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Superintendent outlines kindergarten open-enrollment timing, staffing additions and $40,000 security grant request
Summary
Superintendent Joe Clark clarified kindergarten open-enrollment will be accepted but not processed until August to prioritize resident students, explained staffing plans including a 0.333 teacher contingency and two intervention specialists, and said he and Bart Rock submitted a $40,000 grant request for security improvements.
Superintendent Joe Clark told the board the district will accept kindergarten open-enrollment applications for next year but will not consider them until August, "after most Waterloo resident students have enrolled," so resident enrollment is prioritized and the district can plan for two kindergarten sections. He said open-enrolled students no longer bring extra funding and any teacher added for open enrollment would be paid from the general fund.
"We will accept applications for kindergarten open enrollment, for next year," Clark said. "Open enrollment applications for kindergarten...will not be considered, until August after most Waterloo resident students have enrolled." (Joe Clark, superintendent)
Clark announced plans to restore elementary music and choir, add two intervention specialists to support special education (he said "20 percent of our students are on IEPs"), and highlighted ongoing work to open the new track once safety-related construction items are complete, crediting the Boohr Family Foundation for supporting the project. He also said he and Bart Rock have submitted a request for $40,000 in project-based grant funding to improve school security, including stadium cameras, up to 20 new computers for monitoring and replacement of faulty entry doors, and that roughly $43,000 in grant funding had come to the district in the last month.
The board voted to approve routine business items tied to superintendent recommendations at the meeting; the $40,000 grant was described as on the agenda for next month's formal action.
