Janell Temple-Ropp

This School Wide Improvement Plan for Amity Elementary School outlines the strategic direction for the 2024-2025 academic year. The plan is built upon a comprehensive needs assessment and focuses on four key priorities: improving student safety, addressing bullying and social-emotional learning; enhancing literacy achievement; increasing math proficiency; and improving student attendance rates. It details specific activities, measures, and staff support to foster academic success, well-being, and equitable outcomes for all students, involving families and community partners in the process.

The board meeting included administrative reports covering attendance and behavior metrics, upcoming state testing, student transition preparations, mock interviews, and athletic successes. The special education department highlighted a transition to a new de-escalation system. Additional reports detailed ongoing vocational projects, facility maintenance, financial status, and professional development initiatives. New business items included a presentation on Chemeketa Community College, approval for a boys volleyball cooperative with Western Christian, and authorization for an eighth-grade overnight field trip to Camp Morrow. Resignations were also accepted as part of the consent agenda.

The board meeting included reports from principals regarding curriculum resources like IXL, student participation initiatives, career days, and theater performances. Maintenance discussions focused on the relocation of a storage shed, and CTE reports highlighted new CNC equipment and cottage construction for disaster relief. The superintendent provided updates on district bus purchases, ongoing construction progress, office renovation costs, and requirements for sidewalk repairs. The board approved the second reading of various policies, the 2024-2025 school calendar, the 2022-2023 audit report, and the purchase of two new mini buses. Several additional board policies were tabled for the subsequent meeting, and a staff resignation was noted.

The board discussed various administrative and educational reports, including student achievement data, diagnostic assessment plans, tutoring initiatives, middle school honor roll statistics, and high school athletics. Significant attention was given to a maintenance report regarding frozen water pipe damage and a CTE report covering industry conferences, skill training, and FFA programs. Financial updates were provided, and the superintendent detailed ongoing construction projects. New business included the approval of student overnight trips, a cooperative agreement for boys' golf with another district, licensed staff contract recommendations, enrollment capacity for non-resident students, and the budget calendar for the upcoming fiscal year. A first reading of multiple board policies was conducted, and several existing policies were officially adopted.

This document outlines the Oregon Department of Education's state and district goals, focusing on achieving a 90% on-time, four-year graduation rate by 2027. Strategic priorities include improving attendance, providing a well-rounded education, implementing culturally responsive practices, and promoting continuous improvement to close opportunity and achievement gaps for historically and currently underserved students.