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January 26 Board Meeting Summary

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District Highlights

News 2 Cool School Award – Spann Elementary School

Board Committee Reports

Board Chair Report

  1. Approved - Ad Hoc Committee on Governmental & Community Relations
  2. Board's Winter Retreat:

 

Superintendent’s Report

School Improvement Designations for Subgroups (Poverty, Race, Multilingual Learner, Disabled) given their own report card based on state testing:

Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) Schools:

  • ESES
  • SES

Targeted Support and Improvement Consistently Underperforming Subgroup (TSI-CUS) School:

  • ARHS

Additional Targeted Support & Improvement (ATSI) Schools: 1 Cycle

  • AMS
  • JPES
  • KES
  • ROMS

Additional Targeted Support & Improvement (ATSI) Schools: 2nd Cycle Reidentified

  • ABES
  • DMS
  • GMS
  • OES

Additional Targeted Support & Improvement (ATSI) Schools: 2nd Cycle Reidentified and New 1st Cycle Identification

  • ENES
  • FES

Additional Targeted Support & Improvement (ATSI) School: 3rd Cycle Reidentified

  • SHS

Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI): ATSI school that has not exited after two 3-Year Cycles

  • NES

Schools that successfully exited the ATSI designation:

  • ESES
  • FDHS
  • OMS
  • SHES

Financial Audit ending

  • Reasonable assurance that financial statements are materially correct.
  • Compliance: Title 1 - No findings in FY25
  • Excellent Finance Team

Nursing & Health Services

SC currently experiencing largest measles outbreak in US (700 cases)

No current cases in DD2/Dorchester County

DD2 Preparation should measles present in our area/schools:

  • Parents & staff informed
  • Just over 600 students who are not immune
  • Request for staff to voluntarily provide proof of immunity by to protect staff leave should cases come to our area.
  • Review of student immunization records & exemptions on file
  • Exploring partnership to offer MMR vaccine to interested staff

Visit the Measles Update web page  for FAQs, important links & more

Safety & Security

Triton Sensors for School Bathrooms: Piloting at High Schools

Benefits: Vaping Detection, Safety Keywords, Aggression Detection, Loitering Detection, Vandalism Detection, Cell Phone Use Detection, People Counting, and integrates with cameras and new radios

Bullet proof doors to be added to several schools in the spring with receipt of a $175,000 grant.

Personnel Winter Recruitment Fair

-noon, Fort Dorchester High School - DD2 is monitoring the weather