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Superintendent'staff updates highlight OASIS gains and PSC curriculum revisions in arts and tech
Summary
Mount Pleasant administrators and program leads reported gains for OASIS (higher testing rates, credit accrual and behavior improvements) and presented PSC curriculum updates for music, visual arts and technology classes, including proposals for K'5 resources, more visible diversity content, and a district tech-exploration scope and sequence.
At the May 4 Mount Pleasant Public School Board meeting, program leads provided updates on OASIS (the district's alternative/adult education program) and the PSC curriculum teams presented revised plans for music, visual arts and technology instruction.
Emily Scheiner reported that OASIS reached a 55% semester'end credit-accrual baseline and achieved a 73% testing participation rate this year (120 of 163 pre-identified tests taken). Scheiner said credited graduates currently number 16 with 18'20 potential and that Edmentum logged more than 21,000 minutes (near 30,000 including day-treatment numbers). She noted gains in measurable skill gain (58.3 vs. a 43 target), credited staff incentives for improved testing participation, and said the program will transition from AWARE to Edgenuity for credit recovery.
Scheiner also presented behavior data showing about a 40% decrease in exclusionary practices and emphasized vaping as the single largest behavioral concern, with many referred students repeating referrals; she recommended focusing on supports (counseling, counselor-monitoring) in addition to discipline.
PSC representatives presented curriculum work across departments. Music leads outlined separate elementary and secondary curricula, requested a Prodigies lifetime membership for K'5 buildings to support elementary music lessons, and proposed increasing theory instruction at grade 5 and adding a high-school remedial/beginner band option. Visual arts presenters Laurie Steed and Trice Lunsford explained a JK'12 vision emphasizing cultural awareness and equitable access, shared pacing guide adjustments to meet state standards and proposed grant-writing to cover materials. The computers/business-tech team (Megan Stembridge, Jill Jacobowski, Kate Wersing and Pat Alnstaedt) proposed renaming K'5 computer science to "tech exploration," described a plug-and-play curriculum for JK'5 and added middle-school content on email, AI literacy and digital citizenship; they also described steps taken to reduce ads in student-facing resources and to provide accessibility accommodations for students with physical or vision impairments.
Board members thanked presenters and asked for multi-year trend data on OASIS graduation and credit completion to provide longer-term context. Administration said PSC will return with formal recommendations at the next board meeting and that department requests (curriculum, resource purchases) will be summarized in the June packet for potential approval.
