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Superintendent reports testing progress, online emergency-care cards, Bowling Green move planning and Aug. 4 district professional-development day
Summary
At the May 5 meeting the superintendent updated the board on listening tours, a push to meet a 9% reserve target, a records-shredding project, online emergency-care cards, planning for the consolidation of Bowling Green and Hilltop campuses, testing score reviews and the district’s Aug. 4 professional-development "impact party."
Superintendent (name not specified) told the Hardee County School Board on May 5 that she has begun school listening tours, is working to meet a 9% budget reserve requirement, and has launched several administrative changes including online emergency-care cards and another records-shredding effort.
The superintendent said she had completed three school visits and praised site staff for suggestions to improve daily operations. She reported that the district contracted a shredding company to remove roughly 300 boxes of records last week and expects another purchase order or contract to clear additional maintenance-area records.
On student registration, the superintendent said emergency-care cards are now live online, which she said will reduce paper handling at kindergarten roundups. She asked for feedback from sites after roundups conclude.
On budgeting, she said the district is “looking at how we can meet that 9% in the timeline that’s needed to meet that 9% reserve” and that staff are developing a budget for board consideration.
School consolidation planning Board members and staff discussed actions taken under superintendent direction to plan the move of Bowling Green to the Hilltop campus. The superintendent said a district committee created an action plan and held an open house in which Bowling Green staff toured Hilltop. Transportation is expected to provide individual pickup information to parents before the end of the school year. The superintendent said she had requested temporary-closing paperwork guidance from the state; she reported the state had not yet provided a complete response.
Testing and curriculum Dr. Albritton (district staff) reported on testing windows and score collection. She said schools test within district windows and that results arrive at different times by grade and school; staff are comparing this year’s scores to last year’s data as the results arrive. Dr. Albritton said the district is seeing some positive outcomes and some areas that need additional work, and that data review is ongoing.
Staff development and operations The superintendent and board members described an "impact party" professional-development day scheduled for Aug. 4 at Hardy Junior High School. The district has organized multiple session tracks (instructional staff and educational support personnel), plans to offer about 24 session options per time slot, and named Russell Hughes as the keynote speaker. Julie Farr was credited with ensuring timely access to data drives that let administrators view test scores as they arrive.
Other operational notes - Listening tours: three schools completed; more scheduled. - Records: roughly 300 boxes removed; another contract or PO likely. - Emergency-care cards: live online; expected to reduce paperwork at kindergarten roundups. - Transportation: tasked to provide parent pickup assignments before school year end for the consolidated campus. - Professional development: Impact Party, Aug. 4 at Hardy Junior High, with session registration for staff.
No formal board action was requested on these updates; the items were presented for information and for board awareness of ongoing implementation work.
