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KHS Collection Management Plan 2023-2025
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KHSCD Collection Management Plan 2023-2025

Mission: To help each student excel and achieve maximum potential by creating a welcoming, diverse, and equitable learning environment, fostering a love of reading, and promoting the effective use of information and communications technology

Vision: To be the welcoming heart of our school community where all come to learn, discover, create, and connect

Values: We are safe. We are judgment-free. We are equitable. We love literacy.

Policies/Beliefs referenced in making this plan: WCPSS Board Policy 3200:D Selection of Instructional Materials, WCPSS Board Policy 1150: Equity Policy, WCPSS Core Beliefs, and the KHS Learning Commons Non-discrimination Statement.

History

“The original Knightdale High School was in operation between the years of 1926-1965 when it was replaced by East Wake High School. Since that school closed the Knightdale community hoped to return a high school to the Knightdale area.

The new Knightdale High opened Tuesday, August 10, 2004 bringing the number of Wake County high schools to 17. Knightdale High and Forestville Road Elementary (on the same campus) are part of a collaborative effort between the school system, town of Knightdale and Wake County Parks and Recreation” (https://www.wcpss.net/domain/167)

Since the 2014-2015 school year, Knightdale High School has been undergoing both a physical and cultural redesign. In 2015 Knightdale High School changed its name to Knightdale High School of Collaborative Design to match the shift in instructional practice to project-based learning and collaboration. The redesign included new academic goals and courses, including the AP capstone program. The current motto of KHS is “Every Student Future Ready,” and the vision is, “Knightdale High School students are academically and emotionally prepared to be college and/or career ready and positive contributors to the community and reach their full potential.”

The School Improvement Plan (SIP) goals are as follows:

  1. By June 2024, Knightdale High School will increase teacher retention as evidenced by a retained-at-KHS teacher rate of at least 80% by implementing best practices in school policy, professional learning, and teacher support.
  2. By June 2024, Knightdale High School will realize at least a 15% increase in the number of students demonstrating grade-level proficiency as evidenced by scores on EOC assessments and ACT by implementing high-quality tiered instruction, incorporating equity-focused practices, increasing collective efficacy in core content PLCs, and providing targeted professional learning.

The KHS Learning Commons (LC) Collection Management Plan has been updated to support these goals based on the current student and staff population.

Student Population Numbers/Enrollment

2014-2015         1656

2015-2016         1638

2016-2017         1658

2017-2018        1697

2018-2019        1636

2019-2020        1629

2020-2021        1550*

2021-2022        1589

2022-2023        1652

2023-24        1668

* The COVID-19 pandemic and remote learning have significantly changed enrollment numbers, but otherwise there has been little difference year to year.

Student Diversity

American Indian         0.2%
Asian                        2.6%
Hispanic                 36%

Black                         47%

White                         11%

Pacific Islander         0.1%
Two or Other                 3%

Gender*

Male                        52%

Female                48%

* Several students identify as non-binary, transgender, etc. No data is collected on this, but observation of students, library requests, PowerSchool name changes, and our GSA club indicate a strong LGBTQ+ population at KHS.

Free and Reduced Lunch
2021-2022 41.2%

Student Assignment History
The assignment map for Knightdale High School can be found on the WCPSS website. Our students are consistently pulled from the same areas and feeder schools such as Lake Myra Elementary, Knightdale Elementary, Hodge Road Elementary, Forestville Elementary, Neuse River Middle, Wendell Middle, and River Bend Middle.

SIP Targets and Strategies
As of 2023-24, the School Improvement priority indicators for KHS are:

A2.04 - Instructional Teams develop standards-aligned units of instruction for each subject and grade level.

A4.01 - The school implements a tiered instructional system that allows teachers to deliver evidence-based instruction aligned with the individual needs of students across all tiers.

A4.16 - The school develops and implements consistent, intentional, and on-going plans to support student transitions for grade-to-grade and level-to-level.

E1.06 - The school regularly communicates with parents/guardians about its expectations of them and the importance of the curriculum of the home (what parents can do at home to support their children's learning).

In support of these goals, the librarians at KHS will perform ongoing collection analysis and work to advocate for funding to purchase materials that support the curriculum. In addition, we will continue to add high-interest literature to promote reading for pleasure, which has been connected to a variety of student success measures.

We will be working to grow collections that support identified under-represented subgroups, such as emerging bilingual students and those with IEPs or LEPs. In addition, we will work to provide professional learning, planning, and co-teaching opportunities for teachers to support all students and increase student achievement rates.

Description of the Collection

Collection Evaluation 2/2023

The number of copies per student (9) does not meet the minimum number of the WCPSS Collection Guidelines (see the collection analysis). A good library should have 10 books per student, and an outstanding library should have 15. We have a lower number of titles per student than other schools throughout WCPSS and the state of North Carolina, as evidenced by the 2021-22 report card:

Additionally, the average age of the collection is 20 years, which is older than even the minimum guideline of 15 years for fiction and 10 years for nonfiction. As would be expected from the age, the nonfiction and reference collections have become dated and are in need of weeding. While many of the books are relevant and contain topics and images that appeal to our students, others have become obsolete. Evaluations throughout the 2022-23 school year have revealed that outdated collections in particular include books on careers, mental health, and technology.


The fiction collection has been growing as part of an ongoing initiative that will continue. To improve academic performance and encourage strong literacy skills, the KHS library will curate a robust collection that reflects our students and their interests. In pursuit of this goal, we maintain a Junior Library Guild subscription, which supplies 6 or more new books per month, advocate for a yearly novel purchase, and create small grants through Donors Choose.

To address the needs of under-represented populations, we have been working to increase the collection of books in Spanish, the graphic novel selection, high-interest books with lower reading levels, books where our majority Hispanic and Black populations can see themselves represented, and literature that represents our strong LGBTQ+ community at KHS. In support of the WCPSS Equity Policy and Core Belief #5, the KHS library has a non-discrimination policy where all are welcome and none are excluded.

Digital Resources
In cooperation with WCPSS, KHS offers some digital resources through MackinVIA, including classic novels and required reading for students in the English department. Beyond that, we offer no ebooks or audiobooks.

We work to ensure that students are aware of the offerings at the Wake County Public Library system, which has a large collection of popular ebooks and audiobooks. In addition to providing tutorials and instruction on accessing WCPL, we collaborate to hold public library card drives.

NC WiseOwl and other offerings in the Wake ID portal provide acceptable levels of access to digital resources for research. Additional offerings are available on NC Live with a public library card.

Actions for 2023-2025

Weeding Log

Weed the computer science/technology books (primarily in 300s and 600s) based on age, circulation statistics, and the physical state of the books.

Browsing and Location

We organize our fiction collection in genres for easy browsing, separate our Spanish language books per student request/ease of access, keep our biographies in a separate section, and place our manga and graphic novels in a prominent section. Non-Fiction and Reference are still organized by Dewey numbers. We have embraced dynamic shelving as a way to showcase a variety of titles.

Collection Development (2020-2021)

To begin our systematic revamping of the nonfiction collection, we conducted a biography analysis in the spring of 2021. Our findings revealed that the biography collection is far out of line with current guidelines and does not reflect either our student population or the global population. Over 60% of the biography subjects fall into these demographic categories: white, male (with only 28% female and some groups), and from the United States. In response to these findings, we will be working to increase diversity and representation in the biography collection.

Book Purchases

Total number of books added to the collection: 588 copies

Total books given to students during Literacy Month: 54

$5104.08

Junior Library Guild Yearly Subscription

$1,954.28 - 60+ books; 5-6 each month from the following categories (2022-2023)

Potential Funding

Student Requests

We maintain an ongoing digital spreadsheet to record student requests as they come in throughout the year. When assembling a book order, we consult the request list and add the titles we can based on the selection criteria in this Collection Management Plan.

Plans for 2023-2025

Relationships

Continue to establish collaborative relationships to understand the needs of both students and teachers to continue to build a dynamic and relevant collection. Specific goals:

Data

Weeding

Order (Depending on budget; see Selection Criteria)

Principles Governing Selection of Instructional Materials (Board Policy 3200:D)