Grundy Reporter

Morris Community High School District #101 Board of Education met March 14. 

Here is the minutes as provided by the board:

I. Call to Order

    Dr. Halloran called the meeting to order.

    Roll Call

    Board members present: Chris Danek, Judie Roth

    Others present: Dr. Halloran, Mr. Hussey

    Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

II. Curriculum Committee Session

     A. Digital Literacy

       - waiting for feeder school Keyboard proficiency lists in order to complete

        new course assignments and section numbers.

        Mr. Hussey gave us an overview of how scheduling is being handled, and

        approximately when he will know the exact number of sections between

        Keyboarding and the new Digital Literacy course.

     B. AP Goal to Increase AP offerings

       - AP Physics 2017-18 school year.

       - no other movement at this time.

       Mr. Hussey indicated that coursework movement to both honor and AP levels

       have been considered, but shared his caution about putting new courses up

       against current upper level courses when they might draw from the same elite

       student group.

     C. Dual Credit

         - maintenance of what we have and encouragement for additional teachers

           post-graduate coursework in order to achieve Dual Credit Certification

           eligibility.

        Mr. Hussey updated us about the possibility of having a few teachers in

        masters degree programming that could lead us into additional Dual Credit

        possibilities.

         Dr. Halloran shared news of JJC looking to add a partial fee to all Dual Credit

        coursework that may take effect prior to next year’s student registration cycle

         to begin in the 2019-20 school year.

     D. SAT Testing

        - April 10, 2018

        - Guidance has offered sample test opportunities and a test prep workshop

           for all interested. Over 50 students attended the Zapping the SAT

            workshop on Monday, March 5th.

         Mr. Hussey indicated that we have shifted heavily into both curricular

         additions and program additions in test prep for the PSAT and SAT.

     E. STEM Update

         - Student Registration Counts

         Mr. Hussey was happy to report that student registration saw 45 students

         sign-up for STEM 1 coursework, and that with those numbers we have

         committed to running our opening year of this program.

     F. Items Not Known at Agenda Preparation Time

         Mr. Hussey apprised the board of some possible classroom changes, and the

         nature of how that works inside of our faculty population.

III. Public Participation

     No one was present to address the board.

IV. Adjournment

     The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 PM.

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