Mrs. Psaros presented an update on West Lafayette Intermediate School, reporting current enrollment, staffing and recent student achievements.

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Mrs. Psaros reported the intermediate school’s enrollment, student demographics and academic outcomes and highlighted recent student and school successes.

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The presentation focused on academic progress (year‑to‑year increases in math and English language arts proficiency), support for special needs students and a parent council grant program that funded the majority of teacher proposals this year.

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Enrollment and demographics: “Our enrollment currently is 5 24,” Mrs. Psaros said, noting the intermediate grades (fourth through sixth) and an overall free‑and‑reduced population of 24.9% based on 2024 Indiana GPS data. She reported the special‑education population “currently makes up 11.3% of our population which is 59 students,” and said the school employs 38 teachers and 32 support staff.

Student achievement: On math, the school set a three‑year goal to improve proficiency by 5 percentage points; Mrs. Psaros said the school realized a 1.9 point increase in the first year. “Our overall math proficiency from 70.1% … we were setting a goal then for 3 years to be able to increase 5% overall. And in our first year we already have gone up 1.9,” she told the board. In English language arts, the school reported a year‑over‑year increase from 63.6% to 66% (a 2.4 point increase).

Spotlights and extracurriculars: Mrs. Psaros spotlighted a fourth‑grader, Logan Yang, who won the US Kids Golf Regional Championship in New Jersey, and highlighted the school’s recent mile run championships and other extracurricular activities.

Parent council grants and staff recognition: She reported 18 grant proposals from teachers and said “16 of the 18 were either fully or partially funded by our parent council,” noting the parent council extended itself beyond a $3,000 budget and granted $3,176.14 to teachers to support grade‑ or building‑level projects.

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Board members thanked staff for the presentation and the district noted it will continue to monitor enrollment changes and academic outcomes.