June 9th Board Meeting Highlights
Project Lead the Way Distinguished Schools
Career readiness through STEM and CTE curriculum
- ARHS
- FDHS
2025 Best Communities for Music Education Designation
2024-2025 South Carolina Music Educators Association (SCMEA) Outstanding Performance Awards
- DuBose Middle School Band
- Oakbrook Middle School Band
- River Oaks Middle School Orchestra
- Fort Dorchester High School Band
Board Committee Reports
Policy Committee
Policies for First Reading: Approved
- GCCAAA – Sick Leave Bank
- JLA – Student Accident Insurance
- KDD – Media Relations
- KDDA – Press Releases, Conferences, and Interviews
Next Meeting: July 28, 5:30 pm
Board Chair’s Report
Upcoming District Events
- DD2 Summer Board Retreat: Monday, July 28 - District Office, Time TBD
- DD2 Convocation: July 31 – 9:00 am
- Town Hall Meetings (5:30 PM):
- July 17 – ARHS
- October 24 – SHS
Upcoming Conference
SCSBA School Law Conference: August 23–24 – Charleston
Superintendent’s Report
Elementary Literacy Update
Appropriate Skills-Based Assessment
Fall to Spring Assessment Results
aimsWeb Plus
- K: “On Track” increased from 42% to 61%
- 1st: “On Track” increased from 46% to 55%
Really Great Reading Foundational Skills Survey
- K: “On Track” increased from 14% to 73%
- 1st: “On Track” increased from 60% to 89%
- 2nd: “On Track” increased from 52% to 84%
NWEA Map Assessment
K–5th: “Met or Exceeded” Target Growth in Reading
Accomplishments
- Better alignment between standards, curriculum, instructional practices, and assessments
- Improved foundational skills that will lead to better readers
Goals
- Continued growth in the fluency of foundational skills
- Applying strategies learned during LETRS to classroom instruction
- Strengthen K–2 intervention practices
Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Update – Millage Request
- Total Revenues: $295,960,702
- Total Expenditures: $295,960,702
Key Budget Considerations
- State Mandated and Required Expenditures
- Classroom Allocations
- Content Specialist and ITS positions
- Other Salary Considerations:
- Step for classified and certified staff not paid on teacher scale
- $1,500 Teacher increase ($50,500 starting salary)
- 1% increase for classified & certified not paid on teacher scale
- Additional $500 Teacher increase ($51,000 starting salary)
- Additional Revenue Needed: $3,250,156 / Equivalent to 7.6 Mills
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Status for Schools
Resolution: APPROVED
All students receive free lunch and breakfast for the 2025–2026 school year. This benefit is made possible through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a federal program under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
The CEP enables high-needs schools and districts with high concentrations of low-income students to offer free meals to all students and eliminates the need for household school meal applications.
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