Florida Association for District School Superintendents

• FADSS Board of Directors Meeting
  Date: June 14, 2012
  Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel, Tampa
• FADSS/FSBA Joint Conference
  Date: June 14 - 15, 2012
  Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel, Tampa
• Empowering Effective Teaching Convening
  Date: June 19-20, 2012
  Location: Tampa Renaissance, Tampa, FL
• FADSS Board of Directors Planning Meeting
  Date: June 24 - 26, 2012
  Location: Hammock Beach Club, Palm Coast
• FADSS Fall Leadership Conference
  Date: September 12-14, 2012
  Location: Renaissance Orlando at Sea World

Superintendents want Florida to lead the nation in K-12 education. We are committed to establishing and enforcing high standards for every learner so that they can compete in a global market. We need legislation that will give us the financial resources and also remove the obstacles that hinder progress towards that end.

Two things are needed to assist Florida’s public school districts in continuing to ensure a high quality education: sufficient funding, coupled with fair and equitable implementation of regulations.

Education is the key not only to individual success; but it directly correlates to the economic vitality of our state. Florida’s 67 superintendents, as Constitutional officers and dedicated education professionals, are fully committed to providing "a secure and high quality system that allows students to obtain an excellent education."

FADSS 2012 Legislative Report 
1. Table of Contents
2. HB 5001 General Appropriations Act Summary
3. FEFP Summary Budget Runs
4. Annotated HB 5001 General Appropriations Act
5. 2012 Legislative Summary
6. FRS 2012 Legislative Summary
7. Rule Policy and Reporting Requirements
8. Proposed Amendments to Florida Constitution

If you have any questions, please call Joy Frank at 850.577.5784.

Superintendent of the Year
Mr. Wally Cox 

Mr. Wally Cox, Superintendent of Schools for the Highlands County School District, was chosen as Florida’s 2012 Superintendent of the Year. The announcement was made on December 1, 2011 at a luncheon in his honor at a joint meeting of the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) and the Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS) in Tampa. 
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Schools to take more fire
Palm Beach Post Editorial 

A weekend interview with Hillsborough schools superintendent MaryEllen Elia 
Tampa Bay Times, Gradebook

Making Sense of Conflicting Grades
Guest article by Volusia County School Superintendent Margaret "Peg" Smith

Why Florida’s parent trigger bill failed in state Senate

What Florida is doing to its public schools
Washington Post

Florida’s Proposed School Grading System for 2012

Here is a direct link to the Florida Dept. of Education materials on Florida’s School Grading System  for 2012 found on the State Board of Education page (Note: scroll down to item #5).

Parents take to YouTube to protest proposed school grading changes (fear plans may harm students with disabilities)  

New school grading plan could = “angst and gnashing of teeth”

The state’s new FCAT scoring system — the controversial plan adopted last month – was expected to make schools’ A-to-F grades drop.

Now, the state has run some simulations to show just what the fallout (potentially) will be from making it tougher for students to pass FCAT’s math and reading exams. The bottom line: The number of A-graded schools is likely to drop by 500 or more. The number of B’s would fall, too, while the number of C’s, D’s and F’s would climb steeply. The number of F’s (38 this year) could top 190, the simulations show.