1. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT October 12, 2015

2. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Pender Public School District is to provide quality educational opportunities in a safe, positive learning environment that motivates and challenges all students to become productive and responsible citizens.

3. WORKSHOPS/MEETINGS  Past Events  September 23 – NASB Area Membership Meeting  September 30 – MAP Reports Training & Math Standards Workshop  October 5 – Northeast Nebraska Superintendent’s Meeting  October 7 – Title IX Training  October 8 – Staff Inservice (APL Refresher)  Future Events  October 13 – reVISION Meeting  October 14 – ESU 1 / 8 Superintendent’s Meeting  October 21 – Parent-Teacher Conferences  October 23 – Comp Day – No School  October 27 – Safety Inspection  October 28-30 – National FFA Convention

4. NSAA UNIFIED SPORTS  The NSAA established a statewide committee to study participation opportunities for students with disabilities and what those opportunities might look like  That committee made a recommendation to the NSAA Board of Directors that Unified Sports should be the first avenue for providing those participation opportunities for students with disabilities  Unified Sports teams are comprised of students with and without intellectual disabilities to participate on a high school team  The NSAA board will be making a decision soon about adding Unified Sports, Bowling in the 2016-17 school year  If and wen the NSAA makes this program available to schools, Pender will have to determine if adding a program of that nature is in the best interest of the school district

5. RULE 10 AND RULE 11 REPORTS  Rule 10 Report  The Rule 10 Report is now an online report  A new component called an Evidence Based Analysis (EBA) is required for schools  The EBA is a component of AQuESTT  Mr. Miller, Mrs. Ballinger, and I plan to complete the EBA for PPS, PHS, and PES prior to the November 1 deadline.  Rule 11 Report  Complete and submitted  No new formatting  Please let me know if you would like to see either of these reports

6. TITLE IX TRAINING  Mr. Nixon and I attended Title IX Training in Wakefield on October 7  Karen Haase provided the training from ESU 2 in Fremont  Title IX addresses discrimination, harassment, and retaliation  Since we receive federal funds (Title 1, Title IIA), we have to comply with Title IX guidelines  The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) intervenes when Title IX issues arise  The OCR recently hired an additional 800 employees, so they will be looking for compliance issues  I plan to work with Mr. Nixon, Mr. Miller, and Mrs. Ballinger to develop a better understanding of our Title IX policies and requirements

7. VALUATION 2015 ADJUSTED VALUATION WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE 2016-2017 STATE AID. 2014  Actual  Cuming County - $132,005,057  Thurston County - $353,792,402  Wayne County - $44,293,602  Total - $530,091,061  Adjusted  Cuming County - $132,055,852  Thurston County - $356,788,522  Wayne County - $45,386,968  Total - $534,231,342 2015  Actual  Cuming County - $147,533,989  Thurston County - $410,980,618  Wayne County - $47,711,046  Total - $606,225,653  Adjusted  Cuming County - $149,152,344  Thurston County - $410,383,137  Wayne County - $48,912,039  Total - $608,447,520

8. STATE OF THE SCHOOLS REPORT  Publically released October 16  A component of the report is a Federal Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) rating  Pender’s rating is “Not Met” for the second consecutive year which means we are not in a “Needs Improvement” status  Almost every school in Nebraska is in the same predicament  One subgroup did not meet  The AYP rating is based on NCLB’s expectation that ALL students meet or exceed the standards on ALL NeSA assessments  While Pender does not meet this expectation, our students perform well on NeSA assessments  Amongst the many requirements of be classified as “Needs Improvement”, I have to write a letter to parents explaining our situation