WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 404
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING MINUTES
March 9, 2023, 6:15 p.m.Work Session Meeting-Woodland High School Room 1204
MEMBERS PRESENT
Janice Watts, Jeff Wray, Sarah Stuart, Trish Huddleston, Tom Guthrie, and Brooklynn Donald-Student RepresentativeTom Guthrie
STAFF PRESENT
Michael Green-Board Secretary and Nicole Galloway-Recording Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT IN PERSON
Angela Campbell, Phil Pearson, Jake Hall, Steve Rippl, Eric Jacobson, Brian Wrigley, David Starkey, Asha Riley, Stacy Brown, Dan Uhlenkott, Vicky Barnes, Denise Pearl, Russell Evans, Malinda Huddleston, Kyla Keefer, Sarah Netland, Maria Rodriguez, Kim Novak, Michael Smith, Ashley Kleinschmidt, Tammy Graham, Danielle Przedwojewski, Alicia Smith, Kaycee Alejo, Alyse Smalley, Donna Butler, Candice Sheppard, Naomi Gnade, DJ Riley, Caleb Osario, and Jennifer Ripplinger.
CALL TO ORDER
President Watts called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.
CONSENT AGENDA
Director Wary moved to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Director Watts – yes
Director Wray – yes
Director Stuart – yes
Director Huddleston – yes
Director Guthrie – yes
PUBLIC HEARING
There were no comments.
WORKSHOP
Identification of Budget Reductions
If the voters reject the EP&O levy in April, the board must implement a significant $3 million dollar spending cut. The board spent three hours reviewing and discussing where these cuts would be made and compiled a final list.
Students Performance Update
Principals Denise Pearl, David Starkey, Malinda Huddleston, and instructional coach Ashley Kleinschmidt presented the current elementary school data showing significant student growth in reading. They didn’t have the updated data for math but did comment that they do have a lot of work to do in math.
Russell Evans and Angela Campbell presented the middle school data on student performance in reading and mathematics. Students are showing positive growth in both subjects, and Dr. Phil Pearson presented key data for the high school. The biggest celebration from WHS was the unprecedentedly high number of freshmen who are “on-track”, meaning that they have no “Fs”.
The directors asked a few questions and congratulated the teams for their hard work.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON WORK SESSION TOPIC
There were none.
ADJOURNMENT
President Watts adjourned at 9:58 p.m.
ATTEST:
__________________________________Secretary to the Board
WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #404BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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