School Board Meeting on 10/09/2012

While it was a lighter agenda for the October 2012 school board meeting it was a time of observing accolades for one of our schools and begin preparing for 2012 Red Ribbon Week

Floral City Elementary School was recognition for being awarded the East Coast Technical Assistance Center (ECTAC) Exceeding Expectations Award is one of the 11 schools out of 1,800 in Florida that received the Exceeding Expectations Award. The East Coast Technical Assistance Center is an educational organization in Florida that provides technical assistance to school districts and schools in Florida, especially those with high poverty rates. ECTAC provides consultative services for school districts in their efforts to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and to provide students with the skills needed for proficiency on challenging state and academic achievement standards as well as state academic assessments. ECTAC used to award Floral City Elementary this honor included a review of leadership, instructional strategies, practices and programs, high expectations of staff and students, use of data and monitoring of student progress, family and community engagement, professional development, school culture and climate, use of technology, and student academic performance.

Partners for a Substance-Free Citrus (PSFC) presented and received approval for the proclamation for Red Ribbon Week on October 22^nd-26^th, 2012.  PSFC is a non-profit prevention coalition made of concerned community members who have joined together to address underage drug and alcohol use in Citrus County. The group includes parents, teachers, students, school resource officers, members of our business and faith communities, professionals from the Department of Health, other government agencies and private non-profit agencies. We advocate for raising our kids in safe, healthy environments. They work together to protect our kids from drugs and alcohol. Join in celebrating with our schools and our students Red Ribbon Week on October 22^nd-26^th.

Also during the Public Hearing part of the meeting the Board approved the 2012-2013 Student Progression Plans.  These plans are the policies and steps for the daily education of our students.  They can be found on our district’s web site (www.citrus.k12.fl.us) under the ‘Information’ section at the top of the page.

If you are interested in watching any of the meeting, visit: http://new.livestream.com/citrusschools/events/1599371

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