Will Stewart was hired back as a bus driver by the Worth County School Board and the board also hired two substitute cooks following a half-hour closed session at the regular Board of Education Meeting Thursday. Hired as substitute cooks were Tina Fletchall and Connie Nonneman.
The board underwent a training session Saturday.
Federal Programs were rated as above average by Superintendent Dr. Matt Martz. Since the school is designated as a building-wide Title 1 school, that means that any student can access its services. Title students can work side by side with classroom teachers to provide needed support. Concerns listed were the continued availability of funding. The school receives about 8.69% of its revenues from federal sources.
The Parents as Teachers Program was rated as above average by Dr. Martz. Over the previous school year, they met with 11 families identified as high needs families because of income, single parent, or low birth weight. There were 92 visits performed. There were 12 developmental screenings, and 3-4 students were identified as having developmental delays.
Concerns listed included the limited scope of services due to their parent educator's training, limited funding from the state, and an inability to offer activity nights. With the completion of 3-5 year old training, the parent educator will be better able to serve the needs of families with young children preparing to enter the school system. In addition, Dr. Martz recommended holding Parent and Children Activity Nights to get information out about the program.
The Special Education Program was rated above average by Dr. Martz. Around 15% of the student body is supported by this program. While there is no current need for a severe behavioral program, those services are no longer offered through the ACES consortium. If a student with major needs were to move into the district, they would not have the staffing to support a behavior program. The current recommendation is to maintain the status quo until such a time as an increase in staffing is necessary.
Assistant Principal Chuck Borey reported that the school counselors attended a Missouri Connections program on September 8th and are working on an outline for career readiness progams for all students. 15 Worth County students went to a college job fair at Northwest, where they talked to college, technical school, and armed forces representatives. Counselors are working with 7th and 8th grade classes on goal setting.
The school's 3rd and 4th grade math results were good; Mr. Borey reported that districts with success used the Saxon Math material supplemented where needed. The poor math scores at the 6th grade level were reflected across the board because math testing had switched from procedural to application.
Dr. Martz came up with a wish list for school facility improvements. The list is as follows:
Elementary: Reasphalt and extend asphalt to fence, restrooms, PA system (interconnected to high school), security gates, portable stage, paint sheet metal on the elemtary about the brick, modify the roof edge for new gutters, tuckpointing, and filling the gap between the building and sidewalk with rubber calk.
High School: Locker rooms, showers, restrooms, PA system, front sidewalk, locker room steps (too slick), gym bleachers and floor, stage sound system, guttering, and tuckpointing.
Softball Field: Storage shed and bleachers.
Other: South and east parking lots (potholes), road around building, insulation around the envelope of the building.
Ag Building: Roof, recarpeting the classroom, insulate or replace windows, heating of shop rooms, air to Missouri Options room, new concrete pad in front of wood shop.
Bus Barn: New windows, an extension to the south end, insulation.
Kitchen: Serving line upgrade.
Dr. Martz presented the budget message to the board for the 2015-2016 school year. He said that since the state was likely to fund the school on a 100% basis instead of the projected 96% basis, the projected deficit might not be as big as expected. The school has an estimated enrollment of 320 students with an average daily attendance of 301.
In the elementary, the school has nine full-time classroom teachers, school-wide Title 1 services with two teachers supporting that program, and special education support with one full time teacher, one part time teacher, and two part-time paraprofessionals. The school plans to tie student learning outcomes to teacher evaluation starting in the following school year.
The school has nine full-time teachers and one part-time teacher serving the high school core programs, with five full-time teachers and one part-time teacher teaching electives. One full-time teacher, one full-time paraprofessional, and one part-time paraprofessional serve special education needs. There are 15 students attending courses at the Northwest Technical School in Maryville. One teacher is overseeing the Missouri Options Program, for students who are at least a year behind in the number of credits they will need to graduate with their peer group.
The school has eliminated one teaching position and added one full-time counselor to the staff. There are six teachers who are new to the district this year. Of those, four are in their first year of teaching. The school has three building administrators, three administrative assistants, three full-time and one part-time food service workers, three custodians, one health aide, one librarian, one full-time and six part-time transportation staff, and one technology coordinator. The budget reflects a 4% increase in salaries across the board from last year. The teacher salary schedule has incrased to 10 lanes and includes a $1,000 increase to the base. Teachers were moved up one step and teachers who had been frozen in their steps were given two steps back.
While budget revenues were stable overall, federal and state sources were continuing on a downward trend. The school will no longer receive Missouri Preschool Project funds, which were around $20,000.
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