(Le Mars) — Le Mars Community School Board Directors heard a report last evening (Monday) regarding the district’s goals for 2018-2019 school year as outlined by the District Learning and Instructional Impact Team. Curriculum Director, Rachel Leavitt outlined the questions from the community survey. She talks about who was consulted for the questionnaire, and how the process was
implemented.
Leavitt discusses the three questions that were presented to the DLIIT team for consideration.
Leavitt says there were some patterns that were identified from the community survey regarding goals for the school district.
The school district curriculum director reminds board members that they need to look at other ways students are meeting their educational goals, other than the percent of proficiency rating.
Leavitt suggests getting younger students interested in reading at an early age, which she says will benefit the student, and the school district in later years.
School Board Director, Pat Murphy, inquired of Leavitt if she believes the specific program, now adopted for Le Mars Community School District will make a significant difference in the reading scores. Murphy indicated the school has faced the problem of lower reading scores, and additional reading has
been identified, but without any major improvements seen in the last few years.
