October's regular meeting of the Maryville school board included a review of the district's comprehensive school improvement plan that the board adopted last December.
The report says state accountability indicators in the Maryville district had solid results and meaningful year over year gains. Specific examples are Maryville students outperforming the state average in English and Language Arts and in eighth grade science. The district also has a high school graduation rate of over 98 percent. Maryville school leadership will meet with its outside consultant next month to review the improvement plan.
Wednesday's meeting (October 21) included campus reports.
There is a new head baseball coach at Maryville High School. School board members were told that assistant coach Jared Luke was promoted.
Also from MHS, the board learned there is a student who is a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist. Senior Aiden VanVactor is waiting to hear if he will be a finalist.
Board members learned six local businesses and manufacturers have contributed a combined $310,000 dollars to the Northwest Technical School's customized training program.
Maryville's special education director reports processing 17 initial evaluations, compared with 35 at this time last year.
Maryville Middle School students have a new wellness initiative where upcoming presentations will address physical wellness, social media use and its impact on well-being, and mental health.
And Eugene Field elementary school has brought back student recognition when they have an attendance rate of at least 95 percent and have no office referrals.
