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Coquille SD 8 details grant-funded hires and early-learning investments in Integrated Guidance report
Summary
Director of Curriculum Tanya Sinko told the school board that preliminary federal and state grants (including Title I, III, IV, VI and Student Investment Account funds) will fund counselors, early-literacy curriculum, summer programs and CTE supports; the board will review building SIPs before a March 19, 2025 approval date.
Tanya Sinko, Coquille School District #8 director of curriculum, presented the district’s Integrated Guidance report on Oct. 9, outlining how multiple grant streams will be used to staff and support programs across campuses.
Sinko said the district expects preliminary allocations from Title I, Title III, Title IV and Title VI and detailed proposed uses. Title I preliminarily totals $377,549 and is planned to fund two interventionists, a 0.5 education assistant, intervention curriculum and early-literacy supports. Title III was listed at $3,457 (preliminary) for English‑learner training and translated materials; Title IV at $20,204 (preliminary) to cover a portion of the school resource deputy’s salary (0.1); and Title VI at $9,800 (preliminary) for a liaison stipend and meeting food and supplies.
Sinko described planned staff funded by these and other sources: two academic counselors and one special‑education counselor under the High School Success grant; portions of CTE positions (an agriculture teacher and part of a cosmetology teacher); Student Investment Account-funded pre‑K paraprofessionals; two additional special‑education counselors; a first‑grade teacher; partial funding for a curriculum director; and stipends and staff for summer programs such as Jump Start kindergarten and Summer PLUS.
The presentation named early‑literacy curricula the district plans to use for ages 3 through grade 3 (FrogStreet for ages 3–4; Gardner’s New Alphabet and Secret Stories for early grades) and described a targeted tutor role to be placed at Lincoln School of Early Learning. Sinko said some positions and programs will require local match funding and that several implementation details remain to be finalized at the building level.
District staff also outlined a timeline for finalizing building-level improvement plans (SIPs): building teams will draft goals in October, refine drafts by Nov. 25, finalize SIPs by winter break, share SIPs in January, present Integrated Guidance/SIPs to the board on Feb. 19, 2025, and seek board approval on March 19, 2025, ahead of an April 30, 2025 submission deadline.
No formal board vote on the Integrated Guidance report was recorded at the Oct. 9 meeting; the presentation will inform upcoming building and board-level decisions.
