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Ogden district details Advanced Learning Academy funding, enrollment and testing
Summary
District staff updated the board on the Advanced Learning Academy at Liberty Elementary, covering the program—udget, teacher stipends, enrollment and student assessment data; board members pressed for more detail on stipend accounting and outreach to underrepresented families.
Adam McMickle, the district—xecutive director of student achievement, told the Ogden City School District Board that the district llocated state grant funding to support the Advanced Learning Academy (ALA) at Liberty Elementary and described how the money is distributed in support of instruction and teacher development.
The district received $63,938.16 from the Utah State Board of Education for the ALA program, McMickle said. He said the direct portion available to spend on program activities was $54,503.59 after indirect costs were removed.
The ALA budget supports a mix of expenses: stipends for ALA teachers and a coordinator, a choir director, a small public-marketing allocation, mini-grants for classroom projects, and reimbursement for teachers to obtain the state-required gifted-and-talented endorsement. McMickle said the district uses a mini-grant approach so teachers can request up to $1,000 per year to buy materials tied to specific instructional goals.
Why it matters
The ALA is the district dvanced-elementary program intended to prepare students for later honors,…
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