all our students and make it possible for Roseville to close the achievement gap identified in the No Child Left Behind Law. Milepost #�4: Expand the alternative educational programming at Roseville Area Middle School and Roseville Area High School. Rationale: Not every student finds academic success in the traditional secondary school setting. At the present time some of our secondary students are finding academic and social success in the Crossroads Program at RAMS and the Connections Program at TtAIiS. Both alternative educational options are creating an academic and a social foundation that will enable the participating students an opportunity to complete their secondary education on time and with grade. Lower drop out rates, higher graduation rates, fewer discipline issues and enthusiasticparent support are a few of the data indicators of these succe�sfi�t educational options. Milepost #15: Offer additional academic offerings during Summer School. Rationale: One of the strengths of Roseville Area High School is the large and diverse number of exploratory classes available to our students. This large number of options sometimes makes it difficult to balance class sizes and offer all the academic options that families would like to see made available during the regular school term. I believe one method of creating more flexibility and providing additional course options is to make available, for a fee, a number of required academic courses during Summer School. This option may allow students and their families to select classes outside the regular school year in order to increase the number of academic options available to the student during the regular school year. Milepost #� 6: Roseville Area Schools will conduct a survey of district residents to assist the district in identifying educational standards and expectations. Rationale: One of the most powerful recommendations of the EducationalPlanning Advisory Committee was to survey the district residents in order to gather feedback concerning the educational expectations of our learning community. To assist the Roseville Area School Board and the district administration in ensuring superior district educational standards and expectations, it is important to collect data from the community. It is my recommendation that the school board, district administration, and the district accountability council work in concert with Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate 916 School district to develop a district survey that will provide the foundation for establishing a district body of educational standards and expectations. VIII-B