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School board spotlights students, arts and music programs at May 5 meeting
Summary
Marbor County recognized students, arts groups, the food service department and the marching band during the public session on May 5; awards included student-of-the-month honors, theater audition call-backs to New York and multiple superior band ratings and scholarship offers.
The Marbor County Board of Education used its May 5 public session to spotlight student achievements, arts programs and school services.
Presenters introduced Nariah Coington as the elementary character-education student of the month and praised her academic progress and perseverance; a presenter said, "Nariah went up two levels on that [reading] test," and the board applauded. The middle-school student of the month, Arthra Hope, was cited for daily kindness and persistence in class.
The district also recognized a year of high marks for its food service program. A food service presenter told the board that, "since I've been here the past four years, we have not scored anything under a 95," and listed several schools that earned 97–100% Department of A inspection scores.
District arts and performance programs drew sustained attention. A presenter described the Macall Valley Players program that works with students across schools and announced four students who earned invitations to an off-Broadway open call; Kendall Oliver and Maddie Quinn were among those named. The board applauded the students and the program's director for the partnership with the Marbor County Historical Museum.
The district's band director summarized a banner year: marching and concert programs won regional contests and received superior ratings at state assessment events. The director told the board the students had attracted substantial college scholarship offers; in the public remarks the director said "over a million dollars in scholarship" had been offered to band students and also referenced a separate figure in the packet that was unclear in the transcript. The band director called on the board and community to continue support for the music program.
Wallace Elementary/Middle School AVID students were celebrated for placing multiple teams in the state stock market competition, including two teams that placed in the top two spots in their division; Mr. Goldberg presented the student teams and invited them forward to receive certificates.
The meeting closed the recognitions with a school cleanliness award for Cleo Elementary Middle School and an acknowledgement of booster club parents and bus drivers who supported student travel.
After the recognitions the board moved to other business and later convened an executive session for personnel and legal matters.
