Board adopts operational plan and approves several administrative resolutions including substitute pay increase

The Alexandria Public School District board voted to adopt the district operational plan and approved a set of administrative resolutions, including an increase in substitute teacher pay and establishment of absentee-ballot procedures for the November election.

Assistant Superintendent Trish Perry presented the operational plan, saying it aligns district efforts on student achievement, student-centered learning, family and community engagement, employee retention and efficient operations. Perry highlighted several initiatives in the plan: participation in the Perpich Center comprehensive arts planning (CAP) grant (a three-year program that selects 10 districts statewide), portfolio development at Discovery Middle School, expanded elective offerings and a new heavy-equipment program slated to begin this fall, multi-aged home bases at Discovery that mix sixth through eighth grades, ongoing kinder-camp activities, and the middle-school launch program that ran this summer. Perry said the plan also calls for more intentional parent communication about the district’s standard response protocol…