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Bristol Virginia Public Schools
School Board Goals 2003-2004

Curriculum, Instruction, and Staff Development

  • Develop a program of benchmark assessments to monitor student preparation in the Standards of Learning
  • Devise teacher guidelines for grades K-2 promotion and retention decisions
  • Create a summer reading list in cooperation with the public library
  • Increase the number of students who attain a grade level or higher grade equivalency score in reading as measured by the Star Literacy or Early Star Literacy Assessments

Student Services, Special Education, and Health and Safety

  • Revise the screening and reporting process for vision, hearing, motor skills, and language development
  • Develop a Section 504 Policy and Procedures Manual
  • Evaluate homebound education procedures
  • Complete and implement a drug and alcohol policy

Administration

  • Implement revised division testing program
  • Update division six-year plan
  • Establish procedures for the selection, evaluation, and retention of coaches
  • Assist personnel in meeting the No Child Left Behind Act certification requirements
  • Examine the literature about multiple sources of reliable data that can be used in teacher evaluations
  • Develop a possible measure of student achievement and evaluate its role in teacher evaluations

Finance

  • Assess the need for implementing an on-line purchase order system
  • Investigate the feasibility of implementing the RDA Xpert accounting software for school activity funds

Technology

  • Reduce the amount of unsolicited email (SPAM) entering the system
  • Provide better work order tracking and reporting capabilities
  • Upgrade operating system on high school and middle school computers to Windows XP and to Office XP on all compatible computers

Facilities

  • Monitor the construction of a new high school track
  • Oversee the Highland View window replacement and the Stonewall Jackson boiler substitution
  • Evaluate relocation plans for the tennis courts at Virginia High

 

Approved by:  the Bristol Virginia School Board on 7/21/03.

 
 

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