{"id":13989,"date":"2024-10-27T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T21:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-school-board-receives-student-data-approves-coach-salary-schedule\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:41:45","slug":"dolores-school-board-receives-student-data-approves-coach-salary-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-school-board-receives-student-data-approves-coach-salary-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores school board receives student data, approves coach salary schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Dolores School District headquarters.<\/span>The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

At their rescheduled monthly board meeting Monday, the Dolores RE-4A discussed MTSS initiatives, attendance, student data and coach salaries.<\/p>\n

The board failed to meet a quorum on Oct. 14. Board President Maegan Crowley was not present Monday, and Casey McClellan ran the meeting in her place.<\/p>\n

The biannual multitiered system of supports report was high on the agenda. The district\u2019s focus area is on attendance, according to MTSS coordinator Katherine Freeman.<\/p>\n

It was Freeman\u2019s final report to the district, because she has accepted the position of regional coordinator with the Colorado Department of Education.<\/p>\n

The district has completed a District Capacity Assessment, which is a \u201crubric for implementation.\u201d The assessment is used for an action plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look at our action plan every meeting and update it,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cSome of the things we\u2019re working on currently are supporting our school level team and how they use data.\u201d<\/p>\n

They have created a five-step protocol to determine their action steps.<\/p>\n

Freeman said all four schools are utilizing their MTSS leadership teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to combine those because we\u2019re such a tiny district, a lot of people wear a lot of hats. We didn\u2019t want to add an additional team,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cPretty much all of our schools showed growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freeman also spoke of the district\u2019s attendance and plans for improvement in that area.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, our district focus is attendance,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cThis was our initial precise problem statement that we came up with in spring of 2023, basically identifying that chronic absenteeism, missing 10% of more of school, is a significant problem in our district, and it has an impact on student success.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Freeman, the elementary school is at 27% chronic absenteeism, down 16% from the last school year. The middle school was also down 16%, for a 32% chronic absentee rate, and high school had 47%, which is 15% less than the year before.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the data is still not great, but we did make some significant improvements, and we surpassed our goal,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cWe are hoping to reduce that more this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next report involved data and student achievement.<\/p>\n

The district had been working to see growth in mathematics at the elementary level, and though they didn\u2019t make as much growth as was projected, it was described as \u201cpretty good growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a huge gap,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

Some of the trouble areas noted are sixth to eighth grade, but this year, eighth grade exceeded the predicted growth. They \u201chit the mark\u201d for ninth grade and were just one point of growth below what was predicted for 10th.<\/p>\n

In English language arts and reading, second grade was below expectations, third grade exceeded, fourth grade exceeded and sixth grade exceeded. In the middle school, sixth grade was a little bit below, but seventh and eighth grades both exceeded.<\/p>\n

Ninth exceeded, 10th is \u201cright there\u201d and 11th exceeded as well.<\/p>\n

It was noted that it had been \u201ca while\u201d since they had received science data, and middle school exceeded, as well as ninth grade.<\/p>\n

According to the 2023 data, the middle school did not match the 2022 mark, ninth grade came in below the 2022 data, and 11th grade and the elementary posted their highest scores in four years.<\/p>\n

Coaching pay schedule approved<\/div>\n

The next item was coaching pay and a proposed salary schedule for the 2024-25 school year. The new coach salary schedule was approved later in action items.<\/p>\n

The superintendent job description was also discussed. The board praised Superintendent Alesa Reed for her work, saying they were \u201cpleased.\u201d<\/p>\n

Board secretary Clay Tallmadge said he saw no need to launch a superintendent search because Reed was doing well and the district was doing well under her leadership. The rest of the board agreed.<\/p>\n

The board also approved the substitute teacher pay as written and the hiring of Emily Tavra as preschool substitute, Karelia Ver Ecke as preschool substitute, Adrianna Harris as elementary permanent substitute, Kenneth Allison as transportation substitute, Carmen (David) Fernandez as grounds maintenance and Margaret Kane as 504 coordinator.<\/p>\n

The next Dolores school board meeting is Nov. 11 at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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