School Board Meeting (Nov 5)

A-PAGE attended the School Board Meeting on Nov. 5th.  Notable parent related items were…

Group of parents of Gifted and Talented students addressed the school board concerning the inadequacies in the GT program from planning to communication to the spending of GT funds.

Community Gardens requested funds to continue to teach K-5 students garden science and nutrition.  The community gardens are also pursuing funding to build a year round greenhouse at the K-5 schools.  Everyone can vote at www.tinyurl.com/AlamosaGarden

District Accountability Committee (Nov 5)

District Accountability met on Nov. 5th.  Topics covered were:

Reviewed the Districts Improvement Plan and made recommendations regarding section 4 - Parent Engagement to include activities for various parent groups (ELL, SpEd, GT) and community partnerships (ASU & TSJC) as well as discussed ways to keep parent engaged through all school levels.

Discussed Parent Teacher conferences and the results of the pre-scheduling at OMS.  Brainstormed on ways to improve the process further including the recommendation that all teachers be available for PT conference along with a discussion on ideas to make this happen.  More discussion on this topic at the next meeting.

Discussion on the use of funds the district received for the sale of Boyd & Evans.  BAC recommended textbook purchases and will continue this discussion at the next meeting as well.