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May Crime Report Available

7/22/2016

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The Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma just released the crime reports for May. Click here to view the entire report. Crestwood's is screenshotted below. Keep in mind that incidents on 16th, 23rd, May, and Villa may have no actual connection to our residents, as those are busy arterial streets. 
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July Meeting Minutes

7/19/2016

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July 12, 2016
Present:
Justin Cliburn, President
Micah Legall, Vice-President
Doris Carder, Secretary
Deanne Cliburn, Newsletter
Aaron Barton, Member-At-Large
Amy Krokstrom, Member-At-Large
Andrew Rockel, Member-At-Large
Becky Leath, Member-At-Large
Dana Deal, Member-At-Large
Donna Stiles, Member-At-Large
John Encomienda, Member-At-Large
Matt Nagle, Member-At-Large
Tim & Dee Anne Holt, Member-At-Large
Tim Troutman, Member-At-Large
Wendy Gabrielson, Member-At-Large
 
This meeting was held at the Crestwood Neighborhood Median at 6:30 p.m. to discuss upcoming events and future projects.
 
Sign Toppers
- The membership agreed to start on the sign toppers for the peripheral entryways into the neighborhood for a cost between $500 and $600.
- Justin and Deanne will start working on it.
- Donna Stiles, Micah Legall, and Aaron Barton each for the sign toppers.
- Any other donations may be given to the Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma for the Crestwood Neighborhood Association Sign Toppers.
 
Crestwood Chronicle/Newsletter
- We’ll probably need to get another one out in September.
 
Crestwood Neighborhood Mugs
- Deanne is still delivering them to new neighbors as a welcome to our neighborhood and gave some out to new attendees, Amy Krokstrom and Wendy Gabrielson.
 
Sustainability Grant from OG&E
- Justin explained about a grant from OG&E (1 of 3) for the neighborhood who has the best sustainability project this summer.
  • OG&E is giving 3 grants this summer to the neighborhood in Oklahoma City that has the best sustainability project.
    • It can be a fund raiser for improvements that better our environment; it can be energy efficient improvements to our homes (collectively) or Median; recycling projects; whatever we can think of to work on as a neighborhood to conserve energy, preserve the ecosystem we have, and save…
Any and all suggestions are welcome; we don’t have much time and we need to get started right away!
- Donna Stiles told the membership about OG&E coming out to her house to do an energy analysis and how beneficial it was and would be to others.
  • It is something the Association could do for the OG&E Grant.
  • There were no further votes on whether to do this or not.
 
Animal Waste Receptacles for the Median
- Justin explained the city Parks and Recreation will provide and install pet waste receptacles on the median and provide the bags for them so long as our association agrees to keep up the median.
- Everyone in attendance agreed it was a good idea.
Justin is contacting the state Parks and Recreation to see what we need to do.
- We need at least one new receptacle.
- We were spending about $200.00 per year on bags so it will be a great savings if the Parks and Recreation will supply them in the future.
 
Crestwood Yard-of-the-Month
- Micah Legall is still in charge of this and requested volunteers to assist him.
- TLC donated a “Yard-of-the-Month” sign and a monthly $50 gift certificate for the yard chosen each month for five months ($250 total).
 
Bird Sanctuary
- Doris requested to make the area around the two dead tall pine trees a bird sanctuary by attaching bird feeders and houses to the trees and putting a bird bath in between the trees.
  • This might be something for the OG&E Sustainability Project.
- Membership agreed it was a good idea but only for those who wanted to do it.
 
The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30 p.m.
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Crestwood-Area Home Investors

7/19/2016

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If you want to sell your Crestwood-area home but don't necessarily have the time or money to do necessary renovations first, contact the individuals and businesses below. They all have experience buying, renovating, and selling historic homes in the urban core. Real Estate companies listed may not be the entity that will be purchasing or renovating your home. They are provided for communication purposes only. The Crestwood Neighborhood Association cannot vouch for any contractor, but each of these individuals was recommended to us on Nextdoor:
  • Scott Lemmons, Allied Realty: (405) 250-7858
  • Benjamin Crocker: (405) 826-2823
  • Marek Dobosz: (405) 361-5131
  • Dianna Harding: (405) 209-1798 
  • ​Nate Dempster, Home Contracting, LLC: (405) 819-3542
  • Deborah Saunders, Keller Williams: (405) 410-8037
  • Lesa McDonald, Main Edge Realty: (405) 420-4518 
  • Joe and Kesia Samborski, Metro First Realty: (405) 305-7373
  • Nathan and Scarlet Cao, Omega Investments: (405) 300-4663
  • The Property Design Group: (405) 777-2620. 
  • Miranda Roberts: (405) 323-0496
  • Matt Thornton: (405) 420-1052
  • Verbode: (405) 757-7001
  • Rose Wilkinson, Roz Buys Homes: (405) 881-5958
These contacts will be archived on our Investors page.
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Follow Us on Instagram!

7/14/2016

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Crestwood neighbor John has created an Instagram for the neighborhood: @crestwoodokc. Be sure to share it with anyone looking for a great house in a historic, urban neighborhood!
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Bulk Trash Day Wednesday, July 13th

7/9/2016

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Bulk trash pick-up is this Wednesday, July 13th. Be sure not to miss it. From the City of OKC website:
Here's what we can pick up
  • large and small household appliances
  • furniture
  • carpets
  • large cardboard boxes (broken down and tied into tight bundles)
  • mattresses
  • trees and limbs
  • fencing
  • non-contracted remodeling waste (that is, leftovers from do-it-yourself projects - sorry, we do not accept rocks, bricks, dirt or concrete )
Appliances containing Freon, such as old refrigerators and air conditioners, will be picked up on monthly bulk waste collection day by special arrangement. Call customer service at (405) 297-2833 to request the pickup.

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June Meeting Minutes

7/5/2016

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Crestwood Neighborhood Association
Membership Meeting Minutes
 
June 17, 2016
Present:
Justin Cliburn, President
Micah Legall, Vice-President
Nancy Kitchen, Treasurer
Doris Carder, Secretary
Deanne Cliburn, Newsletter
Chris Turner, Web Administrator & Design
Donna Stiles, Member-At-Large
Dana Deal, Member-At-Large
Bryan Boone, Member-At-Large
Aaron Barton, Member-At-Large
Seddie Barber, Member-At-Large
Kimberly McCauley, Member-At-Large
Michael Kovach, Member-At-Large
Carter Faison, Member-At-Large Member-At-Large
Haligh Kenney, Member-At-Large
John Encomienda, Member-At-Large
Mart Troy, Member-At-Large
Andrew Rakel, Member-At-Large
Kelly Shock, Member-At-Large
Don Burnett, Member-At-Large
Mrs. Burnett, Member-At-Large
 
This meeting was held at the Crestwood Neighborhood Median at 6:30 p.m. to collect membership dues and discuss upcoming events and future projects.
 
Financial Report:  Nancy
-          Amount on deposit at MidFirst Bank:  approximately $1003.65, after membership dues collected
o   $275 collected in membership dues
o   Nancy Kitchen donated $100 & Justin & Deanne Cliburn donated $100 toward the sign toppers for Crestwood Neighborhood
o   Expected cost is approximately $700 for all of the peripheral street signs around Crestwood Neighborhood
Monthly Expenses: 
            OG&E:  $30.00
*We are allotted $1,000.00 per year from the City for water usage on the Median.  We have to apply for that $1000.00 grant every year.
 
Gardening On The Median
- Justin and Deanne purchased solar lights for the Crestwood signs at each entrance of the Median.
- Doris Carder planted Salvia, Coreopsis, Canas, Creeping Christians, and purple petunias on the Median around the flag pole and at each entrance sign on 19th St. for Memorial Day.
- Don and Doris planted a Crepe Myrtle donated by Lowes on the 19th St. Median west of the flag pole.
o   Pictures were taken of everyone by the Crepe Myrtle to post on Facebook on the Crestwood page and Lowes’ page to thank them.
- Don and Doris trimmed branches off the trees by the flag pole.
- Don and Doris transplanted overgrown flowers throughout the Median to other parts of the Median.
 
Sign Toppers
- The membership voted for the sign toppers that match the Crestwood signs already in the neighborhood.
- Each sign topper should cost approximately $21 with an additional $10 installation fee per sign.
- The estimated cost for sign toppers for the peripheral signs around the neighborhood is approximately $700.00.
- The membership agreed to try to purchase the peripheral signs for now.
 
Crestwood Chronicle/Newsletter  
-          Deanne, Alicia, Nancy, & Doris helped with the newsletter, but Deanne was the one who primarily worked on it to completion.
-          It was printed and delivered on time before the meeting.
 
Crestwood Neighborhood Mugs
-          Deanne is still delivering them to new neighbors as a welcome to our neighborhood.
 
Sustainability Grant from OG&E
-          Justin explained about a grant from OG&E (1 of 3) for the neighborhood who has the best sustainability project this summer.
o   OG&E is giving 3 grants this summer to the neighborhood in Oklahoma City that has the best sustainability project.
§  It can be a fund raiser for improvements that better our environment; it can be energy efficient improvements to our homes (collectively) or Median; recycling projects; whatever we can think of to work on as a neighborhood to conserve energy, preserve the ecosystem we have, and save…
§  Any and all suggestions are welcome; we don’t have much time and we need to get started right away!
-          Donna Stiles told the membership about OG&E coming out to her house to do an energy analysis and how beneficial it was and would be to others.
o   It is something the Association could do for the OG&E Grant.
o   There were no further votes on whether to do this or not.
 
Animal Waste Receptacles for the Median
-          Justin explained the state Parks and Recreation will provide and install pet waste receptacles on the median and provide the bags for them so long as our association agrees to keep up the median.
-          Everyone in attendance agreed it was a good idea.
-          Justin is contacting the state Parks and Recreation to see what we need to do.
-          We need at least one new receptacle.
-          We were spending about $200.00 per year on bags so it will be a great savings if the Parks and Recreation will supply them in the future.
 
Crestwood Yard-of-the-Month
-          Micah Legall is still in charge of this and requested volunteers to assist him.
-          TLC donated a “Yard-of-the-Month” sign and a monthly $50 gift certificate for the yard chosen each month for five months ($250 total).
 
The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30 p.m.
 
 
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Crestwood's Elementary School Posts 94% Reading Comprehension Mark

7/1/2016

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Cleveland Elementary, Crestwood's assigned elementary school, recently had 94% of its third-grade students pass a state-mandated reading comprehension test. Congratulations to the school administration, teachers, and students. From The Oklahoman:
Preliminary reading test figures show that 74 percent of third-graders in the Oklahoma City school district qualify for promotion to the fourth grade, according to the state Education Department.
Those students met Reading Sufficiency Act criteria for vocabulary and comprehension included in the latest Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test.
Twenty-six percent of district third-graders who took the test in April didn't satisfy the minimum standards and could be held back in the coming school year unless they meet one of seven good-cause exemptions.
Preliminary figures obtained by The Oklahoman show that 48 percent of students who took the reading test scored proficient or advanced, and the scores for 52 percent showed limited knowledge or an unsatisfactory reading level.

Schools that had at least 80 percent of students score proficient or advanced were Cleveland (94 percent); Nichols Hills (87 percent); Wilson (86 percent); Ridgeview (84 percent); Pierce (82 percent); and Johnson (81 percent).

Low-performing schools include Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where 14 percent of third-graders scored proficient or advanced, and Greystone Upper, where 22 percent of third-graders scored proficient or advanced.

Other schools that fared poorly include Adams, where 23 percent scored proficient or advanced; Shidler (23 percent); F.D. Moon (24 percent); Spencer (25 percent); North Highland (30 percent); Rockwood (30 percent); and Willow Brook (30 percent).
Charter schools in the Oklahoma City district were not included with the figures reviewed for this report, and neither the number of district students who took the test nor their scores were provided.

“Admittedly, there's always room for improvement, but keep in mind that the OCCT scores are preliminary, and there could be significant change when the final results are published,” said Lynn Barnes, senior executive director of PK-12 academics for the Oklahoma City district. “Having said that, these OCCT scores do not fully represent the potential of our students at Oklahoma City Public Schools.”
+In 2015, 3,944 Oklahoma City school district third-graders completed the test, with 2,845 scoring advanced, proficient or limited knowledge and qualifying for promotion.

About 1,099 third-graders (28 percent) scored unsatisfactory on the test, according to preliminary figures provided by the district in May 2015.
At the time, Aurora Lora, then the district's associate superintendent of student achievement, said about 490 of those students who scored unsatisfactory on the test were likely to qualify for good-cause exemptions and be promoted. 

Some improvements
Statewide, 88 percent of the state's 54,000 third-graders qualified for automatic promotion to the fourth grade, leaving 12 percent at risk of being held back.
By comparison, 14.6 percent of students failed the exam in 2015, and 16.3 percent failed in 2014.

Oklahoma City district elementary schools showing the greatest improvement were Jackson (72 percent of students scored proficient or advanced in 2016 compared with 40 percent in 2015); Southern Hills (62 percent compared with 31 percent); Edgemere (62 percent compared with 43 percent); and Sequoyah (61 percent compared with 40 percent).

Schools showing the biggest drop-off include Gatewood Elementary, where 33 percent of students scored proficient or advanced in 2016 compared with 54 percent the previous year and 64 percent in 2014, when Oklahoma tied reading scores to advancement to the fourth grade.

Van Buren Elementary, meanwhile, saw 42 percent of students score proficient or advanced compared with 71 percent in 2015, and Hawthorne Elementary dropped to 47 percent in 2016 from 65 percent in 2015 and 76 percent in 2014.
Thirty percent of Willow Brook students scored proficient or advanced — a 25 percent drop from the previous year.

What's next?
Barnes said the district “is currently implementing more rigorous academic standards and high-impact instructional practices” in all classrooms to improve performance.

“We expect to see continuous improvement in state test scores, and improvement in deep understanding of academic concepts through different methods of assessment,” she said.

Beginning with the 2016-17 school year, if a student doesn't meet criteria established by the Reading Sufficiency Act, then the student is considered for retention regardless of what they score on the OCCT.

In other words, even if a student scores limited knowledge or unsatisfactory but meets RSA criteria for vocabulary and comprehension, then they are automatically promoted in the coming school year.

Additionally, third-graders who score limited knowledge on the 2017 state test will be evaluated for retention, as well.

Those students demonstrate partial mastery of the essential knowledge and skills appropriate to their grade level. Students who scored unsatisfactory, meanwhile, have not performed at the limited knowledge level, and should be given comprehensive reading instruction, according to performance descriptors provided by the state Education Department.

Students who can demonstrate sufficient reading skills on another state-approved reading test, along with certain English-language learners and disabled students are among those who qualify for exemptions.

One of those exemptions allows a student who fails the test to still be promoted if a committee of parents and educators — including a certified reading specialist — approve.
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School districts have until July 15 to contest preliminary scores. Final scores will be made available in July or August.
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