Loyal School Board Approves FFA Trip

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 -- 8:01 AM

The Loyal School Board approved a trip for the FFA at their recent meeting.

Mrs. Donnerbauer’s request to take FFA members to watch the Badger Hockey Team in Madison on January 8th was approved. They heard a brief presentation on the updated building remodeling plan that the Board will be going to referendum in the spring to get approved.

After the presentation, the board approved the two following referendum questions including Initial Resolution Authorizing General Obligation Bonds in an Amount Not to Exceed $11,700,000; and a Resolution Providing for a Referendum Election on the Question of the Approval of an Initial Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds in an Amount Not to Exceed $11,700,000. Therefore, in the Spring Election in April of 2022, electors of the School District of Loyal will be able to cast their votes to approve or deny the proposal to do a building improvement project.

They also hired Melissa Grambsch as a part-time special education aide. She has been subbing in that department for the past several weeks. They also hired Randy Montalvo to be their Varsity Baseball Coach starting in Spring of 2022.

High School Principal Doug Dieckman reported on:

Decent participation with Parent teacher conferences and good feedback on using SignUp Genius for parents to register for conferences;

End of Trimester 1 grade review (very few failing grades);

Data review (fastbridge, end of term grades, school report card);

Continue to work through the EE pilot program with CESA and our team;

The MSHS Band and Choir Concert on Dec. 13;

The FCCLA “treats for troops” drive was a huge success, items will be shipped out this week;

Conducting a series of Managing Challenging Behaviors workshops for staff professional development in Dec and Jan;

And continue to look for ways to educate our families on internet safety/technology use/social media.

He also reported that within the next month:

They will establish a date for our district leadership team to work on district goals and vision;

MS and HS activity day set for Dec. 22;

MS and HS Band and Choir concert;

Have a team of teachers attending the Wisconsin Youth Mental Health Train the Trainer workshop (3 Days with 4 staff members);

Teachers will have course description books updated for 2022.23 school year;

Will begin to look at scheduling for the 22.23 school year;

EE pilot program training at CESA;

UDL book study with CESA;

And looking into a new ELA curriculum for K-12 (American Reading Company).

Some challenges the District is facing includes student mental health issues and technology use/abuse/restrictions.

Elementary Principal Nancy Popp reported on:

Activities;

Parent Teacher Conferences were held on Monday, November 22nd and Tuesday, November 23rd;

Conferences were well attended, and they used their new program that allowed parents to schedule their own times for the meetings;

The Holiday Concert was Thursday, December 16th at 1:30 in the high school gym;

Holiday Activities are Tuesday, December 21st and Wednesday, December 22nd and K-2nd grades will be bowling, and 3rd -5th grade will be tubing;

Team meetings;

Focusing on Student Learning Objectives (SLO’s) and Professional Practice Goals (PPG’s);

Using data from the District Report Card, Fastbridge assessments, and first trimester grades;

4K-2nd grades are focusing on English/Language Arts goal;

3rd -5th grades are focusing on Math goal;

Building assessments to show mastery of the standards;

Plan methods for teaching all levels of students;

Curriculum;

SLATE Conference (School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education) focused on ways to utilize technology in the classroom and avenues for addressing digital citizenship, using notes and ideas from the conference, present ideas to the staff of ways that they can incorporate more technology into their lesson that are used for assessment or teaching strategies;

Research a program that was presented about internet safety, this may be a possible solution to some of the District’s concerns about teaching student’s internet safety.

Superintendent Christ Linder reported on the current COVID numbers - 1 student positive, 9 close contacts (1-staff, 8 students) out of school at this time. The staff Christmas party was held last Saturday night at Rose Bowl Lanes in Marshfield. Approximately 75 staff and their families were there. A good time was had by all.

Maintenance Supervisor Dan Lindgren and Mr. Lindner have been getting prices and proposals on new doors and air handlers throughout the building. They plan on using ESSER III funds for these projects.

They are currently trying out a new program called PaperCut on our copiers and printers. This program requires all staff members to put a code in to release print jobs. This should help cut down on unnecessary printing and save money.

The Leadership Team will be meeting in January to work on the District Vision and Goals.

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.