Sharon L. Contreras Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family

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Sharon L. Contreras was born on 1970 in Uniondale, NY. Discover Sharon L. Contreras's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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In March 2015, Contreras served as a panelist for a Congressional briefing: "From the Police Precinct to the Principal's Office: The Challenges Facing School Districts One Year After the Release of Federal School Discipline Guidance." The panel explored the on-the-ground efforts to reform discipline practices and the challenges facing school districts as they try to improve school climates.

The New York State Education Department required that several historically low-performing schools be restructured due to their consistently poor test scores, graduation rates and learning environments. With Board of Education support, Contreras avoided closing the schools altogether by developing plans to phase out the underperforming schools while phasing in new, innovative schools. The following new schools were opened in the fall of 2014:

Perceived as too closely aligned with New York State Education Commissioner John King, Jr., against whom the state teachers union had approved a vote of no confidence in April 2014, Contreras faced a vote of no confidence from the Syracuse Teachers Association in June of the same year. Contreras pledged to continue working together with all school stakeholders. Meanwhile, the union vote was questioned and criticized by many local community leaders

By the 2013-2014 school year, the district's graduation rates had passed 50 percent (51.1%); by August 2014 the rate had reached 56 percent. The dropout rate decreased to 16.5% for the 2013-2014 school year, down from 25.8% two years before and representing the fourth consecutive annual decrease in the dropout rate. Meanwhile, the district was recognized as one of the most effective large school districts in the nation for feeding its students, offering free breakfast and lunch to all students.

Contreras worked closely with the teachers union to develop plans for turning around the lowest-performing schools, successfully negotiating an agreement to extend the day for students by at least 180 hours per year in seven schools in 2013 while obtaining over $30 million in state education grants; five more schools extended student learning time in 2014. Contreras established an Innovation Zone made up of and serving the lowest-performing schools.

With an initial three-year contract, Contreras became Superintendent of Schools in July 2011. In 2012, her contract was extended through 2016. Upon becoming Superintendent, Contreras took over a district with a graduation rate under 50 percent, a dropout rate of nearly 30 percent, a high and dramatically increasing poverty rate, and hundreds fewer positions due to significant budget cuts in each of the two years before her start. When the State Education Department identified the lowest performing schools in the state, nearly every one of Syracuse's public schools was in the lowest-performing 15 percent of schools. Contreras led the development of a 5-year strategic plan aimed at improving the schools by providing all students with equitable access to rigorous curriculum, investing in teachers and leaders, developing systems to support student success, building a district culture based on high expectations, and improving communication.

Contreras earned bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature from Binghamton University, where she also earned a master's degree in English Education. In 1996, she earned a third master's degree in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has also completed work toward a doctorate in educational leadership and policy.

Contreras expanded career and technical education (CTE) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs by partnering with Syracuse University, the State University of New York's Onondaga Community College, Le Moyne College and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Syracuse developed a dozen new CTE pathways in areas including computer forensics, cybersecurity, law enforcement, geospatial intelligence, and nursing. This expansion was driven by a report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force commissioned by the Superintendent with a goal of ensuring students have multiple authentic opportunities for access to 21st Century STEM fields, emerging technology opportunities, and other professions and trades.