Hume school considers expanding Title I

Nevada Daily Mail

In an effort to improve academic achievement, the Hume school administration will attempt to expand the district's Title I program.

Title I is a federal program that provides money earmarked to assist low-income, disadvantaged students.

"Every elementary teacher could be a Title I teacher and we could focus on areas to serve the needs of our students," superintendent David Quick said at the Hume Board of Education meeting on Wednesday.

Quick said principal Kirk Hart will write a letter of intent to develop a needs assessment before March 15.

In other business, the board voted 6-0 to accept the clean audit report, adding a ninth row of bleachers at $11,295 and the senior trip to Florida on the last week of April.

Assistant principal Scott Morrison brought teacher approved textbooks before the board for consideration.

"The teachers felt these reading and writing textbooks aligned best with Common Core," Morrison said. "The hard cover version would cost $19,926 and an electronic version with 6-year subscription would cost $15,539. We will continue looking for more affordable textbooks that still meet our needs."

Quick told the board members he signed a contract with Security Bank. The bank will pay the district $250 per year for four years to use the district's logo on its debit and credit cards.

Quick also said he attended Youth Mental Health First Aid training in Columbia, and will work with surrounding districts to provide the staff training at no cost.

Quick brought up his displeasure at fans behavior at the recent basketball games during the meeting.

"It's sending the wrong message to our kids," Quick said. "We are in a position to remind our fans the importance of being gracious losers and gracious winners. We've got to get that message across to our kids. I don't like the idea of having to send out letters to people in our district to warn them that if they get kicked out of a game they can't come back. But we really don't have choices on things like that."

Hart added in his report that students had collected 12 boxes of gifts for service men and women.

"The kids, the parents and the community have really worked hard," he said.