MPS SCHOOL BOARD
The Madill School Board of Education held the monthly meeting on October 14. Madill Superintendent Larry Case gave an updated report about the going ons in the school district.
Case said the Fine Arts building is nearing completion.
“The Fine Arts building is getting closer to being done,” Case said.
Case also informed the board and the residents in attendance that the number of students this year is down slightly from 2018. The superintendent said the decrease is due to a blended learning school.
“We have lost about 19 to 20 kids to Epic Charter School,” Case said. “Norman’s numbers are better because they have started online classes.”
According to the website, Epic Charter School “is a fully accredited school on the same level as most public schools in the state of Oklahoma.”
The site also claims “that our students are receiving an education that meets and/or exceeds the expectations of Oklahoma State Department of Education. Credits and coursework received at Epic are valid should a student transfer to another program and when applying for higher education.”
Case said the Madill district is looking to experiment and dabble in the blended online learning environment. He said the district needs to “step out of the box” and figure out what works for Madill because the online learning world is not a one size fits all.
Once the reports were done, and the students of the month were announced, the board changed gears and discussed the possibility of employing a support personnel for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The board voted unanimously to offer Jesse Holt an employment support personnel contract.
The board also voted to approve contract additions and addendums for extra duty contracts. This is for any personnel that may have earned a Masters Degree and is due a raise.
Members of the board also had to decide which College and Career Readiness Assessment test will be used annually, the ACT or the SAT test. Board members voted to keep it as the ACT test, as in the past.