The Devils Lake Public School Board held a regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 16. Here are some highlights from the meeting.
Superintendent Ned Clooten talked about his plan for Continuous Improvement/Student outcome goals for math and ELA. The percentages in grades 3-8 and 10 who are proficient or above in these two categories were presented at the meeting. Criteria were measured based on the North Dakota State Assessment. Clooten said for math the goal is to increase the proficiency from 29% in August 2023 to 57% by Aug 2028. The percentage of 33% was reached for this year. “We can continue to climb out of this low point we were in last 2 years,” Clooten said.
For Native American students, the baseline was 16% with a target of 20% by 2024.
Economically disadvantaged did not meet the target. The baseline was 17%, the target 21%, and the actual was 19%.
For English Language Arts (ELA) the goal is to increase the from 40% to 65% by August 2028.
All students the baseline in 2023 was 40% and the target for 2024 was 43%.
The Native American student’s baseline was 26% with a target of 29%. The actual number was 34%. Clooten credited the “7 mindsets curriculum” for being a contributing factor to this increased number.
For economically disadvantaged students, the baseline was 25% with a target of 28%. The actual number was 31%.
“We were very pleased,” Clooten told the DLJ. It’s the highest our Native American students have had in proficiency rating since 7 years ago. We have to raise the bar and raise the rigor in our classrooms.”
There is a buyer for bonds. Official sale on Oct 16. $27,785,000 general obligation school building bonds 3.69% rate. 9 bidders more than Dickinson had.
After the school board, meeting there was a property tax levy information meeting.
The estimated evaluation was $58.1 from 2024-25. The exact number won’t be figured out till November.
The only change is sinking and interests which went 4.55 mills to 38.05 mills
2024-2025 local revenue was 18% at $4.9 million. State revenue was 70% at $19.2 million. Federal revenue was 11% at $3.06 million. Most expenditures were spent on salary and benefits.
