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Board discusses athletics committee, trainer shortage and student growth at South Middle
Summary
Board members discussed forming a special athletics committee, shortages of athletic trainers covered by contracted physical therapists, and enrollment and test-score trends at South Middle School; no formal vote to create a committee was recorded.
Board members discussed several athletics-related topics including a proposal to form a special athletics committee, a shortage of athletic trainers at school events and recent student enrollment and test-score gains at South Middle School.
Mr. Cole presented the athletics report and highlighted individual student recognitions and team successes. He said South Middle’s enrollment has grown from about 265 students in 2022 to 408 students as of the report and attributed growth to school culture, career awareness and STEM programs. He summarized three-year TCAP trends and said math and reading meet-and-exceed rates rose from prior years (examples given: math from about 18.2% to 23.9% and reading from about 18.5% to 23.6% in the periods presented).
On athletics staffing, Doctor Alsop told the board “there are no athletic trainers. We have…
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