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Sidney High School students continue to perform ahead of the state average.
That is the news brought to the school board Monday evening by Superintendent Jay Ehler.
The ACT College Readiness Letter for the district was presented to the board Monday. The letter shows trends from 2015 through
2019. In 2015, 79 students took the A CT test, 18,347 in the state. The number of students testing increased to 106 in 2018 before receding to 99 in 2019. In each year, Sidney students kept pace with or surpassed the state scoring averages.
In English, Sidney scores ranged from 19.6 in 2019 and 2017 to 21.2 in 2018, compared to the state average of 19.4 for 2018 and 2019 to a high of 21.1 in 2015.
The composite scores for the district are tighter in range, varying from 20.5 in 2017 and 2019 to 21.5 in 2015 and 21.6 in 2018.
The College Readiness Letter also says 64 percent of Sidney students testing are college ready in College English Composition, 38 percent in College Algebra, 46 percent in College Social Studies, 34 percent in College Biology and 19 percent meeting all four areas.
The strongest area in 2019 is reading with a score of 20.7. The District has consistently scored 20.7 or higher in the five-year period studied.
In other business, the board recognized teachers Erin Meyer, Carla Brauer and Tammy Sherman. Meyer was recognized by the Nebraska Education Association, and Brauer by the Nebraska School Counselor Association. Sherman is being recognized posthumously by the South Platte Natural Resources District. Sherman was a science teacher at West Elementary and lost her battle with cancer earlier this year.
The Sidney High School music program was also recognized for its outstanding achievements.
The board then reviewed and approved three district policies. Policy No. 4052 Job References addresses what can be said regarding an employee who leaves the district and under what conditions.
Policy No. 5017, Routine Directory Information, addresses what information regarding a student can be released. Ehler said the updated policy allows military branches to receive the same information colleges can.
Policy No. 6020, Multi-Cultural Education, defines that the District will provide programs “which foster and develop an appreciation and understanding of the racial, ethnic and cultural heritage of all students.”
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