District leaders presented a package of proposed budget amendments and program details at the Dec. 8 meeting that would use one-time fund balance to support targeted academic and behavioral interventions and beef up cybersecurity monitoring.

Chief academic officer Tina McCaskill described the Tier 2 after-school plan: elementary and intermediate schools would offer three days per week (3–4 p.m.) tutoring sessions; middle schools would provide two days per week; high schools would target students with course averages of 65 or lower and offer study sessions and some virtual evening tutoring. The proposal budgets $60 per session for teacher pay (including 30 minutes of planning) and anticipates partnerships with community providers such as ICRC for after-care and transportation where needed. McCaskill proposed using winter MAP results as a baseline and measuring impact with March MAP scores and end-of-year assessments.

Chief operating and student-support staff briefed trustees on a companion behavioral plan to add eight expectation coaches primarily in secondary schools to address recurrent level-1 behavior issues (tardies, class-cutting, dress-code problems) through coaching, hallway supervision and targeted reinforcement rather than immediate disciplinary removal.

Chief operating officer Gerald Gary outlined a recommendation from the district’s post-breach review to create a network-security coordinator position responsible for 24/7 monitoring, participating on a state SLED task force and adding a professional layer to the rebuilt network infrastructure.

CFO Heather Tucker said the amendments are proposed as one-time fund-balance spending for the current fiscal year and that board action would be timed after the State Department of Education provides 40th-day enrollment/state-aid adjustments. Trustees asked for operating-cost estimates should the programs be continued beyond one year.

What’s next: administration expects to present the formal amendment for board action at the Jan. 12 meeting, contingent on state aid adjustments. If approved, staff will post positions and begin partnerships for a January start.