District reports progress on guaranteed and viable curriculum; early absenteeism data flagged

Jamestown Public School Board members heard a progress-monitoring update Sept. 15 on the district—ommitment to a guaranteed and viable curriculum and were given early indicators for chronic absenteeism.

The report focused on work teams—ompleting priority standards and proficiency scales and on an outside consultant who will conduct an environmental scan of the secondary schedule and learning environment.

Mr. Gaylor, a district curriculum staff member, told the board that the district sks teams across grade levels and subjects to self-report progress through team discussions and surveys. “Our metrics within this rely on self reported data from our teams that are really invested in this work across the district,” he said.

Mr. Gaylor presented percentages from those team responses: elementary courses were reported at 82.8%…