Board hears proposal to add Grade‑6 transitional teacher to provide tier‑2 supports

District staff requested that the board consider adding a licensed Grade‑6 transitional teacher to provide double‑period (90‑minute) reading and math classes aimed at delivering tier‑2 interventions for students who show gaps when they move from elementary to middle school.

"So Melissa and I are asking tonight for the board to consider a transitional teacher," Mrs. Olmos said, explaining the role would teach two double‑period Grade‑6 classes to provide scaffolded instruction and small‑group intervention. Administrators said the district is seeing a sixth‑grade enrollment increase (roughly 100 students) and that the transitional classes would typically be about 15–20 students, focusing on those identified for tier‑2 supports.

Board members questioned how the schedule change would affect electives and whether the intervention focus would need to extend into Grade 7 if gaps persisted; administrators described ways the checkpoint and other diagnostic data would identify students for the new blocks and said they had limited options to accomplish the needed time without adding staff.