Chris S. Coray, reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. November 16, 2016. The Rich School District Board met with all members present.
The meeting started with 3 testimonials about the FFA (Future Farmers of America) program. The board
listened to these individuals about the possible benefits of having a FFA
program in the high school.
It was reported that the SAGE testing program will continue
another year. Utah is the only state
with a contract with SAGE and to make a change would be in the 40-50 million
dollar range. During this discussion it
was reported that 8 of the 9 members of the state school board have been
changed.
The auditing firm of Gilbert and Stewart presented the
results of the annual audit and gave what is called a “clean” opinion, which is
a highest recommendation in such an audit.
The finances of the district are well managed, but Richard Clark,
business manager who is retiring, noted that no qualified applicants have yet
expressed interest in the job.
There was discussion about the completion requirements for
those in the adult education option, which has a different and smaller number
of required credits than regular high school students. Adult education is a very small program in the county.
The board announced the unexpected an early retirement of Mrs.
B. Weston, and the need to begin to search for a replacement.
The board members were given a tour of the elementary school
science room and introduced to some of the new digitized software program. It was observed that the science scores in
the high school were lower in the district than comparable districts and the
science requirement is now a 3 trimester course, as opposed to the previous
two. It is hoped by the principal that
this change will positively affect the measurement metric applied statewide.
The board then went into a work session involving the
ongoing accreditation process and the next meeting will be in December.
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