Nome Public Schools, Alaska
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Website evaluation
The good
- Meeting information including agendas and minutes are posted along with the scheduled meeting times but meeting minutes from previous school years are not provided[2].
- The email addresses and names of the School Board members are provided[2].
- The email addresses and names of the Administrative officials are also provided[3].
- The district's background check policy is mentioned[4].
- The district's public records policy is mentioned in the School Board's policy manual, but no method to request these records is provided online[5].
- The audits from 2007 are provided[6].
- An academic report from the 2006-07 school year is posted, but no further academic performance records are available online[7].
The bad
- No tax information is available.
- No budgets are posted.
- No contracts are posted, although the negotiated agreements with the teachers union and the classified employees union are found on the district's website.[8]
School Board
The members of the school board and their emails are found on the website.[9]
| Name |
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| Heather Payenna |
| Albert McComas |
| Barb Nickels |
| Gloria Karmun |
| Kirsten Timbers |
The board enters into negotiated agreements with both the teachers' union[10] and the classified employees association[11] on behalf of the district.
Academic Performance
In the 2008-09 academic year, the district did not meet Annual Yearly Progress criteria established by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development.[1] The district was placed on AYP Level 4[1], which requires corrective action be taken.[12]
In the district, 64% of students are proficient in language arts and 57% are proficient in mathematics.[1]
Lobbying
The district is a member of the Association of Alaska School Boards.[13] The AASB states on its website that it promotes pro-education legislation and to protect the principle of local control of public education, with its efforts led by its Executive Director.[14] The AASB also issues a Legislative Handbook to members of its Legislative Network and publishes a Legislative Bulletin.[15][16] The AASB is also an affiliate of the National School Boards Association and its Federal Relations Network, which addresses the legislative process at a national level.[17][18]
School Choice
The district has one charter school, the Anvil City Science Academy.[19] The school serves 44 students[20], who are admitted through a lottery.[21]
In addition, the district offers a program called Extensions to provide opportunities and curricular assistance to families opting to homeschool their children in grades 7 through 12.[22]
The district has partnered with the Bering Strait School District, Alaska to operate the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center, a regional vocational training center for high school students located in Nome.[23]
Unions
The Nome Education Association represents teachers and certificated employees of the district, with the exception of principals, superintendents and directors.[10] The negotiated agreement between the district and the Nome Education Association posted on the district's website was in effect from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.[10] The salary schedule for 2006-07 ranged from $40,000 to $74,690, the 2007-08 salary schedule ranged from $40,600 to $75,804, and the salary schedule for 2008-09 ranged from $41,006 to $76,560.[10]
The Nome City School District Classified Employees Association represents classified employees of the district with the exception of management, supervisory, confidential and temporary employees.[24] It entered into a negotiated agreement with the school board in effect from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012.[24]
As of January 8, 2010, neither union appeared to have a website.
External Links
- Nome School District website
- Association of Alaska School Boards
- Greatschools.net Ratings of schools in the Nome Public Schools
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2009 District AYP Worksheet
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 School Board
- ↑ Directory
- ↑ Personnel background check
- ↑ Public records policy page 42
- ↑ Audits
- ↑ 2006-07 Report card
- ↑ Administration
- ↑ School Board
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 NEA Negotiated Agreement
- ↑ CEA Agreement
- ↑ Consequences of Not Meeting AYP
- ↑ AASB Membership Directory
- ↑ AASB Legislative Efforts
- ↑ AASB Legislative Efforts
- ↑ AASB Legislative Bulletin Archive
- ↑ AASB Legislative Services
- ↑ NASB Federal Relations Network
- ↑ State Charter School Directory
- ↑ Anvil Intro
- ↑ Anvil Application
- ↑ Extensions
- ↑ NACTEC
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Classified Association Agreement
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