The Churchill County School Board of Trustees met Wednesday night in a regular meeting where they performed a self-evaluation of their activities as a board, as well as individual board members. Along with consultant Cindy Elsbernd, the Trustees discussed their goals for the District, stepping through a lengthy exercise using the Silver State Governance framework, a Continuous Improvement for Governing Teams tool that can be found on the district web site as an attachment to this board meeting.
Additionally, the board received reports from building principals on the activities at each school.
Derild Parsons reported that teachers worked with students at the Early Learning Center making snow in the classroom, creating rich discussion around snow and the winter weather. Northside staff continues work with a coach who visits in an ongoing effort to maintain a high quality program. Parsons said funding for Pre-K will not be based on a competitive application process this year and the state will issue a guidance document soon. Funds will most likely be based on current seat allotment.
Kimi Melendy reported from Lahontan Elementary that MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) testing was completed January 29th and the Kindergarten is working with the Churchill Coalition on the “Too Good for Drugs” program. The Literacy Committee is working on the “Virtual Literacy Night” which will be held in March and Melendy is working with the custodial staff to coordinate shift activities.
From E.C. Best Elementary, Keith Boone reported that February is a fun month for 2nd and 3rd graders who get to play in the snow, exchange Valentine’s, and learn about great American Presidents. This year students are making Valentine’s as part of their Language Arts projects. Winter MAP data showed that 43% of 2nd grade math students met or exceeded the benchmark, and 57% met or exceeded the projected growth. In 2nd grade reading, 49% met or exceeded the benchmark, while 60% met or exceeded projected growth. There were 49% of the third-grade math students who met or exceeded the benchmark, and 76% who met or exceeded their projected growth. In 3rd grade reading, 50% met or exceeded the benchmark, and 58% met or exceeded the projected growth.
Shawn Purrell reported that his Numa Elementary Student Council is working on a video/slide presentation to support the PBIS program (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support). When that project is complete it will be available on the school website for parents, staff, and students to view. Students who earn the most AR (Accelerated Reader) points in their classroom during the month of February will get to be the librarian during their class session. Students at Numa this month are focusing on being kind. One of the students, Noah Guggenberger, heard some of his classmates talking about their hands being cold. He and his mother Angelina bought a supply of warm mittens and donated them to the school to give to students who needed them.
Amy Word reported that students at the Middle School will continue a second semester schedule modeled after the first semester with students participating in three 27-day terms, with two courses per term. There are three CCMS teachers fully dedicated to remote learners, one per grade level. These teachers work in the building and have access to incoming calls, and technology and tools to support these learners. In-person classes are larger this session due to shifting staff members to cover a vacant special education position, with the largest 6th grade section having 18 students, 7th grade has 15, and 8th grade has 13. For this semester there have been 17 students returning to in-person learning, while nine students changed to full remote learning. CCMS is also offering both in-person and remote music classes.
At the high school, Scott Winter reported the beginning of Semester 2 on February 1st. As of February 4th, 1,362 total classes in Edgenuity (online learning) 560 are entered into Infinite Campus as completers (41%). In Term 1 there were 182, Term 2 there were 123, and in Term 3 there were 255. Students have two weeks after the semester to complete the courses. Spring testing begins with the ACT exam the week February 23rd, CTE testing begins February 16th, and the AP exams begin May 3rd.
The school board meets regularly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. The agenda and board packet are available online at www.ChurchillCSD.com.
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