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Boyle school meets testing goals

August 22, 2008|DAVID BROCK

Boyle County Board of Education began its first meeting of the new school year on Thursday night at Boyle County High School by reviewing last year's test scores.

Assistant Superintendent Mike LaFavers gave a detailed report on the district's progress on No Child Left Behind assessments. Boyle scored a 75.41 overall in reading and 67.23 in math.

Because the district met adequate yearly progress on all of its NCLB goals for the second consecutive year, it now has been removed from "tiered" status. The report also showed that Boyle finished second only to Scott County among central Kentucky schools in overall reading and math scores.

Lafavers pointed to the fact that progress has been made every year since 2005. He also noted the annual standards will be raised until 2014, when NCLB mandates that all schools reach 100 percent proficiency.

A majority of the meeting was spent discussing the planned construction of a new greenhouse behind Boyle County High School. The original proposal for the structure was rescinded at the recommendation of the Kentucky Department of Education.

Construction of the initial plan would have interfered with a driveway and power lines, and could have hindered possible construction of a performing arts center on the back of the building.

The board voted unanimously to rescind the original BG1 proposal. It then ratified a new version that takes into account the future needs for the arts center, as well as a solar study of the amount of light reaching the greenhouse.

In other business, director of pupil personnel Mike Pittman presented tentative attendance records for the start of the school year. The estimated district student population is 2,652.

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