STUDENT POPULATION. It is anticipated Gem Prep will mirror the student demographic population of the school district. Focused recruitment strategies will enabled GP’s student demographic population to roughly reflect the school district’s percentage of non-white, English Language Learner, economically disadvantaged (low income), and special education. Gem Prep schools attempt to mirror the population demographics of the community, and have historically served the same demographics as their surrounding district. Gem Prep’s instructional model includes challenging each student at their comprehension level. One way Gem Prep does this is by placing students in the grade level of their comprehension, not necessarily in the grade level of their birth year. While this practice keeps students academically challenged, changing a student’s grade level placement also creates challenges to keep within the grade level cap, which is the reason a schoolwide cap is necessary as opposed to a grade-level cap. Gem Prep enrollment is capped at 676 students in grades K-12. The table below contains the grade- by-grade plan to grow to 574 students over five years. While the Board has a grade-by-grade plan that targets 574 students, the Board requests a single K-12 enrollment capacity of approximately 676. This approach allows the Board to adjust grade-level student numbers, within the 676 student cap, in order to assure availability for all current students who wish to re-enroll, in order to place students in the grade level of their comprehension, and in response to market needs. For the purpose of the lottery, no less than three months prior to GP’s application deadline, the Board of Directors will establish the annual school-wide enrollment capacity not to exceed 676 students and an annual enrollment capacity for each grade level. Grades Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr.3 Yr. 4 Yr. 5 K 52 52 52 52 52 1 52 52 52 52 52 2 52 52 52 52 52 3 52 52 52 52 52 4 52 52 52 52 52 5 52 52 52 52 52 6 52 52 52 52 7 45 45 45 45 8 45 45 45 45 9 30 30 30 10 30 30 30 11 30 30 12 30 Total 312 454 514 544 574 GP recognizes the demand in the secondary level drops, which is why the growth plan above (which the financial plan is built upon) reduces down from 52 seats in 6th grade to 45 seats in grades 7-8, and then again to 30 seats in grades 9-12.
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