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Oak Crest Digital Media Magnet presented to Greater Egg Harbor board; board approves May 4 minutes
Summary
Board members approved minutes from May 4 and heard a presentation on the Oak Crest Digital Media Magnet, which the presenters said now has a full ninth-grade cohort and feeder relationships with Davies middle school that are expected to drive enrollment growth.
The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District board voted to approve the minutes from its May 4 meeting and heard a presentation on the Oak Crest Digital Media Magnet program during its meeting.
The presiding officer asked the board to approve the May 4 minutes; a motion was moved and seconded and each named board member polled voted in favor, carrying the motion. The clerk conducted the roll call and the board recorded the approval.
Board members then heard a presentation on the Oak Crest Digital Media Magnet. A district presenter said the magnet is the district’s most recent program and highlighted its early connections to feeder schools. "This is our most recent addition in terms of magnet programs," the presenter said, noting that Davies middle school reconfigured its middle-school media curriculum to feed into the Oak Crest program.
Another presenter said this was the first year the district’s digital communications magnet had a full ninth-grade session and that the district expects an additional full session next year, forecasting continued growth in enrollment. "I think ... this was the first year too that our digital communications magnet actually has a full session in its ninth grade class," the presenter said.
A meeting participant who identified as a senior and as someone enrolled in the magnet described how the program helped clarify post–high-school plans, saying they had entered unsure what to pursue in college and that exposure to media classes helped narrow those interests.
The meeting followed the district’s public-comment rules, which the clerk read aloud: there are two public-comment periods (the first for agenda items only, the second after action items for any school-related issue); speakers are limited to three minutes, may not yield time to others, and the public-comment portions will not exceed 30 minutes.
No ordinances or budget items were presented or voted on at this meeting; the primary substantive item on the agenda in the provided transcript was the program presentation and the approval of the May 4 minutes. The board then continued with the remainder of its agenda.
