A. Leadership Team’s Corner

1. Enrollment status- current status

    Total 164 students-  63 K, 49 1st, 26 2nd,  25 3rd

    Goal is 180, but currently no enrollment for K (waitlist)

2. Personnel Updates

    Hiring for a Part-Time Assistant, <19 hours  (not hiring from AmeriCorps pool)

    Hiring for an additional SPED teacher

3. Updates on school suspensions/expulsions

    Will have data at next Academic meeting (collection ends Aug.30)

4. MAP Data Updates- Plans and prep for Fall exam testing

    Fall NWEA MAP testing begins next week; K students will have headphones (questions read

    aloud), while other grades 1-3 will read on their own- training teachers on administration of 

    test- data updates at next meeting

    In the next couple of weeks, additional testing and screening will take place as follows:    

    GKids for Kindergarten,  SELweb, Reading Acceleration Pathway, MAP Reading Fluency as  

    universal Dyslexia screening.

5. Organizational Chart and Miscellaneous

     No major changes except the additional personnel decisions for PT assistant and SPED 

     teacher.  Currently week #3 of school, going well with normalization of school in routines and

     procedures.  Teacher newsletters coming soon.  #1 priority is Academics and meeting 

     academic standards. Coming up for the school will be Federal monitoring and SCSC 

     monitoring as the team prepares for those visits.  

B.  Discussion of Special Education- presented by Mrs. Barnes

Discuss student enrollment #/% of student population with suspected and/or identified special needs-  35 students and 8 students identified for referral
 

Any updates on staffing for Special Needs and progress of Special Ed classroom- additional need to hire SPED teacher to service all classrooms in GenEd space
 

Any updates on classroom integration of special needs and updates on external supports for special needs (ie Speech, ABA, OT/PT)- None
 

Any updates on psycho-educational testing for students- plans/progress- None

C. Discussion of Gifted Services- presented by Mrs. Barnes

Discuss student enrollment #/% of student population with suspected and/or identified for gifted services- 3 students currently identified; currently looking to contract with gifted teacher

Discuss plans for data tracking/allocating #/% of students for appropriate funding per student for special services or gifted services- For gifted services, students automatically qualify based on universal screener (NWEA MAP), teacher referral, and parent inquiry/application.  To qualify, students receive certain scores based on 4 criteria (Mental ability with COGat, Achievement with NWEA MAP, Creativity with Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, and Motivation.

Goals for SY24-25 not discussed and defer to September meeting.

Public Comment/Question 

Note:  The following is paraphrased, not exact quotes (for record). 

From Ms. Apryl Forte:  

Do teachers right now not meet need?  What is the need for an additional SPED teacher?

Response (Mrs. Barnes):  Need support in all 6 classes for Special ed support, so need the additional support for teachers from a SPED teacher.