As per usual, Monday evening Board of Education meetings conflict with my work schedule, but I was able to tune in for the section in which the Board took up Jim Bowman’s resolution. In that resolution, the Board of Education encourages everyone in the community […]
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Write-Up For 11/09/2020 Board of Education Meeting
The Board of Education met 11/09/2020. They had a work session in which they went over the I-Ready testing data (which you can read about here and here.)Â PUBLIC COMMENT Kay Eggert summarized the communication the Board received that was intended to be public comment […]
Barry O’Connell’s Speech At The 11/09/2020 Board of Education Meeting
At the 11/09/2020 Board of Education meeting, board member Barry O’Connell gave a 7 minute speech presenting his views about the pandemic, AASD’s response to the pandemic, and parents’ response to AASD’s pandemic response. As Deb Truyman pointed out, it seemed fairly preachy, but he […]
Superintendent Baseman’s Report At 11/09/2020 Board of Education Meeting
I’m not sure how useful it is to post Superintendent Judy Baseman’s reports/speeches from each of the Board of Education meetings because they seem fairly similar. Nevertheless, here is her report from the 11/09/2020 meeting. [Just as a note, although the statewide coronavirus numbers she […]
AASD Fall i-Ready Results For Math
I have had a chance to write up the i-Ready math results which were presented at the 11/09/2020 Board of Education worksession. (To Review how the i-Ready assessment works and see the Reading results, go here.) Steve Harrison was doing the presenting. There were slight […]
AASD Fall i-Ready Results For Reading
On 11/09/2020 the Board of Education had a work session to review the Fall 2020 i-Ready student assessment results. These meetings are pretty much always a slog, and this one is no exception. They covered both the Math and Reading assessment results in this presentation, […]
AASD Virtual Model Plus Overview
The Board of Education met tonight, but my work schedule always cuts into my ability to watch that live, so instead of coming in in the middle I decided to finish up a synopsis of the final section of the 10/26/2020 Board of Education meeting […]
Board of Education Scheduled To Review AASD i-Ready Results
The AASD Board of Education has a work session scheduled 11/09 at 4pm to review the i-ready test results. This should be interesting. I would suspect that the results will be presented in such a way that it will be very difficult to tell how […]
10/26/2020 Board of Education Presentation of Social and Emotional Learning During the Pandemic
The AASD Board of Education met 10/26/2020. After an opening update and discussion about coronavirus, the administration staff gave a presentation on Social and Emotional Learning in the district during these unprecedented times. Poyee Xiang, a member of the school climate team as well as […]
Deb Truymann’s Question During the 10/26/2020 Board of Education Meeting
During the opening discussion of the 10/26/2020 Board of Education meeting Deb Truymann asked why the district wasn’t looking to the data from surrounding schools and districts that are open and having it influence our decisions. It seemed like an obvious question, but it resulted […]