Worth County is still looking for a girls basketball coach for the 2024-25 school year. Under MSHSAA Rule 1.3.1, no individual student, team, or activities group shall be permitted to participate in MSHSAA events without being accompanied or supervised by a member of the school faculty or administrative staff. For instance, if a single athlete were to qualify for state, they could not participate unless being accompanied by a member of the school faculty who meets the minimum requirements to be a head coach, or a member of the administrative staff.
MSHSAA Rule 3.1 sets out athletics coach requirements for schools. For each MSHSAA sport, schools must have at least one head coach who meets the requirements for the head coach level, and the school must have the coach approved by the MSHSAA. Coaches who are hired on a volunteer basis by the school must meet the same MSHSAA requirements as one who is paid.
All athletic coaches must be approved by the MSHSAA office. Minimum requirements are all of the following:
–A four year college degree or serving as an approved assistant coach for a minimum of two years.
–A professional teacher’s certificate or successfully passing the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Course online prior to coaching. This is a one time requirement.
–Successful completion of a Sports First Aid/CPR/AED training course prior to coaching and renewed every two years.
–Pass a criminal background check, including sex offender registry clearance.
–Board of Education approval.
–Successful completion of a Concussion in Sports course and review of current concussion information yearly.
–Successful completion of the MSHSAA sport-specific online rules review and test annually.
–Successful completion of a student mental health and suicide prevention training prior to approval and renewed every two years.
–Successful completion of a course in heat illness prevention and recognition, renewed every two years.
The website www.nfhslearn.com has courses in all of the above categories that meet MSHSAA requirements.
The board passed a resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of $1,300,000 in general obligation bonds that were approved by voters in the April 2024 election for the purpose of building a vestibule connecting the ag room to the high school hallway, installing LED lighting at the softball field, elementary school, and building exteriors, improve heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, improve visitor seating at the football field, repair or replace roofs and gutters, renovate building entrances, acquire buses, and complete other repairs and improvements to the extent funds are available.
One new plan that was added to the project was putting up a new entrance at the high school, which would involve double doors. Other plans include an exterior library corridor, and a possible more secure elementary entrance depending on cost.
The lights at the softball field have been completed and are working. Work on the new bleachers at the football field is proceeding. The board accepted a bid from Jensen Construction to construct a concrete bleacher entrance and concourse.
The school was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Patterson Family Foundation for professional development purposes. Grant money will be used for reimbursement of tuition, fees, books, training, and curriculum for existing district staff pursuing initial certification and/or licensure as approved in the application.
The board set the out of district tuition rate for the upcoming school year at $6,192.69.
The board set meeting dates at every third Wednesday at the Superintendent’s Office, unless scheduled otherwise. The two exceptions are in May and June, which are scheduled at 7 am.
Elementary Principal Chuck Borey reported that enrollment for the elementary was 170 for this year, including pre-K. Figures are as follows: Pre-Kindergarten 10, Kindergarten 25, First Grade 24, Second Grade 31, Third Grade 17, Fourth Grade 21, Fifth Grade 22, Sixth Grade 20.
High School Principal Josh Smith reported there were 125 students enrolled in high school. Figures are as follows: Seventh Grade 26, Eighth Grade 19, Freshmen 19, Sophomores 25, Juniors 23, Seniors 13.
PreK through 6th grade enrollment was 17 higher compared to last year. 7-12 enrollment was nine higher than last year.
New teachers attended New Teacher Orientation August 13th. Training was on instructional technology, curriculum, building procedures, assessment capable learning strategies, and staff expectations.
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