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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2514 |
| Terrace Community School New Programming |
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| Requester: |
Dr. John H. Olsen, DVM |
Organization: |
Terrace Community School |
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| Project Title: |
Terrace Community School New Programming |
Date Submitted |
1/16/2004 2:42:35 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Crist |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Terrace Community School (TCS) is likely to be the most academically sucessful public charter middle school in the State of Florida. The sixth, seventh, & eighth grades had the highest FCAT scores in each grade level in Hillsborough County in 2003. In the prior three consecutive years, TCS also ranked up in the top schools in Hillsborough County and the state. In 2003, TCS was graded as an A school and was the only middle school in Hillsborough County receiving recognition for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in the "Leave No Child Behind" Initiative. TCS serves as a model for other charter schools and traditional public schools across the state. Its relationship with Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI)at USF is unique and services as an example for other schools and a model for other museums around the state and country. |
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| Recipient: |
Terrace Community School |
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Contact: |
Dr. John H. Olsen, DVM |
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4801 East Fowler Avenue, P.O. Box 16325 |
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Contact Phone: |
(813) 987-5546 |
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Tampa 33687 |
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Contact email: |
John.olsen@anheuser-busch.com |
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| Counties: |
Hillsborough, {Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| To benefit students, there is a variety of programs that would be maintained and new programs that would be implemented, which would include the following:
1.) A collaborative program between USF's Museum of Science and Industry,
2.) Project Tangerine, which involves a writing workshop with renowned author, Edward Boor,
3.) Forensic program,
4.) Extracurricular speech program,
5.) Renaissance Festival which involves a sponsorship program to put on the festival,
6.) Extramural sports program,
7.) Environmental science program, and
8.) Technology program. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| There will be an increase in the number and diversity of the elective programming in the school. There will also be an increase in the number as well as an expansion of the comprehensiveness of the academic programming offered at the school. There will also be a maintenance of the high level of FCAT scores for all grade levels in the school because current program funding will be maintained rather than diverting such funds from current programs to fund new/other programs for the school.
The continued, extraordinary success of TCS on the state's student assessment tests will put TCS in a position of being a model for other schools in the state of Florida and the rest of the country. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$100,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$175,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$75,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
No |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Hillsborough Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/17/2003 |
