The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 58, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2007 Page: 3 of 13
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Friday morning after joining fellow students and Principal
James Richardson for a photo outside Genesis High School — a
separate district school for Bastrop students who are at risk of
dropping out or have returned to school after dropping out.
The school, begun in 1991, is located in a prominent white
building on Cedar Street, behind Erhard Field and stone's throw
from Bastrop High School.
"We are our own "stand-alone' school, with our own
Texas Education Agency campus number and not affiliated
with Bastrop High School," Richardson said. "We have our
own teachers, whereas before teachers shuttled back and forth
between here and the high school."
'At-risk9 students identified
The average student age at Genesis is 17.5 years old, the
youngest is 16 and the oldest is 21 — a student who attends the
night school, Richardson said.
Richardson said Genesis uses 14 criteria that help identify
students who are at risk of dropping out.
Richardson said meeting just one of the criteria makes a
student eligible to apply to Genesis, but he emphasized he and
counselors weigh additional factors before deciding whether the
school is appropriate for the student.
"If a counselor believes a pregnant student would be better
off at (BSH), then that's where they stay," Richardson said.
Some of the at-risk criteria include poor attendance, less than
12 academic credits (26 are required for graduation), unsatisfac-
tory scores on the TAKS test and not advancing from one grade
level to the next for one or more school years.
Other at-risk signs for becoming a dropout include being
homeless, pregnant or already a parent, on parole or probation,
having limited English proficiency
But just bemg identified as an at-risk student doesn't lead to
automatic entrance to the program. Students and their parents
have to "want" the program, Richardson said.
Richardson mterviews both after filling out an application.
The student must impress Richardson with what they are will-
ing to do to keep from dropping out.
"I didn't talk to a single youth during our application inter-
views who didn't have something in mind, career-wise, after
they leave here," Richardson said.
"And we constantly monitor the students' progress. We
have to make sure that when we get the students here that they
don't sit around for three years."
Staff and student workload
Genesis — the school's shortened named — employs five
teachers and has 36 students during the day.
For the first time a night program has been added, which start-
ed in September. Eighteen students attend the night school.
At BHS students typically complete eight course credits per
year. Students have to earn a minimum of 26 credits to gradu-
ate, two credits above the minimum state requirement.
The average student at Genesis has accumulated only 11
academic credits. Some Genesis students may earn as little as
four to six credits a year, but the idea is to let them work at pace
comfortable for them.
Dave Daughety, who taught previously at Cedar Creek's
Covenant Christian School and is m his first year teaching
at Genesis, said, "This is a good program for the students
because they can go fast or at a slower pace in achieving their
diploma."
It's been a successful program since it started in 1991,
Richardson said, adding Bastrop's dropout rate went from 8
percent to 1 percent to 2 percent during latter part the 1990s.
But Richardson is also realistic about the potential for drop-
outs, though the fall semester is just beginning.
'We don't want to lose even one student, but we also know
we won't be 100 percent successful," Richardson said.
On a positive note, the students like the staff, too.
"Mr. Richardson is cool," Ortega said, as he got ready to
start the school day. "I get to chill with him at lunch."
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Genesis High School teacher Dave Daughety.
Bastrop school board to meet Tuesday to discuss tax rate
At Tuesday's meeting of the Bastrop school
board, trustees will hold a public hearing on
the proposed 2007-08 tax rate.
On June 19 the board adopted a bud-
get which includes estimated expenditures of
$58.45 million with revenues of $56.51 mil-
lion. The tax rate is expected to be $1.51 per
$100 valuation.
The approximate $2 mil-
lion deficit is the result of
funds that the board previ-
ously committed for school
technology improvements,
which will be drawn from the
fund balance.
The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the
Service Center at 906 Farm Street.
The board will also consider approval of a
""Construction Manager At Risk" for Bastrop's
new high school.
Environmental impact and topography
studies have already been completed for high
school's Cedar Creek site off Union Chapel
Road just south of Texas 71.
Construction work is slated to begin next
summer with the facility to open by Fall
2010.
Chief Operations Officer Henry Gideon
will lead an update on the status of Bastrop
High School renovations.
The board will also consider the approval
of four additional district teaching positions,
a resolution to provide support to the Bastrop
Education Foundation and discuss enrollment
and the school calendar.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 58, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2007, newspaper, September 15, 2007; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252408/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.