Trustland Funds Allocated

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

RANDOLPH, Utah.  May 21, 2014.  Each of the principals has made plans on how to use the Trustlands Funds that are available to the schools.  Principal Motta noted that the North Rich Elementary School’s main priority for the coming year will be to get all students reading at or above their grade level.  Monies will be used to set up a lab after school.   If the labs after school don’t work, extra help will be used during the school day to work with those students needing additional help.  Monies will be used for professional development, supplies, text books, accelerated readers, National Geographic materials and software.

The second goal will be math improvement.  This goal will also require professional development, supplies, and text books.    The third goal is to increase student exposure to science after school, at science assemblies, and will require certain supplies.  The total amount received for the elementary is $28,775.

The primary goal for the middle school is to increase reading and writing scores.  Monies will be used for salaries, professional development, supplies, texts, books for the library, and software for the AR (accelerated reading) program.  The second goal is to improve technical skills in the classroom.  Monies have been held over from the past two years.  It will be spent along with this year’s funds for hardware (computers) for the students.  The Trustlands Fund this year is $22,000 and the carryover is $25,000.

Principal Larsen reported that South Rich Elementary has decided that math improvement is their main goal.  Students will be using Apple IP devices with apps that follow quite closely the Utah core.   The second goal is to improve reading with a technological emphasis.  Monies will be used to purchase texts, materials to enhance the AR reading program, supplies, apps, and needed devices.  There are carryover funds of $15,000 and $27,000 from Trustlands for a total of $42,000.

Principal Larsen noted that the Wednesday lab will no longer be needed.  The money generally used for the lab will be used to begin moving toward one-on-one technology.  Funds will be used to increase the AR reading program, and for tests, and books. 

In the High School the Lagoon incentive has been very successful in encouraging students to do additional reading.  Reading time is done on a school wide basis and has worked especially well.

Trustlands Funds will be used for new laptops.  Also two printers will be purchased for placement in two classrooms.  The past year has been very positive and the school needs to continue to make and use technology.  During the last year, one computer was dropped making it unusable.  Three screens were broken but could be repaired, and there were a few other minor repair problems.  The $40 per student insurance fund more than covered the problems leaving a balance of about $3,500 in that fund.  The newer computers seem more rugged and durable which will help during the coming year.

The computers used during the last year have been checked in for the summer and will be assigned in the fall to the same students who had them last year.

The motion was made to accept the plans for the Trustlands Funds.