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High school agenda items: library weeding, textbook disposals and student request to re‑start Turning Point USA club
Summary
Administrators said the board will be asked Tuesday to approve disposal of outdated textbooks and library items, and to approve formation of a Turning Point USA club with an advisor and associated auxiliary account if students proceed.
High‑school administrators told the board they will present several academic and extracurricular items for approval on Tuesday, including removal of outdated instructional materials and approval of a student‑led Turning Point USA club.
District staff said they will ask the board to approve discarding older science, family and consumer science (FCS) textbooks and some library books. The board was told library staff regularly “weed” collections and noted many books targeted for discard have acquisition dates 10 years or older. “Missus Peterson will go through and look to try and keep things as current as possible and remove items that are no longer irrelevant or outdated,” a staff member said.
On extracurriculars, staff said a small group of students has expressed interest in reviving a Turning Point USA chapter that existed previously. Trustees were told the items that will be on the Tuesday agenda include creating an auxiliary account for the club and appointing a faculty advisor; staff named a proposed advisor, a district employee, for the role. The superintendent described student interest as a “handful” and said membership recruitment had not yet begun.
Administrators also answered trustee questions about library usage, explaining that the high school provides both physical books and e‑books and that some curricular classes bring students to the library for check‑outs and reading time. Trustees asked staff to provide additional circulation data to show how often physical books are used versus digital options.
Ending: Staff asked trustees to review the Tuesday materials for the disposal lists and the paperwork establishing the club and to bring questions to the Tuesday meeting.
