Medford Area Public School District

This High School Action Plan outlines six strategic goals. These goals focus on enhancing academic growth in ELA and math, improving student perseverance and assignment completion, fostering a sense of belonging and positive relationships among students and staff, providing comprehensive mental and physical health services, increasing parent involvement and communication, and expanding community and volunteer engagement within the schools. The plan aims to achieve these objectives through specific action steps and ongoing evaluation.

This Information and Technology Plan outlines a strategic roadmap developed over a year to enhance district technology and library/media services. The plan focuses on four primary goals: integrating literacy standards into core content areas, ensuring equal access to current information and technology resources, continuously improving staff technology skills and knowledge, and supporting stakeholders in their utilization of media and technology. A significant challenge identified for implementation is securing consistent funding to maintain and advance technology within the district. The plan is designed to be realistic, measurable, and achievable through monitoring and collaborative implementation.

The committee meeting addressed several financial and operational topics, including a food service update and consideration of upcoming service prices, a review of budget booklets and guidelines, and updates on both vision and health insurance. Additionally, the committee discussed the consideration of monthly expenditures and established future meeting dates.

The committee held a meeting to review various district policies. The agenda included a second reading and approval of policies regarding virtual school attendance, entrance age, transfer students, and child abuse reporting. The committee performed a first reading for student awards and scholarships, as well as academic and technical excellence scholarship programs. An annual review was conducted for policies related to emergency suspensions, administrative arrangements, school safety plans, emergency closings, and school wellness. Additionally, the committee considered and approved changes to shared enrollment and reviewed proposed editorial changes to the professional and support staff handbooks concerning curriculum, stipends, leave benefits, and retirement recognition.

The committee reviewed several financial matters, including a food service update, discussions regarding the 2020-21 budget, cash defeasance, the OPEB table update, and an update on Fund 46. Additionally, the committee considered and approved monthly expenditures.