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Board identifies barriers—technology, attendance, health—and links programs for budget support
Summary
Trustees compiled barriers including home internet access, device distraction, chronic absenteeism, and student health; staff proposed reallocations including K–5 Project Lead The Way, Read 180, MyPath, LETRS stipends, Edgenuity and behavior paraprofessionals.
During the working session trustees listed barriers that impede students from reaching higher proficiency levels: lack of home internet and device access, device distraction in classrooms, test-taking anxiety, chronic absenteeism, student motivation and health issues. “That can be a barrier unless a student needs it to go home, and then they can check them out,” the presenter said when discussing Chromebook access.
To address the barriers, staff proposed several budget actions and program supports already underway or recommended for expansion: a K–5 rollout of Project Lead The Way, expanded tech-ed and engineering courses at Campus High School, continued purchases of Read 180 and MyPath for remediation, annual stipends for staff completing LETRS training (two $1,000 stipends described), Edgenuity for credit recovery, restructured middle-level alternative learning, and behavior paraprofessionals funded from kindergarten-readiness allocations.
