LIGONIER — The West Noble school board created director positions and stipends to launch a marching band program, then hired a director and assistant director.
LIGONIER — The bell rang for last time for some West Noble staff members Monday night during the school board’s meeting. Together, they represented a total of 134 years of
LIGONIER â School leaders are keeping an eye on the Indiana General Assembly as legislators consider two key topics: school choice expansion through education savings accounts, and how this springâs ILEARN standardized testing will operate.
West Noble superintendent Galen Mast said the days carved out for testing would be better spent in instruction and helping students. All students, including those who have been in virtual learning, will be required to take ILEARN in person at school.
âWe want accountability but we want those days for instruction,â he said.
Schools were âheld harmlessâ from the effects of 2020âs test scores because of the pandemicâs disruption of familiesâ lives and student learning. So far the legislature hasnât taken the same action this year.
LIGONIER — West Noble schools will use its one-year extension of a Lilly grant to hire an intervention teacher to help virtual learners catch up to their in-person classmates. The