• 2/15 Budget Listen and Learn Minutes:

    Question 1: Based on the audience's perceptions, what are the research-based must haves (needs) that will enable the district to progress forward and ultimately exit recovety monitoring? 

    • More after school programs for younger grade levels at every school 
    • More suppport for students by providing an extra adult in every classroom - teacher's aide
    • Reaching out to parents to volunteer at school programs
    • Reopening libraries for students to help them get back into reading books 

    Question 2: Based on the audience's perceptions, what are the district wishes (wants) that will help the district to progress forward and ultimately exit recovery monitoring?

      • Teacher's aide in every classroom 
      • Updated playground equipment at Smith STEAM Academy (age appropriate)
      • Coding programs for students 
      • More technology programs for students (Ex: Music technology) 
      • Tech. Ed. Specialists to help train students
      • More hands-on programs for students to engage in 
      • More entrepreneurial programs to teach and prepare students for different career paths/businesses