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Board hears MTSS and curriculum update; business, CTE and FACS report growth and summer writing projects
Summary
Administrators reviewed enrollment and career‑training activity in business and family and consumer sciences (FACS), detailed work‑based learning hours and CTE endorsement requirements, and described summer curriculum writing and common-assessment work aligned with MTSS and consolidation planning.
At the board workshop, Fairport Central School District curriculum leaders reported steady enrollment and program development in business and family and consumer sciences (FACS) and outlined planned curriculum work for the summer tied to MTSS and consolidation planning.
Maddie Power, assistant principal at Fairport High School and director of business, said 819 student-course enrollments exist in business courses this year and 492 students have taken at least one business course. Power said 19 students serve as interns in a range of district programs and 79 students earn credit through jobs. "We have 16 students on track to earn the CTE endorsement for business and marketing this June," Power said, and staff are recommending steps to increase access to the endorsement.
Speaking about the CTE endorsement and work‑based learning, presenters explained current credit and hour requirements: the district currently lists five credits for the business/marketing CTE endorsement, with the state minimum being 3.5 credits; work‑based learning internships count as 54 hours for a half credit and 108 hours for a full credit, while career co‑op placements are counted as 50 hours for a half credit and 300 hours for a full credit. Staff said they will recommend clarifying that the work‑based learning day is highly recommended but may be adjusted if scheduling prevents access, to avoid excluding students from the endorsement.
FACS leaders described programs that connect younger and older students, including a sewing project that produces dolls for kindergartners, an expanding high school garden used in culinary classes and donations to local food pantries, and 291 students taking culinary courses this year. Sandy Hudak, the work‑based learning coordinator, was credited for coordinating internships and job‑credit tracking.
Curriculum staff also previewed planned summer work: FACS curriculum writing, revisions in elementary humanities to align with the Wit & Wisdom ELA curriculum, ELA and social studies work for grades 6, 7 and 9 to add enrichment and performance tasks, math revisions tied to pending state changes, updates to AP Statistics, and a district effort to develop common assessments and enrichment opportunities K–5. Staff emphasized common assessments to drive instruction and differentiation and noted the district is developing a peer‑mentoring program as part of consolidation planning.
Administrators said dual‑credit opportunities and an external review for CTE reapproval are underway and that the district is seeking to expand participation in CTE endorsements while addressing scheduling and access barriers.
