Superintendent Johnnie Silkett was offered and accepted a two year contract extension through the 2012-2013 school year at Pattonsburg R-2.
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In other business at the Jan. 19 meeting of the Board of Education, six candidates signed up to run for three positions on the board: Craig Lambert, Gene Thatcher, Shandi Allison Gardner, Larry Huskey, Lyle Hoover and Jennifer Moore.
The board discussed the new state initiative called "Rebooting Missouri." This initiative deals with ways for the state to save money or spend it more wisely. While this sounds like a great idea, the concern is the lack of representation for rural schools and the negative impact on funding for rural schools that could come as a result of several of the suggestions.
The calendar was changed so the third make-up day for inclement weather would be made up by reducing the calendar from 175 days to 174 days. The fourth make-up day would be April 21, and any more would be added to the end of the school year.
The first reading of the 2011-12 calendar took place.
The next board meeting will be at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Cheryl Cornett gave the elementary report. Elementary attendance for December was 95.36% compared to 93% last year. Several new students have enrolled since the beginning of the year. Total enrollment is 105 grades PK-6.
Students selected for demonstrating the character trait of compassion were as follows: preschool – Daltyn Sperry, kindergarten – Sieriah Eckert, first grade – Parker Chamberlin, second grade – Miles Huff, third grade – Hannah McDaniel, fourth grade – Ryon Meador, fifth grade – Britanie Middaugh, sixth grade – Jacob Scobee. The "Student of the Month" was Sieriah Eckert.
Benchmark assessments are scheduled to begin for grades K-6 using DIBELS. Marilyn Wehrli will be in the elementary building on Jan. 26 to gather data on Instructional Practices (IPI). The goal is to improve in the areas that involve higher order thinking skills. Ms. Wehrli also came to the building on Jan. 3 and instructed the staff on cooperative learning activities.
Chris Hodge gave the high school report. Attendance rate for the month of December was 95.74% at the high school. First grade check of the third quarter was Tuesday. The Gilman City basketball tournament was also on the schedule. Junior high academic matches were scheduled to begin last week, with 12 students participating. Jan. 29 is the junior high science olympiad with 21 students participating. A financial aid meeting was held Feb. 7 at school for juniors and seniors with Mrs. Denton in the library. Feb. 2 is the third quarter mid-term.