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EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
First Semester 09-10 School Year

This summary details the statistical results of the 180 Degrees Program during the first semester of the 2009-10 school-year at the following 9 High Schools in the East Side Union High School District, San Jose, CA.
The schools participating in the project were:

Oak Grove High School

Foot Hill High School (Mustang Academy)

Evergreen High School

Yerba Buena High School

Piedmont Hills High School

Andrew Hill High School

Silver Creek High School

Independence High School

William C. Overfelt High School

Mt. Pleasant High School

The project commenced with the beginning of the first semester, approximately August 25 2009. The first semester ended approximately January 20, 2010. A total of 226 students enrolled in the project at 9 high schools. This included 214-10th grade students and 12-9th grade students. The 180 Degrees Program training was incorporated into the school district’s Opportunity Program during the regular school day.

Teachers assigned to the Opportunities Classes were trained as 180 Facilitators and instructed the classes.

The demographic make-up of the students enrolled in the 180 Degrees Program classes at the 9 participating schools the first semester was 120 males (53%); 106 females (47%); 164 Hispanic (72%); 15 Caucasian (7%); 11 African American (5%); 18 Asian (8%); 1 Native American (.5%); 1 East Indian (.5%);16 other/unknown (7%).

Progress of the students was measured by a pre and post program comparative analysis of the students’ GPA’s, Full Day Absences, documented Disciplinary Incidents and Life Skills Development. The data was collected from school records and Personal Development Surveys and entered into the 180 Degrees Program Electronic Data Base. In addition, daily attendance of the students in the 180 classes was recorded and entered into the data base.

The following average results were obtained during the first semester by the 9 schools participating in the 180 Degrees Program:

• GPA’s increased 93%
• Absences decreased 22%
• Disciplinary Incidents decreased 59%
• Personal Development Surveys: students +14%, facilitator +45%, teachers +5% and parents +9%a.