Bank of America donates school supplies
Bank of America employees Angela Strecker, government banking, and Matt Corey, commercial banking, presented the district with about 50 backpacks filled with school supplies and several boxes with more supplies at the Aug. 28 board meeting. Strecker, president of the Volunteer Network, said that Bank of America employees from a wide area contributed supplies and/or funds to purchase the school supplies. Community members also contributed. The supplies were donated to the Tone Resource Center for homeless students and to the School, Family and Community Partnership Program for the Help-a-Student Fund.
Board ratifies bargaining agreements
The board:
- Ratified the collective bargaining agreements between the Tacoma School District No. 10 and the Tacoma Education Association, Tacoma Association of Educational Office Professionals and the Tacoma Association of Public School Professional Technical Employees for 2008-11 by a unanimous vote of 4-0.
- Approved the following certificated employees:
- Sharon L. Hartung, assistant director for Special Education, Central Administration Building (CAB);
- John L. Page, assistant director for Career and Technical Education, CAB Annex; and
- Angela (Tracye) Ferguson, principal of Franklin E.S.
- Had the first reading of Policy No. 2126, “Recess.” (http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/information/schoolboard/Documents/20080828-A-5.pdf)
The board approved the submission of grant applications to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for:
- Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) funds to create and sustain high quality programs that develop the academic, career and technical skills of high school students enrolled in CTE programs.
- School Improvement Assistance funds to provide professional development activities, consultation services and time for staff to work together to improve student achievement at Baker Middle School. Baker wants to participate in the second year of this three-year grant.
- Funds to support district improvement efforts required by the federal No Child Left Behind law as a result of the district’s being in step 2 of district improvement. Funding also provides for an external district improvement facilitator to assist in guiding staff members through the process of planning for the restructuring of schools that are in Step 4 of school improvement as well as assisting in updating and revising required district improvement plans.
The next regular meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor auditorium at the Central Administration Building, 601 S. 8th St., Tacoma.