February 25, 2019 at 7:30 PM - Loup City Public Schools Board of Education Work Session

Discussion:  The board discussed their priorities for the upcoming year and how they wanted to focus our efforts as a school district.  After discussion the following 4 areas were identified and some indicators were chosen:

• Strong budget with adequate planning for the future
  • Moneys being planned for facility upgrades and maintenance
  • A plan for how to pay for curriculum development and the professional development also
  • seeking funding options for increased offerings
• Improve climate and culture
  • Boys Town Social Skills
• Continued academic growth & improvement
  • Increasing curricular choice
  • Creation of curriculum guides and pacing guides
  • Regular review of testing scores by the school and board
• Facilities management.
  • On-campus preschool program
  • Respond to the needs in the facility study
  • Upgrade rather than upkeep of facitilities

Discussion:  Ms. Simpson went through ACT, NSCAS, and MAP test data for the 17-18 school year.

Discussion:  A review of the material each committee needed to cover was addressed and each committee has their next committe meeting scheduled.

Discussion:  Mr. Henry was in attendance to help us discuss some concerns raised about the cooperative athletic agreement with Arcadia.  The committee discussed the positives and how we can work to make the situation better.  The end of the season meeting will be in the near future and we will address them and report back to the board.  There is also a possible survey of our parents about the cooperative agreement in the future.

Discussion:  March 11
Review of Bills, Ron & Janelle