Mount Pleasant Area SD reports largely positive survey results for flexible instructional days; board approves routine personnel and contracts

Mount Pleasant Area SD board members on Jan. 8 heard a report on the district's use of flexible instructional days during early winter weather and reviewed survey results showing mostly positive responses from students and staff. Board members then approved a series of routine personnel, facilities and conference items by voice vote.

The report on flexible instructional days was given by Mr. Perez (staff member), who said the district had used four of the state-allotted five flexible instructional days as of the Jan. 8 meeting. "It is not an exact science," Mr. Perez said of decisions about bus runs and school openings during early winter weather. He told the board administrators monitor multiple data sources when making those calls.

Mr. Perez presented survey results collected from junior and senior high grades to gauge how remote learning days were working. He cited 485 student responses and 42 staff responses to the district surveys. "Seventy point nine percent of the students combined rated that as either excellent or good," Mr. Perez said. He reported that 84.7 percent of students said instructions for completing assignments were clear and 92.6 percent said communicating with teachers was "very easy to somewhat easy." Among staff respondents, Mr. Perez said 92.9 percent rated their overall experience as excellent or good and 97.6 percent said it was easy to communicate with students during flexible…