Fowler School Board discusses COVID-19, CMAS testing and more in latest meeting
La Junta Tribune-Democrat (CO)
March 1 at the district headquarters.
Several items were discussed during the course of the meeting.
Discussion of the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 was handled by superintendent
Alfie Lotrich and secondary principal
Russell Bates. It was reported that the district is back in Level Blue status on the state s
COVID-19 Dial.
A discussion then took place concerning the planning for end-of-year activities, and a portion of the discussion included calculating the number of participants that will be allowed in these activities.
Lotrich also informed the board that the upcoming elementary awards program will be handled through NFHS.
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Mark Bartlett was not in his class at Irish Elementary School on Friday morning.
Instead, Bartlett joined a number of other educators and school administrators who testified virtually in front of the Colorado House Committee on Education in favor of a bill that would require the Colorado Department of Education to request a federal waiver to suspend portions of Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, testing for the year.
Mark Bartlett was not in his class at Irish Elementary School on Friday morning.
Instead, Bartlett joined a number of other educators and school administrators who testified virtually in front of the Colorado House Committee on Education in favor of a bill that would require the Colorado Department of Education to request a federal waiver to suspend portions of Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, testing for the year. After nearly a year of unconventional education, we re playing catch-up to develop these essential skills, said Bartlett, who teaches fourth grade and physical education and emphasized the importance of skills like teamwork and communication that are not measured in a standardized test.
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