Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Farmington board outlines levy-funded hires and curricular investments to expand coaching and multilingual support
Summary
Superintendent Berg proposed spending a portion of recently approved levy revenue on curricular assessments, a district communications role, district-level instructional coordination and instructional coaches at elementary schools, and an additional multilingual teacher; the board asked clarifying questions about alignment, costs and hiring before accepting the recommendations as informational.
Superintendent Jason Berg presented a package of levy-funded enhancements the district plans to phase in using revenue approved last fall, saying the items are intended to strengthen universal classroom instruction and reduce the need for intensive interventions later.
Berg said the proposals include an ongoing commitment of roughly $100,000 for curricular resources and assessments, a suggested district communications position budgeted at about $90,000, a 1.0 FTE district instructional coordinator, an additional instructional coach FTE at each elementary, and another multilingual (ML) teacher FTE. "We are asking for 1 FTE to support district wide math support," Berg said, and added the…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
