North Bend SD 13 board and staff hold round-table on student behavior, academics and attendance

On April 17, 2025, the North Bend School District #13 Board of Directors met in a work session at North Bend High School and engaged in round-table discussions with school staff about student behavior, academic performance and attendance across district schools. The minutes list Board Chair Jim Jordan and five board members present, along with Superintendent Vince Swagerty, Assistant Superintendent Tim Crider and school leaders from the district’s elementary, middle and high schools. Participants spent about 20 minutes at each table reviewing conditions at each building.

District minutes state the group ‘‘spent twenty minutes at each table discussing academics and attendance in each of the buildings.’’ The discussions gathered input from curriculum directors, principals, vice principals, the special programs director and support staff on issues including student behavior, patterns in attendance and academic concerns at individual schools. The record does not list specific remedies or formal motions from the session; it is recorded as a staff round-table rather than a formal action item.

The meeting began at 6:00 p.m. and was adjourned by consensus at 7:56 p.m. The minutes list the district’s nondiscrimination statement and provide compliance contacts, naming Michelle Cook as Title IX Coordinator, Tim Crider as Title II and VI Coordinator, and David Hernandez as 504 Coordinator. No votes or motions were recorded in the minutes for this work session.

The work session functioned as an opportunity for board members and school staff to hear building-level observations and to surface attendance and behavior patterns that may inform future agenda items or staff follow-up. The minutes do not indicate any immediate assignments or deadlines stemming from the round-table discussion.