Errors Found In Alamosa School

Here is the link to the article published in the Valley Courier, Errors found in Alamosa School.

AES K-5 BAC meeting (1/19)

The Alamosa Elementary School Building Accountability Committee met on January 19, 2012. There were 9 BAC members present, including two first time attendees.

Items of discussion:

- Third party review of Neenan Company/school construction results due early next week. There are some issues that will need to be addressed but our schools are safe.

- TCAP testing: 3^rd grade Reading TCAP will be February 28-29. All other TCAP testing will be conducted March 12-30.

- Lunch period: Lori Smith is gathering data. Problem seems to be primarily with K-2 middle lunch period (200 1^st graders). Additional tables with seating for approximately 48 students have been ordered. Specials & select classes will go to lunch 5 minutes earlier. Lori will continue to monitor & collect data.

- AES Student Handbook is still not available on district web site.

- Gravel for overflow parking lot was readdressed as issue does not appear on BOE meeting minutes of 11/28. This will be forwarded to DAC and back to BOE for further action.

The next AES Building Accountability Committee meeting will be on February 23^rd at 5:15pm.

AES Student Handbook can be found on the A-PAGE blog.

School Board Meeting (1/17)

Alamosa School Board met on Tuesday Jan 17, 2012. A-PAGE was present at the meeting. No parent concerns were brought up during the course of the meeting.

District Accountability Meeting (1/17)

The District Accountability Committee (DAC) met on Tuesday, Jan 17th. Topics of interest to parents from that meeting were:

1. Next year's school calendar. The committee who drafts the calendar will be formed shortly. Currently teachers are being solicited for input on the calendar to be provided as input to the committee.
2. Alamosa Elementary Schools structural peer review is expected to be finalized this week. Preliminary data shows that repairs will need to be made to both buildings. The districted assured the DAC that the kids and staff are safe in the buildings. When the peer review is complete, communication on the structural problems will be provided to the community via the Valley Courier.
3. K-5 Building Accountability Committee is still working on several parent issues - lunchtime durations, teacher communication (late notices to parents) and availability of the School Handbook.