26Q435

							                                   FALL 2009 NYSED OBE/OFLS COMPLIANCE REVIEW
              2008-2009 CR Part 154 Comprehensive Plan and Data Reports; 2009-2010 NCLB Title III Part A Application;
                                      2009-2010 NYC Language Allocation Policy Plans

                                            OVERVIEW OF SCHOOL COMPLIANCE ISSUES

       District: 26
       School: 435 Martin van Buren High School
       Principal: Marilyn Shevell

       To: Marilyn Shevell

       As a result of the NYSED Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies review of CR Part 154 Data
       Forms and Schools Language Allocation Plans (“LAPs”) it has been determined that the review process may not be
       finalized until the school compliance issues mentioned below are resolved. Your timely response to these issues is
       critical. Please submit your response to your District Superintendent, Anita Saunders, who will forward the district
       responses to the NYSED OBE-OFLS- NYC Office.

       SUMMARY OF THE SCHOOL LEP/ELL DATA
                               INFORMATION                                                          2008-2009
          Total # of LEP/ELLs Identified                                                              185
          Total # of LEP/ELLs Served                                                                  170
          Total # of GENERAL ED LEP/ELLs Identified                                                   166
          Total # of General Ed LEP/ELLs NOT Served                                                     5
          Total # of SPECIAL ED LEP/ELLs Identified                                                    19
          Total # of SPECIAL ED LEP/ELLs NOT Served                                                    12
          Total # of LEP/ELLs served in ESL-only programs who should be in a bilingual                  0
           education program, including ESL
          Total # of Long-Term LEP/ELLs                                                                49
          Total # of UNCERTIFIED ESL Teachers                                                           1
          Total # of UNCERTIFIED BILINGUAL EDUCATION Teachers                                           0
          Total # of Requests of Extension of Services                                                 50
          Extension of Services is “CONFIRMED” or “DEFERRED due to insufficient or                     C
           lack of information on the intervention services provided to the students”. (“C” or
           “D”)
          Submitted copy of the 2009-2010 LAP                                                          No
          School was cited in 2007-2008 (“Yes” or “No”)                                                No

      The CR PART 154 data forms identified below and/or the school’s 2009-2010 LAP reflect compliance issues.
      Your response on the resolutions of these compliance issues is required.




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            CR Part 154 A-2 & A-2a; A-3: Data Reports of LEP/ELL students served

           o Based on the information provided, out of 185 students identified as LEP/ELLs, only 170 were appropriately
             served. Failure to provide services to all entitled students is not acceptable and must be addressed immediately.
             Please submit a justification and describe the immediate steps to remedy the lack of services to LEP/ELLs.




       NYCDOE Language Allocation Plan.

           o The school did not submit a current copy of the 2009-2010 LAP. Please submit.

           o The LAP does not include a data “worksheet”. Please submit.

           o The LAP does not include a narrative. Please submit.




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