Poth Independent School District

This document serves as a comprehensive course catalog and educational guide for Poth High School. It provides detailed information for students, parents, and school personnel to plan educational programs, outlining course offerings, prerequisites, and content. The guide also details Poth High School's graduation requirements, grade classification standards, and various endorsement pathways, including STEM, Business & Industry, Public Services, Arts & Humanities, and Multidisciplinary Studies, complete with sample four-year plans and career opportunities.

This document is the 2025 Federal Report Card for Poth Independent School District. It outlines long-term and interim goals for academic performance in Reading/ELA and Mathematics, English language proficiency, and graduation rates for all students and specific subgroups, spanning from 2022 through 2038. The report details the state's accountability system, including performance indicators, methodologies for school differentiation and improvement identification, student achievement metrics, academic growth, civil rights data, teacher quality, per-pupil expenditures, and postsecondary enrollment rates.

The meeting included student and staff recognitions, updates from the Superintendent, and a business and operations update covering monthly tax collections, revenues and expenditures, cash positions, budget forecasting, and a VATRE update. The board discussed and approved policy updates, a donation from the Poth Athletic Booster Club, an Erate bid evaluation and Network Gear Project, and a budget amendment. The meeting also included a closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, or discipline of District employees.

The meeting included recognitions of the new Superintendent's Secretary and retiring Payroll/Human Resources administrator and Superintendent's Secretary. Policy Update 125 was approved, affecting local board policies. Updates to the 2025-2026 Poth ISD School Calendar were approved. A depository contract extension with Falls City National Bank was approved for two additional years. An instructional technology purchase for new chrome books was approved. The JET Grant district payments and equipment purchases were approved. The 2025-2026 Commitments for Services through ESC, Region 20 were approved. A donation from Poth Band was approved. The board received updates on business operations, tax collections, revenues and expenditures, cash positions of banks, budget forecasting, summer projects, and enrollment. The Poth Representative was named for the Wilson County Appraisal District Board, and campus principals provided hiring information. The board then moved to a closed session to discuss district employees, reconvening later with no action taken.

The meeting included discussions and actions on several key items, including granting the superintendent authority to approve SHAC committee members for 2025-2026 and approving the 2025-2026 District Improvement Plan. The board also considered and approved a resolution for the defeasance and redemption of certain district obligations, adopted the 2025-2026 Poth ISD Budgets for various funds, and adopted the 2025-2026 Proposed Tax Rate. Additionally, they approved Budget Amendment #6 for 2024-2025, the purchase of IXL Learning site licenses, and an update to the 2025-2026 Poth ISD school calendar for an early release date.