The entire meeting agenda can be viewed at: August 25, 2016 BOE Meeting
Enrollment Update
First day of school total enrollment/attendance reflects a slight decrease as compared to 2015 first day of school totals. As families continue to enroll students through the first weeks of school it is anticipate that enrollment numbers will be similar to last year.
Annual Performance Report (APR)
The Annual Performance Report (APR) provides an annual performance review which incorporates data for a three-year period using the 5th Cycle Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP 5) scoring guide. The MSIP 5 scoring guide evaluates the district and site levels on five state standards for the purposes of determining district and site level accreditation.
Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) test was administered online and also had different learning expectations, thus making comparisons to previous years’ tests still difficult as the third year of implementation is the standard for normalizing new assessment procedures.
With new assessments and new assessment vendors, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) continues taking extra steps to ensure that the APR data is accurate before producing the 2016 preliminary APR. DESE is still making final revisions to the calculation for how a district’s final APR will be determined for the 2015-16 school year. Therefore, preliminary APR will likely not be released until late September, nor final APR until the end of October.
Board of Education Priorities for 2016-2017
After the regular open meeting, the Board adjourned to a workshop to discuss 2016-2017 priorities and a preliminary plan to address the priorities.
2016-2017 Priorities
- Strengthening career awareness and opportunities
- Cultural competency
- College readiness