Kerry Nordstrom

This annual report details progress and challenges for Integrated Programs during the 2024-25 school year. It highlights investments in staffing to reduce class sizes, personalize education, and improve relationships, contributing to strong graduation rates. Key challenges include attendance, especially at the Jr/Sr High School, despite new incentives and data review efforts. The report also reviews metric rates for graduation, attendance (regular attenders), and 9th-grade on-track status, noting overall strong progress despite some year-to-year fluctuations.

The meeting included teacher presentations, public comment, and a consent agenda covering minutes from previous meetings, employment ratification, and check registers. Action items included approving the Local Service Plan, out-of-state travel for the senior class, a Student Investment Account grant, a new district credit card holder, the superintendent's evaluation, an early literacy grant application, and a contract with David Standridge. Information and study items included accountability details, annual utility reports, enrollment numbers, financial reports (including those for Bridge Charter Academy and Mountain View Academy), activities fund reports, and reports from the student body representative, secondary principal, elementary principal, and superintendent.

The meeting included presentations from TAG, Mountain View Academy, and Bridge Charter Academy. Public comment was allowed, followed by a consent agenda covering minutes from the April 22, 2024 meeting, employment ratification, check register, and policy adoption. Key discussion points included a decision to put the Culinary Arts remodel on hold, focusing instead on abatement and remodel for classroom use. The meeting also covered enrollment numbers, financial reports for various entities, student body and principal reports, a superintendent's report including the SIA Annual Report, and board member reports addressing the strategic plan and support for track students.