“Good growth.” That was the word Monday, May 20 to the school board with regard to the AGR Report, focused on achievement gap reduction with twice yearly updates mandated by statute 118.44(6) of Wisconsin State Law.
Given by District Superintendent Jeff Koenig in the absence of Elementary Principal Dean Lew, the report focused on achievement gap education had several highlights.
Starting out with kindergarten, 95 percent of kindergartners or 56 out of 59 scored 19 or higher on the PALS reading assessment, while 97 percent or 57 out of 59 scored 90 or higher on letters and sounds ESGI. 95 percent of kindergartners scored 90 percent or higher on phonemic awareness, while 56 out of 59 scored a 3 or higher on Wonders Phonics.
Switching over to math scores, 97 percent or 57 out of 59 kindergarten students at Stanley-Boyd scored 3 or 4 on counting cardinality, while 90 percent or 53 of 59 scored a 3 or 4 on operations and algebraic thinking. Lastly, 93 percent or 55 of 99 scored a 3 or 4 on numbers and operations base.
As for first grade reading, the AGR Report for spring shows that 81 percent or 54 out of 67 scored 40 or higher the PALS assessment, while 100 percent scored 80 or higher on the ESGI.
In math, 64 percent or 43 out of 67 of Stanley-Boyd first graders scored a 3 or 4 on the first grade end of year Assessment for operations and algebraic thinking, while 70 percent or 47 out of 67 first graders scored a 3 or 4 on the number and operations end of year assessment.
For second grade reading, 81 percent or 64 out of 79 students scored 90 or higher on Wonders Sight Words while 73 percent or 58 out of 79 students scored 14 or higher on Wonders Phonics, with 43 percent scoring 100 or higher on a fluency check and 62 percent scoring 59 or higher on spelling inventory.
For second grade math, 84 percent or 65 out of 79 students met the benchmark for the end of year assessment in operations and algebraic thinking, while 85 percent or 67 out of 79 students met the benchmark for the numbers and operations end of year assessment.
Moving to third grade, test results show 73 percent or 46 out of 63 students scored 1038 or above on Exact Path reading, while for math a full 76 percent or 48 of 63 third graders met benchmark for the end of year assessment in operations and algebraic thinking. 71 percent or 45 out of 63 of third graders met benchmark for the end of year assessment in number and operations fractions.
In other school news, food service fees are set to rise July 1 as the new fiscal year dawns. Elementary and middle school lunch will see a rise of 5 cents to $2.25, while an extra entree will go up 15 cents to $2.15. A 10 cents increase will be coming to high school student lunches for a cost of $2.60, while a five cent increase will be attached to elementary, middle school, and high school breakfast, for a total price of $1.60. Extra breakfast entrees will increase by five cents to $1.30, while adult breakfast will increase four cents to $2.65 for fiscal year 2024-25.
As for pool fees, the new fee schedule shows a resident family pass at $279 annually or $40 monthly, while a non-resident pass is $319 annually or $45 monthly.
A full pool fee schedule is included with May school board materials on the district website.