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Principal updates: literacy review, universal screening and safety plans; public commenter flags winter bus access
Summary
Principal Dyckman briefed the board on universal screening, a K–5 literacy review, community events, and evacuation/reunification logistics; a public commenter representing Families for Safer Streets urged the board to address a steep, icy hill that prevents bus access in winter.
Principal Dyckman told the board the district has begun universal screening for reading and math using i-Ready diagnostics with BOCES support and that teachers will use collected baseline data to guide instruction. "Our students and teachers have begun collecting baseline information through our I Ready diagnostic for reading and math," Dyckman said.
Dyckman described a planned literacy review to select a consistent K–5 daily program aligned to the science of reading and said the district will use two-hour delay professional development days to implement the work. He credited BOCES and a named instructional support person for helping steer the effort.
Dyckman also listed recent community events — an internet safety assembly on Sept. 16 and a large bike-ride welcome — and thanked the PTA for organizing picture day. He outlined plans to use the district bus garage and an access road for reunification drills and explained shuttle plans to move students in the event of evacuation, while acknowledging staff concerns about a steep hill on the route.
In public comment, Darlene McGraw, representing Families for Safer Streets, urged the board to address street safety for students and said the steep hill in front of the school prevents buses from using the route in winter conditions. "You cannot ride the school bus up that hill, which is very dangerous in the winter because it's icy," McGraw said. She also encouraged community volunteering and noted her own experience receiving services as a person with epilepsy and autism.
The board did not adopt new policy during the meeting on these items; Dyckman said universal screening meetings and the literacy review will proceed as part of the district’s instructional work.
