Members of the Macon R-I Board of Education set a tax rate of $3.3367 per one hundred dollars evaluation at Monday night's monthly meeting. A tax rate hearing was held prior to the meeting in the central office conference room. The assessed valuation of the district is $92,828,068 that will generate $3,097,394.14 for the district. The rate is up slightly from last year's tax of $3.3366.
Superintendent Debbie Livingston reported that the attendance for the first day of school, August 23 was 1,309, which was down 20 from the first day of the 2009-10 school year.
The first staff development day is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 3. Livingston said that Macon R-I will be a training facility that day for active shooter training. The training will consist of classes in the morning and active shooter simulation in the afternoon. Approximately 75 Macon R-I teachers and administrators will be involved in the exercise. Local law enforcement will be invited to participate. The training is being offered through SEMA. Staff not involved with the training will take part in other building level professional development activities.
Superintendent Livingston asked each building administrator to comment on recent MAP Assessment results.
Elementary principal Ernest Motley said that it is his goal to be at state level or higher in the areas tested on the MAP tests. "We are at state level in two out of three areas," he said. "We are still not seeing the growth in math that we want to see."
Dustin Fanning, Middle School Principal said that the middle school is working to examine the MAP data to make sure that the curriculum is where it needs to be. "We are showing steady progress overall in math," he said. "We are not where we need to be, we've got some work to do, but we are using this as an opportunity to work for improvement."
High School Principal Dwight Tietsort said that some of the End of Course high school test results were very good. The high school is above state average in five of eight areas tested. "We went down in two areas and that is a concern to me," said Tietsort. "We will focus on our weaker areas at the teacher in-service on Friday to address where we need to improve."
Tietsort said that 73 students took the ACT test last year, the highest number ever recorded for the school. "We showed overall improvement of scores from last year," said Tietsort. "We were pleased with the scores and hope they continue to go up next year." The average ACT score for Macon R-I students was 21.3. The state average for the test is 21.6, while the national average is 21.0
The district will receive $201,846 in grants for the year. Livingston said that the amount is considerably less than in previous years. Included in the grant are Missouri Preschool Project; Enhancement grants for business education, child development and health occupations; 50/50 grants; Child Development Associate Grant; Special Literacy Award; Special Education Improvement Grant and Health Care Awareness Grant.
The Health Care Awareness Grant is new this year and was obtained in partnership Samaritan Hospital.
In other action the board approved evaluation reports for buildings and grounds, safety (asbestos), professional development and revisions to the student's and staff handbooks.
Non-resident tuition for the 2010-11 school was set at $6,100 up $200 from last year.
In executive session the board officially accepted the resignations of Title I Reading paraprofessional, Jennifer Bond and Title I math paraprofessional, Jennifer Gravitt. Callie Webster is the new reading para and Roxanne Kinkhorst is the math para.
The board also officially confirmed the hiring of Natalie Jemes as early childhood instructor in the career center. Lawrence Martin is the night custodian in the elementary school.
A work session for the board is scheduled for Sept. 16 beginning at 6 p.m. in the central office conference room. Representatives from the Missouri State School Board Association will be attending the work session to provide training.
The next regular meeting of the Macon R-I Board of Education is set for Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.
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Members of the Macon R-I Board of Education set a tax rate of $3.3367 per one hundred dollars evaluation at Monday night's monthly meeting. A tax rate hearing was held prior to the meeting in the central office conference room. The assessed valuation of the district is $92,828,068 that will generate $3,097,394.14 for the district. The rate is up slightly from last year's tax of $3.3366.
Superintendent Debbie Livingston reported that the attendance for the first day of school, August 23 was 1,309, which was down 20 from the first day of the 2009-10 school year.
The first staff development day is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 3. Livingston said that Macon R-I will be a training facility that day for active shooter training. The training will consist of classes in the morning and active shooter simulation in the afternoon. Approximately 75 Macon R-I teachers and administrators will be involved in the exercise. Local law enforcement will be invited to participate. The training is being offered through SEMA. Staff not involved with the training will take part in other building level professional development activities.
Superintendent Livingston asked each building administrator to comment on recent MAP Assessment results.
Elementary principal Ernest Motley said that it is his goal to be at state level or higher in the areas tested on the MAP tests. "We are at state level in two out of three areas," he said. "We are still not seeing the growth in math that we want to see."
Dustin Fanning, Middle School Principal said that the middle school is working to examine the MAP data to make sure that the curriculum is where it needs to be. "We are showing steady progress overall in math," he said. "We are not where we need to be, we've got some work to do, but we are using this as an opportunity to work for improvement."
High School Principal Dwight Tietsort said that some of the End of Course high school test results were very good. The high school is above state average in five of eight areas tested. "We went down in two areas and that is a concern to me," said Tietsort. "We will focus on our weaker areas at the teacher in-service on Friday to address where we need to improve."
Tietsort said that 73 students took the ACT test last year, the highest number ever recorded for the school. "We showed overall improvement of scores from last year," said Tietsort. "We were pleased with the scores and hope they continue to go up next year." The average ACT score for Macon R-I students was 21.3. The state average for the test is 21.6, while the national average is 21.0
The district will receive $201,846 in grants for the year. Livingston said that the amount is considerably less than in previous years. Included in the grant are Missouri Preschool Project; Enhancement grants for business education, child development and health occupations; 50/50 grants; Child Development Associate Grant; Special Literacy Award; Special Education Improvement Grant and Health Care Awareness Grant.
The Health Care Awareness Grant is new this year and was obtained in partnership Samaritan Hospital.
In other action the board approved evaluation reports for buildings and grounds, safety (asbestos), professional development and revisions to the student's and staff handbooks.
Non-resident tuition for the 2010-11 school was set at $6,100 up $200 from last year.
In executive session the board officially accepted the resignations of Title I Reading paraprofessional, Jennifer Bond and Title I math paraprofessional, Jennifer Gravitt. Callie Webster is the new reading para and Roxanne Kinkhorst is the math para.
The board also officially confirmed the hiring of Natalie Jemes as early childhood instructor in the career center. Lawrence Martin is the night custodian in the elementary school.
A work session for the board is scheduled for Sept. 16 beginning at 6 p.m. in the central office conference room. Representatives from the Missouri State School Board Association will be attending the work session to provide training.
The next regular meeting of the Macon R-I Board of Education is set for Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.
