Board Briefs June
Meeting Highlights - June 2018
Attendance Guidelines
Regular attendance is an important life skill that will help students be successful in school, graduate on time and be college and career ready. When students are chronically absent, it impacts their learning and their connection to school.
Nationwide, one in ten kindergarten and first grade students is chronically absent, meaning they miss at least two days a month. In 2016-2017, 34% of BSD students missed ten or more school days.
The team has identified three key elements to consider when developing effective attendance systems:
- Student Support Team comprised of administrators, counselors, attendance secretaries, teachers, community liaisons, school nurses, social workers and/or school resource officers
- Use of Data
- Multi-tiered System of Support
Read more about these key elements in the team's report to the School Board.
Adoption of 2018-2019 Budget
The Budget Committee approved the District's 2018-2019 Budget on May 21, 2018. The Budget totals $1,015,797,458.
Election of School Board Chair and Vice Chair
Listen to the audio from the June 18, 2018 School Board Meeting (Below)
Please use the timecode guide to scroll to the portions of the meeting you would like to listen to.
- Recognitions of Students Staff and Community @:40
- Public Participation @11:45
- Superintendent Comments @30:06
- Jacob Wismer Elementary School @35:27
- Five Oaks Middle School @58:41
- Financial Update @1:24:43
- Attendance Guidelines 1:25:36
- District Procedures for Investigating Sexual Conduct and Harassment Complaints @1:55:17
- ELD Project Team Report @2:04:57
- School Board Handbook @2:23:22
- First Reading of School Board Policies @2:24:14
- Adoption of 2018-2019 Budget @2:43:10
- Approval of Multiyear Finance Plan @2:44:20
- Bond Accountability Committee Report & 2014 Capital Construction Bond Reserve Reallocation @2:45:17
- Superintendent Contract @2:52:54
- Election of School Board Chair and Vice Chair @2:53:44
- Second Reading of School Board Policies @2:56:43
- Board Communication @2:58:12
Public Comment
- Success stories from teachers regarding early release/collaboration
- Safe Routes to School
- Concerns about revisions to the School Attendance Area Policy JC
Jacob Wismer Elementary School
McFadden noted that, with all of the success, one of the challenges at Jacob Wismer is the diverse student body with high mobility. Many students who enroll in Jacob Wismer are brand new to the United States and can become frustrated with language, communication and different cultural norms.
To address some of these issues, Jacob Wismer is moving to a more inclusive practice, pushing in for English language services, instead of pulling students out of class. Heslin noted that while a collaborative, co-teaching model can be difficult for adults to adjust to, it is ultimately better for kids.
Jacob Wismer will also be getting a Student Success Coach to help continue to implement the Culture of Care program.
Board Members asked the two administrators to share how teachers are responding to the Wednesday early release/teacher collaboration time. McFadden said teachers love the time. Teachers from other buildings are sharing best practices. Grade level teams are collaborating with curriculum and assessment, and the result is that the same lessons are happening at the same time across grade level.
Five Oaks Middle School
Brock admitted that attendance is a challenge at Five Oaks. In 2016-2017, 40% of students missed 10 or more days of school. That includes 380 class days missed due to suspension or expulsion, which is up from 321.5 the previous year. Brock said she expects that statistic to drop significantly this year, due to implementation of restorative justice practices and a change in the way the school handles suspensions.
Brock said the middle school boundaries are also a challenge for students and their families. Many Five Oaks students are physically closer to Mountain View Middle School, but due to the way the boundaries are currently drawn, those students are bussed to Five Oaks. The District will be redrawing middle school boundaries in the next few years in anticipation of opening the District's 9th middle school on Northwest 118th.
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Individual School Board Member Comments
Board Member Tom Colett thanked Anne Bryan for her two years of service as Board Chair.
Board Vice Chair Becky Tymchuk attended the first AVID Senior Celebration, the Native American Powwow at Southridge High School and the Highland Park Middle School end-of-the-year jazz concert.
The full packet with meeting materials can be found on BoardBook.
Directors: Anne Bryan (Chair), Becky Tymchuk (Vice Chair), Tom Colett,
Susan Greenberg, LeeAnn Larsen, Eric Simpson, Donna Tyner
Beaverton School District
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