Mexico 59 Board of Education Update

This monthly update will be sent prior to noon the day after the board meeting.

• Certified Staff: Christina Terry, Ag Teacher at Hart Career Center
  Her nominating colleague shared, "She is doing the work of two teachers this year and has also helped me a tremendous amount!"
  
• Support Staff: Ethan Wiley, PLTW Teacher at Eugene Field Elementary
  His nominating colleague shared, "Ethan has jumped into teaching STEM/PLTW. He is making great connections with students and creating an exciting learning environment. He's building a great foundation for students to get them excited to learn about STEM and science topics."

Board member Matt Pilger offered congratulations to the district for the recent MFA Oil grant which will be used to purchase a communication board to support students with disabilities.

• Board minutes from 1/21/2025
• Bills Paid
• Treasurer's Report
• PIM Grant Approval Evaluation

Dr. Lentz (09:24) discussed community engagement, bond progress, district finances, PRI/C2C review, snow day update, and conference athletics. He also offered an overview of next year's budget preparations (30:25), including a possible $700 increase to teacher base pay.

Ms. Lower (25:13) discussed the ESEA budget approval, the MMS culture walk, Panorama, district testing, elementary teaching and learning, including the recent Title reading night.

The report can be viewed in its entirety here.

Building-level Reports

MELC

EF

HAW

MMS

MHS

MEC

HCC

Communications Report (33:22), including the Climate & Culture Survey Results from the winter 2024 district survey. Five groups were surveyed: District parents, all certificated staff, all support staff, 6-12 students, 4-5 students. Individual reports are available on the school website under Our Departments and Communications.

Approved a motion for an agreement to provide behavioral health consultation and access to mental health support for families and students of the district.

Approved a motion for a retro-active memorandum. The PartnerCorps partnership has been in place since the beginning of the 2024- 2025 school year, but a formal agreement is needed for record.

Approved the bid for for district Chromebooks to SHI for Dell 3120 models and to CDW-G for Dell 3110 models.

Approval of Personnel, including extra duties contracts:

• Three new employees hired
• Administrators for rehire
• One transfer
• Several extra duties

The board meeting adjourned at 6:09 PM. The next regular session meeting will be held on March 18 at 5:30 PM in Central Office.

The best efforts are made to send this update prior to noon the day after the board meeting. These highlights are intended to offer information as a courtesy to stakeholders. This newsletter is not intended to replace board-approved minutes from the meeting. If there is something not mentioned for which you need more information, please email communications@mexico.k12.mo.us to be directed to the correct personnel. All board updates are posted to the district website.