The Churchill County School District met on Wednesday night in the regular monthly meeting where they heard a report on the Northwest Evaluation Association Measures of Academic Progress test results. MAP data tracks the fall and spring mathematics and reading assessments for students in the district and is an indicator of where students are performing academically.
The report shows whether the amount of academic growth in each grade level are making below, at, or exceeding what is expected when compared to national norms. The amount of actual growth is indicated by the Observed Growth chart.
This year there is no data for the grades 9-12 Growth Summary Reports because CCHS has not administered the MAP assessment for several years. The high school did resume the testing for the winter assessment and administered reading and math MAP assessment to students enrolled in Algebra I, English I, and English II. The school will administer the assessments in the fall, winter, and spring in 2022-23 and growth data will be included in the spring report next spring, 2023.
Results of the 2021-22 Growth Summary Reports show that grades K-5 exceeded projected growth norms in reading, and grades K-3 and 5 in mathematics. While grades 4,6,7, and 8 did not meet projected growth norms in math, the growth shown in grades K-3 and 5 was significant. Growth was especially strong in both subjects in grades 1 and 2. The lack of growth in grades 6-8 continues to be a concern for the district.
Trustee Carmen Schank asked about the drop off in the scores, and Superintendent Summer Stephens said that staff and teachers will be analyzing the data in the coming weeks.
In other business Stephens reported Rhonda Tanberg will be filling the position vacated when Kelly Fattal resigned from the Middle School. Additionally, there are currently four vacant math positions at the high school, after Elena and Karl Marsh recently resigned their positions.
Comptroller Christi Fielding reported on the changes to the 2022-23 school year negotiated agreement between the district and the Churchill County Education Association, and the board ratified the proposed agreement. Teachers will receive $120 plus a .5% salary increase, with the $120 offered in lieu of one personal day, reducing the five days to four. Additionally, there will be a 3% non-PERS stipend to be paid by June 30, 2022 that comes from vacancy savings. Because they are related to teachers, Trustees Tricia Strasdin, Fred Buckmaster, and Kathryn Whitaker abstained from voting. Trustee Gregg Malkovich was absent, and the measure passed with Amber Getto, Schank, and Matt Hyde voting yes.
Stephens also reported that there continues to be efforts to manage cell phones in classrooms, with the leadership team and principals working on procedures and expectations in coordination with the current behavior matrix. There will be training for staff when they come back after break. She said there will be messages sent home to parents and posted to social media for back to school. “We are working on established rationale and evidence for management. We are not banning cell phones, but managing to ensure our kids have focus in school,” she said.
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