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Board discusses student‑services staffing model and possible changes to graduation credit requirements
Summary
District administrators presented a proposed student services "looping" staffing model and the board discussed graduation credit levels, senior release periods and supports; staff will return with a proposal and timeline for further review.
Danny, the district’s student services lead, told the board the district has been studying a student services staffing model (often called a looping model) for four to five months and plans to return with formal recommendations in May. He said the visits and work to date were intended to identify how the district can reorganize student supports across its two large campuses and asked the board what questions they wanted answered before a recommendation.
Board members and staff discussed related concerns about seniors with light schedules and student roaming or tardiness. Board Member Beth Pope and others pressed for data on how many students are assigned release periods or study halls and whether students without courses are leaving campus or roaming the halls. Danny said he did not believe large numbers of students were wandering during class, that many students with gaps leave campus, and that he would provide counts and handbook language clarifications.
Student representative Marcus (ninth grade) told the board that reducing the number of required credits had left some students with large open blocks and suggested a middle ground between pre‑COVID credit levels and current requirements: “it was, like, at 22, and now it’s at…18,” Marcus said, adding that a modest increase would give students more learning and reduce unstructured time.
Board members agreed they want any change to be phased in (for example, applying new credit requirements to incoming freshmen) and to be accompanied by supports for students at risk of dropping classes or failing. Several board members asked administration to collect input from students who drop classes or fail so the board can better understand root causes.
Danny said the new handbook language for 2025‑26 will schedule students into six courses at the start of the year to reduce open slots, and he said he will return with a proposal and implementation timeline (likely beginning with a Committee of the Whole discussion) so the board can weigh options and community impact.
No formal action was taken at this meeting; staff will bring a proposal and timeline for board review in May.
