[BHS etree] SUPT: BUSD Board Updates:December 8, 2004

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contact: Mark Coplan [mailto:Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us]

BUSD BOARD UPDATES of interest to Berkeley High School from the board
meeting of December 8.

1.  Approval of Site Plan for Berkeley High School

The Board approved the 2004-05 Revised Single
Plan for BHS. Site plans had originally come before the Board last year,
and the Board tabled approving any of the site plans, encouraging the
Principals and School Site Councils to improve the quality of the plans.
The Single Site Plans for Willard and Berkeley Alternative High School
will come before the Board on December 15, 2004, and the elementary
plans have been completed and approved.

2. Presentation: Student Performance on SAT, AP and CAHSEE Tests

The Board received a presentation on Student
Performance on SAT, AP, and CAHSEE Tests. The
Average BUSD verbal scores on the SAT Verbal and
Math tests were 18 points higher in 2003-04 than
1999-01, and the math scores were 23 points higher.
In the Advanced Placement tests, BUSD had a 35%
increase in the number of students with one or more
AP test scores equal to or greater than 3 (1998-99 to
2003-04): whites increased by 34% and non-whites
increased by 36%. The rest of the report is on page
51 of the board packet and is available on the BUSD
website: www.berkeley.k12.ca.us


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Mark A. Coplan
Public Information Officer, BUSD
510-644-6320
Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us
Berkeley Unified School District
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, Ca 94704-1180
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