December 4, 2023 at 8:00 PM - Education and Americanism Committee Meeting

Discussion:  The board president needs to nominate the new guy to fill this role.
 

Discussion:  High School administration is evaluating what we currently have and looking to enhance or reenergize what we have.  
As we look to expand educational opportunities, clearly articulating pathways to graduation and opportunities for students will help keep then organized and on track for graduation.  This discussion from administrators and counselor came about as we they were strategizing how to support a student that is not on track to graduate.

Discussion:  The safety audit is required by Rule 10.  I do not have the report yet so we did not spend time on this topic.

Discussion:  We discussed the schedule and work being done to try and make room for P2T
The district would have to seed 1 penny of district levy authority to participate.  Several hearning notices would have to be published.  We intend to take Jr. and Sophmores to visit early January and gauge interest from there. 
Below are all the course offerings through the 5 pathways:  Health, Education, Construction, Welding, Computer Science. 

P2T-Building Construction P2T-Build. Const. Lab P2T-CDL P2T-Residential Blue Print P2T-Intro to Coding P2T-Operating Systems P2T-Intro to IT P2T-Intro to Database P2T--Cisco Networking P2T-Principles of Information security P2T-computer engineering P2T-Intership P2T-Intro to Education P2T-Instructional Design P2T-General Psychology P2T-Human Development and Congnition P2T-First Aid/Health Care P2T-Field Experience P2T-SMAW Basic Theory P2T-SMAW Basic Lab P2T-Fabrication Equipment/Operations Lab P2T-Into Health Science P2T-Nurse Aid P2T-Med. Terminology P2T-Lifetime Wellness P2T-PLTW Biomedical Science P2T-Emergency Med Technician P2T-Intro to Sports Medicine P2T-Intro to Physical Therapy P2T-Med. Term for physical therapist

Discussion:  Discussion on the number of small add on pieces and how to keep track of them.  Can we replace if lost or damanged.  We can.  The contract is for 80 uniforms and 3 drum major uniforms.  Based on our current numbers this gives us plenty of room to grow.  

Discussion:  We looked at the data to identify trends and hypothesize why we see these results.  Elementary scores, when you follow cohort of students diagonally up from bottom left to the right you are able to see trends withing a group of students.

ACT, even though we are comparing groups of students over 5-7 years, it shows a steady and consistent decline in student performance.  One committee member noted the amount of staff turnover during this period of time as a possible factor to consider.

Discussion:  We discussed this recommendation from KSB. The general consensus from this group is that if the district has the money in the building fund, to go with option 1.  Have the district pay for it up front and then have the booster club provide an annual donation back into the building fund to reimburse for the cost of the project until it is paid off. 

Discussion:  Working with the vice president of this company to adjust the language for the My Team Shop.  The change we could agree to is to go from requiring each varsity sport to use BSN for their team gear fundraiser annually to change to only Varsity Football is required to have a My Team shop and all other sports have the option to utilize BSN or a local vendor.  
Short orders: orders that require a quick turn around time do not have to go through BSN

Any "affiliated organization" such as youth football, youth basketball, can purchase through BSN and those dollars count toward the %-age for the rebate program.