Foot Hill High School (Mustang Academy)

230 Pala Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127,
Principal, Lynne Murray / Facilitator, David Calbreath

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At the Mustang Academy, during the first semester of the 2009-10 school-year, 27 students enrolled in the 180 Degrees Program and 22 remained active in the program at the end of the first semester.

GPA’s available for 18 of the 22 students that remained in the program was 0.54 before the course. At the end of the first semester, their average GPA improved to 2.28, representing a 322% increase.

Full Day Absences and Disciplinary Incidents records were not obtained by the facilitator for the semester prior to the students entering the 180 Degrees Program; therefore no comparison could be made to the first semester data. Students enrolled in the program at the Mustang Academy are placed there from other high schools in the district and access to their prior attendance and behavior records is limited.

Personal Development Surveys rating the students’ progress (1-poor, 2 fair, 3 good, 4 excellent, 5 superior) were completed by the students and teachers, rating the students in the following areas from before to after the training: (1) Attitude, (2) Motivation, (3) Achieving Goals, (4) Organization Skills, (5) Self-Control, (6) Decision Making, (7) Communication Skills, (8) Teamwork, (9) Leadership Skills, (10) Citizenship.

The students rated themselves on an average of 3.07 before the training to 3.65 at the end of the first semester (+19%) and teachers rated the students on an average of 2.8 before the training compared to 3.0 at the end of the first semester (+ 7%).