Duncanville Middle School

Duncanville, AL 35456

THE BASICS

Phone: 205-342-2830

Fax: 205-759-1998

Web site: duncanvillemiddle.net

Mascot/school colors: Eagle/red, black and white

Principal: Dottie Dockery, ddockery @tcss.net

Secretary: Teresa Gray, tgray@tcss.net

Counselor: Mary Jo Cummings, mcummings@tcss.net

Librarian: Seth Shaul, ddockery@tcss.net

Open house: Aug. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Enrollment: 255

Student attendance: 95 percent

Racial balance: 69 percent white, 28 percent black, 0.8 percent Hispanic, 1.6 percent other

Students qualifying for free lunch: 56 percent

Students qualifying for reduced lunch: NA

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

PTO president: PTO Executive Committee — tgray@tcss.net

First PTO meeting: Aug. 13

PTO membership: NA

PTO fundraising totals/budgets: NA

PTO projects: Help with fund-raising events.

PTO goals: Support school, students and faculty and staff.

How parents can help: Be supportive and involved in school activities.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Adopt-A-School partner: Bailey's TaeKwonDo, The Legacy Connection

Adopt-A-School activities, projects: Donated weight room equipment, 'Student and Employee of the Month' recognition luncheon and plaque, T-shirts, motivational assemblies on bullying and patriotism, trees for dedication ceremony, self-defense lessons for Eagle Point winners, Adopt-A-School Week, support of school team

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

academic tutoring, 3-4 p.m.

extracurricular activities

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM

Teachers:15

Teachers considered highly qualified by state law: 100 percent

Average years of experience per teacher: 12

Average class size: 30

Students per computer: 4.25

Library books per student: NA

AYP goals met: NA

FACILITIES

Date of construction: 2008

Improvements: building a baseball field

Significant changes to school facade in the last year: NA

Portable classrooms: None

Square feet: 106,000

SCHOOL SAFETY AND DISCIPLINE

Suspensions, expulsions and alternative school referrals: 95 suspensions

School uniforms: for physical education