January 2022 Meeting

The Board and Superintendent Student Advisory Panel met and the following items were discussed:

• Students and faculty began with talking about something good going on in their lives. Students mentioned many great things including training an old dog to do new tricks to one student getting a full scholarship to Stanford.
• Bond Projects for the 2022 Bond Package were discussed including items such as a new Elementary school, Academic Support Center and new buses for the growing district needs
• Attendance in relation to Covid/ Omicron
• School Calendar (headed for Board approval) All the students agreed they are excited to get the extra day at Halloween off as a holiday on the 22/23 calendar.
• Online STAAR testing- Many students said online testing was more difficult than testing by writing on a piece of paper but that online learning during Covid did make using technology easier than before Covid/online learning.
• Student led inquiry about using Google classroom over other apps such as Schoology because the students liked the functionality and userability of Google Classroom over other options.  
• Watched the CNN live interview with Dr. Wright discussing the need for substitute teachers