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Board ratifies $357,000 Niswonger grant to restore high-dosage math tutoring and create eight positions
Summary
The board ratified a memorandum with the Niswonger Foundation and approved creation of four certified-teacher positions and four part-time instructional-assistant positions to restore Project On Track math tutoring for 20242025, funded by $357,000 the district said came via the state and Niswonger Foundation.
The Elizabethton City Schools Board ratified a memorandum of understanding with the Niswonger Foundation to continue Project On Track, a high-dosage, low-ratio math tutoring program, and approved the creation of staffing tied to the grant.
Director Van Huss said the district received $357,000 that will fund four certified teachers (one for each elementary school and one for TA Dugger) and four part-time assistants to provide tutoring during the school day. "It's gonna allow us to hire 4 certified teachers... and 4 part time assistants," Van Huss said, explaining the program's high-dosage, low-ratio model (three students per adult at the elementary level; four per adult at junior high).
Van Huss said the previous grant expired at the end of 202324 and that the new funding allows the district to continue the program for at least one more year and hire staff now rather than wait for formal board action. The board ratified both the memorandum and the creation of the positions by voice vote; no opposition was recorded in the meeting transcript.
What's next: The district said hires are underway and the program will operate during the school day, which Van Huss said helps avoid transportation issues. The board expressed support and asked no substantive follow-up questions in the recorded discussion.
