At a special session on March 4, the board approved the submission of a school improvement grant in the amount of $6,900,000 to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to help turn around the lowest 5 percent of persistently low-achieving schools in the district. These schools are Giaudrone, Hunt, Jason Lee and Stewart middle schools. The grant would assist the district in implementing the three intervention models and improvement activities, and resources would be leveraged to redesign and transform instructional programming at these schools. Hunt would be temporarily closed
Click here for a link to the March 4 PowerPoint presentation on the school improvement grant proposal.
During the board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Laurie Taylor, Human Resources, described how the district planned to handle personnel changes that result from the middle school changes. Click here for a transcript of Taylor’s remarks during the meeting.
Board meeting Feb. 25
Recognitions
The board recognized Engineering Ink, a team of Mason Middle School girls who won second place in the state championship for the FIRST Lego League competition, and Andy Coons, district technology instructional facilitator, who was appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Other actions
The board:
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adopted Policy No. 2170, “Career and Technical Education” and deleted Policy No. 2171, “School to Work”
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adopted the changes to Policy No. 2151, “Interscholastic Activities”
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approved the submission of a teaching American history grant to the U.S. Department of Education.
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approved the Geiger Elementary School constitution and the Tacoma Science and Math Institute (SAMI) constitution
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proclaimed March 2 as Read Across America Day
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proclaimed March 8–12 as Classified School Employees Week
The next regular board meeting will be Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor auditorium at the Central Administration Building (CAB), 601 S. 8th St.