Last Week:

• We learned that Sue Patterson has reached out to Turning Point USA about starting a TPUSA student club.
• CORA requests have revealed much more information on the use of grants in our schools this past year, and the impact refusing these grants will have on next year. Including some great insider information in an email from District Mental Health Supervisor Laura Magnuson.
• You can see the Academic Achievement report, shown to the DAC already, here.
• We learned that while the district has announced it will extend transportation services to Merit Academy, there is no written agreement in place. As such, it’s unknown how or even if these costs will be shared. The hope is that by making this fact public, the board will be pressured into putting a formal agreement into writing to ensure costs are shared fairly amongst the schools.
• Andrew Wommack’s Truth and Liberty Coalition will be hosting a school board candidate forum on April 15th, at the Charis Bible school.
• Tracking expenses of the district, we learned that Ken Witt charged 14 meals to the district in his first 10 weeks on the job, at an average cost of just under $55 each.
• An email obtained under CORA shed light on concerns Tina Cassens had about the reconfiguration of the Middle School (moving 6th grade to the elementary schools).
• CORA requests revealed details of all grants the district received for the ’22-23 school year, and all applications so far for grants for the ’23-24 school year.

Here’s what’s coming up this week:

• The board has a scheduled their regular board meeting for this Wednesday, 6:00, in the district offices. Read the agenda here. Updates will be provided on redistricting, academic achievement, and the middle school reconfiguration.