Many businesses may be allowed to reopen over the coming weeks, but don’t expect any school activities to resume until at least July. Governor Eric Holcomb’s Back on Track Indiana plan clarifies that all K-12 school buildings, facilities, and grounds are closed and all activities remain canceled until June 30.
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Administrators from the Culver Community School Corporation are meeting this week to determine several factors inside a continuous learning plan required by the Indiana State Department of Education.
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Indiana’s schools will remain closed until the end of the school year. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Jennifer McCormick made the announcement during a press conference Thursday.
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Governor Eric Holcomb announced that all schools will be closed through May 1 and the Indiana Department of Education is responding to that executive action.
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After months of delay, the 2018-2019 school letter grades were finally released by the Indiana Department of Education this week, with the results almost identical to the previous year’s.
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Local health officials are preparing for the possible spread of coronavirus. “Well, it’s in Illinois. It’s coming,” says Starke County Health Nurse Frank Lynch. “So when we get it or anything like that, it’s just going to be a matter of dealing with it like we did with H1N1 or anything of that nature.”
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Some local school corporations are among the recipients of this year’s Digital Learning-Community Advisory Grant from the Indiana Department of Education. Triton received $50,000. South Central got $45,090, and Oregon-Davis was awarded $40,600.
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The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation Board of Finance got a report on the school district’s fiscal indicators Wednesday.
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A couple LaPorte County school districts have been awarded funding through the Indiana Department of Education’s STEM Acceleration Grants. The department says it opened a second round of grants for this school year, since additional funding was available.
Continue readingWhile concerns about ILEARN results continue to hold up the release of the state’s school letter grades for the 2018-2019 school year, the separate federal accountability ratings are now available.
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Indiana’s 2019 graduation rates were released by the Department of Education Tuesday. Of Starke County’s school corporations, Knox had the highest total graduation rate at 94.4 percent, while Oregon-Davis had the lowest at 77.1 percent.
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Open enrollment continues to create challenges for the Oregon-Davis School Corporation. Ron Gifford with the Starke County Economic Development Foundation recently shared some details from the Indiana Department of Education’s fall transfer report with the Hamlet Town Council.
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The Culver Community Schools Corporation is getting $50,000 to boost its STEM education efforts. The Indiana Department of Education announced the recipients of the 2019 K-12 STEM Acceleration Grants Friday.
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The Oregon-Davis School Board continues moving forward with the process of doing away with board member districts. Back in October, board members passed a resolution to make the change in the board’s organizational plan. On Monday, they approved another resolution as the next step, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman.
Continue readingMany area children continue to attend school outside of their own public school district. The Indiana Department of Education released its fall transfer report Wednesday. The Oregon-Davis School Corporation continues to see a large chunk of its district’s population going to other schools, with more than 43 percent of the state-funded students who live there attending class someplace else.
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Eastern Pulaski schools are looking to boost attendance and communication with parents, as part of this year’s school improvement plans. The three principals recently presented their plans to the school board.
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The Indiana Department of Education recently released the names of this year’s Gold Star Schools.
Continue readingThe Indiana Department of Education’s delay in issuing letter grades to school corporations could have an adverse effect on teacher raises at the West Central School Corporation.
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A Knox Elementary School teacher is one of 50 Indiana teachers chosen for the state’s inaugural Teacher Leaders Bootcamp. The bootcamp was developed by the Indiana Department of Education to help selected teachers develop their leadership skills and use what they learn to help their schools. The event officially kicked off last week.
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The new ILEARN test is drawing harsh criticism from Knox Community School Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart.
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