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Bend‑LaPine board meeting recap: recognitions, curriculum updates and district communications
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Summary
Acting Superintendent Lisa Burke recapped the April 14 meeting: staff and student recognitions, curriculum adoption updates, standards‑based grading progress, robotics successes, a website launch at blschools.org, and administrative reports; the meeting ended at about 9:00 p.m.
Acting Superintendent Lisa Burke opened the recap of the Bend‑LaPine Administrative SD 1 board meeting on Tuesday, April 14, noting a routine call to order and the pledge of allegiance.
The meeting included recognitions for educational assistant Doug Hermanson (Silver Rail) and an ABCD award for Darcy Michaud, athletics and activities secretary at Caldera High School. Student representatives Esi Veil (Summit High School) and Sam Brooksbank (Caldera High School) reported on student voice activities, fundraising inequities and upcoming middle‑school outreach visits.
Curriculum and instruction reports included a secondary social studies adoption update (middle schools keeping TCI; high schools using varied course‑specific tools) presented by Dean Richards and teachers Colina Watt Garcia and Jessica Colburn with support from Monica Freeman. Executive leaders Katie Legacy and Steven Duvall reported on year four of standards‑based instruction and grading and previewed professional development; staff participation was described as roughly 60% early adopters with about 40% transitioning next year.
Superintendent Burke congratulated Mountain View and Summit robotics teams (Summit advancing to worlds) and described a partner visit to LCA that identified volunteer needs. She also announced a Life and Career Readiness Night on April 30 at Caldera High School from 5 to 7 p.m. and said the district’s new website domain will be blschools.org and expected to go live within a week.
The meeting included director reports with reflections from Director Tatum on sessions at a state board conference in San Antonio and comments from directors about tight fiscal conditions and efforts to preserve elective programs.
The meeting concluded at about 9:00 p.m.; the written recap contains an internal inconsistency mentioning a 'next boarding meeting will be March 14,' which conflicts with the April 14 meeting date and is noted as unclear in the audit.
