Casper Case Study
HISTORY
Casper is located in the south central region of Oregon, just north of the Oregon Trail. Situated on the southern shores of a lake, it was thought of as far too remote of a place to really be poised to become a boom city. That is until 1909 when the South Pacific Transportation company brought in the first railroad making Casper much more accessible. Lumber was plentiful and dozens of lumber mills quickly assembled. This boom result in Casper becoming the fast growing city in all of Oregon until the great depression caused a halt in the economy, and by extension, the lumber craze. Lumber continued to be the lifeblood of the city until the late 1980’s when laws regarding endangered species changed forest policy. The area is home …show more content…
The number of students per class is consistent with other classes in Oregon ranging from 24-27 students per class. Mountain has a limited diversity with 80% of students identified as white, 9% Hispanic/ Latino, 4% multi-racial, and 3% are Native American. Within the school, 29% of students are identifies as economically disadvantaged. 8% of students have identified disabilities and 5% are English language learners. The school indicated that students and families identified a total of six different languages spoken at home. Roughly 9% of students are habitually absent and the dropout rate of less than 1% compared to a 4% dropout rate for all of Oregon. Only 37% of Mountain High School graduates were enrolled in a community college or four year school 16 months after high school. This is significantly lower than the state average of 61%, but many students at MHS enter the military and choose to delay higher education to serve their …show more content…
This Ag subculture exists within all of Casper but is highly concentrated at Mountain High School. Many students miss a great deal of school to participate in rodeos and Ag related competitions through FFA, a contributing factor to MHS’s 9% rate of habitually absent students. Within a subset of the Ag students exists a group with feels that school is not important. To reach these students requires dedication and intentionality on the part of the teachers. One way students become and remain engaged is by connecting the subject matter with something they are interested in and helping them to understand how they will use what they are learning in their
Casper is located in the south central region of Oregon, just north of the Oregon Trail. Situated on the southern shores of a lake, it was thought of as far too remote of a place to really be poised to become a boom city. That is until 1909 when the South Pacific Transportation company brought in the first railroad making Casper much more accessible. Lumber was plentiful and dozens of lumber mills quickly assembled. This boom result in Casper becoming the fast growing city in all of Oregon until the great depression caused a halt in the economy, and by extension, the lumber craze. Lumber continued to be the lifeblood of the city until the late 1980’s when laws regarding endangered species changed forest policy. The area is home …show more content…
The number of students per class is consistent with other classes in Oregon ranging from 24-27 students per class. Mountain has a limited diversity with 80% of students identified as white, 9% Hispanic/ Latino, 4% multi-racial, and 3% are Native American. Within the school, 29% of students are identifies as economically disadvantaged. 8% of students have identified disabilities and 5% are English language learners. The school indicated that students and families identified a total of six different languages spoken at home. Roughly 9% of students are habitually absent and the dropout rate of less than 1% compared to a 4% dropout rate for all of Oregon. Only 37% of Mountain High School graduates were enrolled in a community college or four year school 16 months after high school. This is significantly lower than the state average of 61%, but many students at MHS enter the military and choose to delay higher education to serve their …show more content…
This Ag subculture exists within all of Casper but is highly concentrated at Mountain High School. Many students miss a great deal of school to participate in rodeos and Ag related competitions through FFA, a contributing factor to MHS’s 9% rate of habitually absent students. Within a subset of the Ag students exists a group with feels that school is not important. To reach these students requires dedication and intentionality on the part of the teachers. One way students become and remain engaged is by connecting the subject matter with something they are interested in and helping them to understand how they will use what they are learning in their