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Superintendent details summer-school results, new hires and August 24 start date
Summary
The superintendent reported a new calendar start date of August 24, announced recent hires (transportation supervisor Howell; HR director Dr. Valerie O'Kelly) and highlighted summer-school outcomes and a Hunt Institute partnership to support teachers.
The superintendent told the board the district's calendar has been adjusted and the new school-year start date will be August 24. He apologized for a delayed press release announcing new hires and named Howell as the new transportation supervisor and Dr. Valerie O'Kelly as the new human-resources director; the district said a press release would follow.
Dr. Clark summarized summer-school participation and outcomes: elementary attendance figures (about 71 second-graders and 62 third-graders), 72 hours of reading for participants, middle-school summer attendance with 29 students and 18 passing, and high-school summer results with 66 students and 87 credits recovered and 40 students back on track for on-time graduation. Dr. Clark also described a partnership with the Hunt Institute (named in the transcript for former governor Jim Hunt) to provide on-site teacher training at selected schools, mostly funded by external partners, and said the district plans to focus early in the year on student attendance strategies.
