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Saddle Brook board reviews condensed testing plan, new electives and schedule corrections
Summary
Board members discussed compressing state testing into one week using the district—hromebook one-to-one program and delayed openings, considered an architecture/CAD elective and an alternative third-year math course, and corrected ESY staff and student dates ahead of Wednesday ction.
The Saddle Brook School District Board of Education reviewed a plan to compress statewide testing into single-week windows and proposed schedule changes to support that plan.
Mr. Traverso, presenting curriculum items for E2 42524 through E2425swd, said the district's one-to-one Chromebook initiative and delayed-opening days for non-testing students would allow the district "not to drag the testing period over the course of the... month" and to complete testing in one week. The plan calls for elementary, middle and high-school testing to be scheduled in focused weeks with delayed openings at affected schools so two teachers can staff each testing room, per state recommendation.
The board also heard several course proposals. Administrators described an alternative third-year math course intended for students who want a third-year math credit but may struggle in traditional sequences. A separate architecture and computer-aided design (CAD) elective was proposed for high-school students; administrators said current staff can teach the course and that these electives historically draw strong enrollment.
Administrators corrected the summer ESY schedule that had appeared with an incorrect teachers-report date: teachers will report June 25; students begin June 30; and the ESY program will run June 30July 31, Monday through Thursday. The high-school program of studies for 2025—r will be finalized to begin student scheduling.
Board members asked about staffing and student interest for the new electives; presenters said existing staff can cover the architecture/CAD offering and that electives in that department typically have high enrollment. The curriculum items and schedule corrections were placed on the agenda for formal action at the board's Wednesday meeting.
