The Worth County School Board, at their regular meeting Wednesday, named Sam Bomar the new high school science teacher for the spring 2026 semester.
The Transportation Program was rated as “Excellent.” Strengths listed include the Driver’s Training Program. All drivers have the School Bus endorsement and went through eight hours of training in Maryville. All five electric buses are still operational, and the school has saved $20,000 in fuel and electricity costs in the last year. All buses have passed inspection. The bus supervisor has completed extensive training and research to maintain the entire fleet.
Concerns listed including the fact that the electric bus company doesn’t exist anymore, meaning that finding service and parts will be a challenge. The school vehicles, especially the gray car, are aging. There is a continual need for more drivers.
Recommendations include continuing to update school vehicles when financially feasible. The district should continue to train and research on electric buses, accept applications year-round, and look for opportunities to build a maintenance facility and wash bay to maintain buses.
Elementary Principal Amber Hawk reported that the school has a Christmas tree outside the office and that all elementary staff have decorated their doors or entryway with a Christmas book theme.
The winner of the Elementary Attendance Challenge was Ms. Steele’s third graders with an attendance rate of 97.98%. The competition was extremely close, with all grades having an attendance rate of at least 96.10%.
A jungle night was held at the school on December 10th sponsored by the Worth County PTO and PAT. Families went to different classrooms and participated in different activities.
The reading incentive garage sale was held for PK through third grades, and they were all able to go through the sale a second time and pick out an extra gift for themselves or someone else.
The Elementary Christmas Concert was held in the High School Gym.
The Kindness Club sold tattoos for teachers, and they wore up to 70 tattoos on Thursday. Members also made cards and sent messages to kids and people who were nominated by the school and the community. There were 27 nominations.
A Christmas lunch was held. Teacher games were held on Tuesday, and an all-staff Christmas party was held Friday. Classes will resume Tuesday, January 6th.
High School Principal Josh Smith reported on different activities by classes. Algebra I students designed a water park with a scaled map using linear equations. 8th Grade Math students are graphing representations of proportional relationships between data points. Advanced Animal Science students are studying heredity in animals.
The attendance challenge winners for November were the seventh grade, with a rate of 92.29%. The runner-up was the sophomores with a rate of 95.49%. The third place finisher was the juniors with a rate of 95.39%.
Junior high students delivered Christmas ornaments and treats to the Worth County Care & Rehab Center and Orilla’s Way. The Christmas Concert was December 11th.
Athletic Director Cree Beverlin reported that Worth County will be hosting the Boys District Basketball tournament this year.
The board awarded the bid for mowing of non-athletic areas of the school to Kinsella Lawn Care.
The board appointed Chris Healy and Josh Smith as the school safety coordinators.
No comments:
Post a Comment