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Administrators report new attendance tool, renewed suicide-prevention grant and athletic updates
Summary
District administrators told the board the school year started strongly, reported a renewed suicide-prevention grant, rollout of a PowerSchool attendance-monitoring tool for parents and progress on sports and fundraising.
District administrators provided multiple operational updates early in the meeting.
Staff reported the school year "is off to a start," with some student behavior issues consistent with the start of a new year but overall positive feedback. Administrators reported hosting alumni tours and positive comments from previous class reunions.
The district said it renewed a suicide-prevention grant (staff referred to a granted renewal that can be extended up to two additional years) and is working to reestablish school-based mental health programming with counselors.
Administrators described a new attendance system (Attendance Monitor within PowerSchool) that allows parents to log absences via the PowerSchool web browser (not the app). Staff explained the system supports specific in/out times, prefilled reasons in a drop-down menu and produces notifications; office attendance clerks still verify absences but the tool reduces phone call volume.
Athletics updates noted that fall sports had started and that some teams were performing well in conference play; administrators also summarized ongoing fundraising and the booster-club donation process, which the board moved to formalize.
Staff reported playground fundraising efforts and upcoming class reunions and tours. The board heard these reports without substantive policy changes; many items were informational.
