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Nov 19, 2025·StrategicPlan
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245 Leroy-Gridley State Assessment Review for Budget Considerations
This State Assessment Review for Budget Considerations from 245 Leroy-Gridley details the significant barriers impacting student proficiency on state assessments. Key challenges identified include difficulties in teacher collaboration scheduling, high rates of students from low-income backgrounds, declining enrollment, challenges in retaining and attracting qualified teachers, increased student trauma and social-emotional needs, limited access to community health services, special education funding shortfalls, learning loss from the COVID pandemic, and high absenteeism. Proposed budget actions to address these barriers include increasing staff salaries, hiring additional personnel for learning and social-emotional support, enhancing funding for staff development, expanding extended school year and summer school programs, increasing Pre-K funding, and allocating resources for trauma and mental health interventions. The document emphasizes that, due to various external factors and systemic issues, providing a precise timeline for all students to achieve grade-level proficiency is unrealistic, and stresses that assessment scores should not be the sole measure of student success.
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Southern Coffey County U.S.D. #245 Board Of Education Meeting Agenda
The board meeting agenda includes the hiring of new esports coaches and a head basketball coach, along with the acceptance of a staff resignation. Reports include technology updates regarding the purchase of new desktop computers, an overview of school events like the Scholastic Book Fair and Red Ribbon Week, and athletic team updates. Strategic planning and policy discussions cover KESA 2.0, a 5-year strategic plan, and updates on bond projects. Additional business includes the approval of an electrical quote for smoke detector installation and procurement updates for prekindergarten classrooms. Executive sessions are planned to discuss non-elected personnel and the superintendent's evaluation.
Oct 13, 2025·BoardMeeting
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Unified School District No. 245 Leroy-Gridley Board of Education Regular Meeting Minutes
The board meeting included updates on bond projects, elementary school plans, middle school and high school activities, STUCO seatbelt safety, career day, FFA results, and volleyball regional. Updates were also provided on KESA 2.0, enrollment numbers, 2024 state assessment results, and the KASB conference. The board discussed the handbook policy regarding Salutatorian and Valedictorian, which was tabled until the next meeting. ESports was approved as a school activity.
Oct 13, 2025·BoardMeeting
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Board of Education Southern Coffey County U.S.D. #245 Board of Education Meeting
The board discussed several items, including a bond project update, approval of the treasurer's report and monthly bills, and personnel changes including a resignation and a new hire. Key administrative updates included the approval of membership dues for the Kansas Association of Rural Education, a scheduling change for the December board meeting, and reports regarding technology implementations, transportation, and school principals. Further discussions involved scholastic book fairs, FFA and land judging results, a review of KESA 2.0 school improvement plans, a strategic plan, and updates on a hunter safety course. The board addressed policies regarding valedictorian and salutatorian selection, the district communication tree, the removal of equipment from 360 Document Solutions, and reviewed student enrollment data and recent state assessment results. Finally, the board moved to formally approve ESports as a school activity.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
