Saturday, May 20, 2023

Worth County School Gets 30 of 30 Points on School Improvement Plan

The Worth County School Board received a report on the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan that is periodically required by the state. They got 30 out of a possible 30 points on the report. 

Elementary Principal Chuck Borey reported that the K-3 went to the Fun Run in St. Joseph and the 4-6 went to the Rush Funplex in Kansas City. A great time was had by all.

Grandparents Day was held at the Elementary School. Grandparents got to get their pictures taken with their kids. 

Several records were broken at the Elementary Track Day. Brooklyn Smith broke seven different records in one day, the most records that were ever broken. One record she broke had stood for 39 years. Brooklyn broke the following records for fifth graders:

--Long Jump, 12'10", beat the record held by Morgan Beagle in 2014 with a jump of 12 feet;

--Shot Put, 28'3", beat the record held by Kaitlyn Davidson in 2008 by over 6 1/2 feet. Kaitlyn threw for 21'8 1/2". 

--High Jump, 4'1", beat the record held by Tera Henry (1994), Samantha Thorburn (2012), and Grace McElvain (2012), who all jumped four feet.

--Softball Throw, 110'8", beating the record held by April Miller in 1996 with a throw of 110'5";

--100 Meter Dash, 14.69, beating the record held by Tanya Hardy in 1984 with a time of 14.80;

--200 Meter Dash, 30.97, beating the record set last year by Brianna Riley with a time of 33.38;

--400 Meter Dash, 1:15.14, beating the record set by Jill Hardy in 2014 with a time of 1:19.03.

Other records broken were as follows:

--5th Grader Hadley Rush broke the 800 meter dash record for fifth graders with a time of 3:27.87. The previous record holder was Megan Tracy, who had a time of 3:29.86.

--5th Grader Memphis Ware had a jump of 4'2" in the High Jump, beating Hunter Simmons' jump of 4'1" set in 2013;

--5th Grader Hudson Cameron broke Adam Pollard's record in the Long Jump set in 2000. Hudson had a jump of 12'8", while Pollard had a jump of 12'5 1/2". 

--4th Grader Kinley Fletchall tied the High Jump record with a jump of 3'7".

--6th Grader Jordan Dannar broke the 400 meter dash record with a time of 1:06.88. The previous recordholders were Brandon Walker (2000) and Brevyn Ross (2010), both with times of 1:07.

There were 12 records total that were broken, 10 of which were set by fifth graders.

Worth County recently marked Teacher Appreciation Week. To start off the week, people brought in lunch for the teachers, including pulled pork, sliced beef, cheesy potatoes, cole slaw, pasta salad, baked beans, macaroni and corn casserole, and several desserts. Signs were made and placed out front for all the elementary teachers.

The board voted to cover employees health insurance for up to $500 a month or $6,000 per year. This applies to all employees working 20 hours or more per week. Health insurance rates went up 1.9% this year.

The board made several adjustments on substitute rates. Substitute teacher pay (requires sub certificate) went from $85.75 per day to $91. Substitute bus driver pay (requires license) went from $62.60 per day to $65 per day. Substitute custodians went from $10 per hour to $11 per hour. Substitute cooks went from $10 per hour to $11 per hour. Substitute secretaries went from $10.50 per hour to $11.50 per hour.

As part of the ESSER III funding that the district received, the school is able to offer more tutoring and professional development hours. A minimum of 20% must be spent to address students' academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs due to the effects of loss of instructional time. The board set the para tutoring learning loss rate at $15 per hour.

The board voted to accept the bid from Approved Paving to do asphalt work around the school for a price tag of $106,450. The school last did asphalt work in 2016, and since then, the parking lots have shown wear and tear. There will be asphalt everywhere except the large portion of the east parking lot. The paved roadway around the east will be wider, but won't cover the lot completely. The project will include milling and resurfacing the west parking lot, sealcoating and striping the east parking lot and putting in new asphalt in the east parking lot along with widening the roadway.

Effective January 1st, 2019, newly hired speech language pathologists in public schools do not fall under specific teacher requirements in Missouri. State licensure by the Missouri Department of Professional Registration is typically required. The board accepted the proposal from Sydney McQuinn to perform Speech Language Pathologist services for the 2023-2024 school year.

The board approved a revised school calendar for the 2023-2024 school year. School will start on August 22nd. Thanksgiving Break will be November 22nd to 24th. Christmas Break will be from December 22nd to January 8th. Spring Break will be from March 28th to April 1st. Commencement will be May 12th and the last day of school will be May 16th. The school year will consist of 167 days of student attendance. Dates are tentative and are subject to makeup days due to school cancellations. 

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