The Oregon-Davis School Board got an update Monday on school improvement plans. Superintendent Dr. Don Harman says the overall goals are pretty similar to what they’ve been in the past. “Obviously, we want to improve our school achievement with Mathematics and Language Arts and obviously address our attendance,” he says. “At the high school level, obviously, we want to address our graduation rate.”
Harman says the big difference in this year’s plan is implementation. “You know, you can put goals down, but you really need to put the rubber to the road,” he says. “We’ve instilled some strategies, and the building principals and myself, we’re meeting monthly and looking at the data and looking at the strategies that we’re trying to put in place, to reach those goals. And then also, those strategies are discussed with our staff.”
Also during Monday’s curriculum report, Harman says the principals discussed the enrichment and academic assistance programs. “The enrichment program is once a week,” Harman explains. “We did this last year. We have four teachers who are doing different STEM activities and projects with students once a week. We also have an academic assistance program, and that’s helping students at our junior/senior high school: we have 30 minutes every morning, Monday through Thursday. At the elementary, we have Tuesday and Thursday after school, and we, again, have four teachers doing that. And that’s to help students with their academics.”
Harman says both the academic assistance and enrichment programs are funded by grants.
