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elementary schools because the federal guidelines and research has shown that intervention at an early age will yield the best results long term. In other words, early education has the best chance at “sustained movement forward”. th City Council and School Board On December 10, the met to discuss ways the City can assist the District in improving academic achievement. The discussion was facilitated by David Lineberry, from the Missouri School Boards Association, who explained the constraints under which the District must operate to attain and maintain full accreditation. Accreditation is based on a 14-point scale and is determined once per five-year cycle. In off years, an annual performance report provides direction in meeting the accreditation standards. Currently, the District is fully accredited. However, during its off year performance audit, the District’s score (for the off year 2006-07) was 7, which would be considered “provisional” accreditation. If a district receives 6 or less points during its performance audit in the accreditation year, it will be deemed unaccredited. The District has developed a CSIP to raise academic achievement in order to raise its accreditation rating from provisional to fully accredited. Accreditation is based on five over arching goals: 1) Student Performance (primary), 2) Highly Qualified Staff, 3) Facilities, Support and Instructional Resources, 4) Parental and Community Involvement and 5) Administrative Governance. The CSIP contains objectives and actions to reach these goals. Individual schools will have their own plans that fold into the CSIP. After reviewing the joint initiatives, we plan to meet again to determine the best opportunities for partnership. In the interim, I need you to forward me your feedback. We cannot manage all of the initiatives, we need to focus on the items we feel will bring about the highest return for the students. Council and Superintendent Wilson have had drafts of the initiatives since the week of November 6. We should be working to revise and prioritize the programs so we have an achievable plan in place. rd At our December 3 Study Session, Council indicated your approval of revisions to our protocol for enforcement of non-moving violations . Currently only 55% of the non- moving violation tickets are paid which means that the City is losing nearly $100,000 a year from drivers who do not pay their tickets. Council agreed to staff’s recommendations to revise the fine amounts, increase penalties, hire 2 part time parking control attendants (which frees up police officer time), and purchase a automated ticketing hand-held system that records multiple tickets and informs the attendant when there are multiple violations. The information will be used to allow police officers to immobilize the vehicle, and prevent repeat and habitual violators. The 4 or more non-moving Council agreed to staff’s recommendation that violators with violations will have their vehicle “booted” until all unpaid tickets and penalties are paid. These provisions will not be in place until the beginning of the FY 09 budget in July. Council will need to vote on the ordinances necessary to immobilize vehicles. The increase in fines and penalties are enacted by a Court Order from our Municipal Judge and will go into effect shortly. The fine revisions are based in part on the average fines in various municipalities in the area. The revised fine schedule is below: