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Board reviews education report: Pitt dual enrollment, curriculum updates and special education review on agenda
Summary
Penncrest administrators presented several education initiatives at the March meeting, including starting a Pitt dual-enrollment process, updating grades 3through 5 literacy materials for $1,500, maintaining seats in an alternative education program and posting the special education plan for a 28-day public review.
District staff presented a package of education items at the March 10 Penncrest board meeting and asked the board to approve them as part of the consent agenda.
Patty Feeley (presenting the education report) said the board will be asked to approve general student travel, donated books, summer extended school year program planning and a continuing alternative-education agreement with Bethesda, under which Penncrest maintains 10 seats in the program. "We have a lot of items on the agenda for approval this month starting with general student travel," she said.
The board was introduced to a process to begin Pitt dual-enrollment opportunities: staff described the initiative as a path for students to enroll in some University of Pittsburgh courses at a reduced rate to earn college credits while still in high school. Feeley said the program could allow district teachers to deliver some Pitt-offered courses locally.
Feeley also reported the district is updating units of study in grades 3 through 5 to align more fully with structured literacy and the science of reading, at a total district cost of $1,500 for classroom materials for all 3through 5 classrooms. She described the change as part of an ongoing multi-year literacy adoption.
Administrators noted the special education plan must be posted for a 28-day public review; Feeley said she had circulated the plan and will return it to the board for approval next month. The board also approved routine donations (Equitable Advisors, Parker Lord, Class of 1966 at Seggertown, and a Special Olympics contribution) as presented.
The education consent agenda, which included these items, was approved by the board in the consent motion recorded during the meeting.
