GEVS district report card info provided; student recognized for state test performance

By Angela Shepherd
GEVS

The state report cards are in, and Greenfield’s board of education got the information on that at the Sept. 21 board meeting from Dr. Alisa Barrett, the district’s director of instruction.

Overall, the district scored 3.5 stars, which is the same as last year. In the Achievement component, the district received 3 stars, which reflected a performance index of 77-percent, an increase over last year’s 76.3-percent. In the Progress and Early Literacy components, the district stayed the same as last year at two stars. In Gap Closing, the district scored 3 stars. In both the Graduation and College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness the district scored five stars. 

There are always comparisons to neighboring school districts, but not all school districts are the same. Barrett stressed it is important when making comparisons that Greenfield’s district is looked at alongside other districts that are similar to it, not just those in the immediate area.

With that, she provided a list of 20 other schools that are very similar to Greenfield,  thereby offering a clearer understanding of the district’s performance. In this side-by-side comparison, Greenfield’s school district scores were either in the middle or top tier in each of the six components. In none of the graded components was Greenfield in the lowest tier.  

So much information gets reduced to simple stars. If you have questions about the report cards and the data, you can check out more information at  reportcard.education.ohio.gov. 

In other meeting business, the district’s Greenfield campus was not immune to the deluge of rain that produced flooding across the village recently as the old bus garage, a backstage area of the auditorium, and the new gym experienced some flooding, with the latter getting the worst of it. 

According to Superintendent Quincey Gray and District Treasurer Brad Barber, the old rubber floor is still in place underneath the current wood floor of the new gym, which has just soaked up the flood water and there is no air gap to allow any sort of drying. Working with the insurance company, the plan is that the current floor, along with the old floor underneath, will be removed and replaced with a new flooring system, one that will actually have plenty of air gap. Additionally, the ball is already rolling with the insurance company on a quick turnaround on replacement with little disruption expected for upcoming sports seasons set to begin later in the fall. 

Cleanup in the other two places, Barber said, is much simpler and they are working with the insurance company to get that accomplished, too. This will allow for the planned “soft open house” on Oct. 9 for the auditorium to continue, according to Gray.

Also at the meeting, another of the students who accomplished a perfect score on a state test was recognized.

As reported during the August school board meeting, there were a total of 18 perfect state test scores from 17 students across the district. While all were not able to attend that meeting, most of them were there, and the ones that couldn’t be were invited to a future meeting. One of those unable to attend the August meeting was in attendance Monday. That was Maverick Ryan, who achieved a perfect score on the third grade math state test.  

In other matters, Gray explained a policy that was presented to the board for a vote regarding student athletic mobility, which is the ability for a student in a neighboring school district to petition to play a sport at another neighboring school district that offers the sport  that their home district does not. The policy, which is required by law, simply outlines the process that must be undertaken to make such a petition.

Gray also briefly addressed an arrest that occurred at the football game on Friday Sept. 18 in which a man, who was several years ago disallowed from entering the school’s property, was detained by police for that reason.

Consent agenda items approved by the board included adoption of the Model Student Acceleration Policy for Advanced Learners, the McClain FFA trip to Indianapolis in October for the National FFA Convention & Expo, the middle school student council trip to Sandusky later this month for the Ohio Association of Student Leaders Conference, bus routes for the school year, and the resignation of Greenfield Elementary teacher Bobbie Hurtt.

Employment recommendations approved by the board of education were Stephanie Bartley - boys bowling; Mark Eselgroth - dramatics assistant; Tonia McLanahan - dramatics assistant; Deron Detwiler- volunteer band; classified substitutes Kendra Barnes - aide; Kyle Barr - cafeteria, aide, monitor; Chyanne Brown - custodial, cafeteria, bus monitor; Nick Penwell - aide; and Kyli Snavely - aide, secretary; and certified substitutes Gemma Knisley, Stephanie Lazorchak, Beth McCloskey, and Charles Bill Newland.

The next regular session of the Greenfield Exempted Village School District Board of Education is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the McClain Avenue Complex at 750 McClain Ave. To keep updated on what is going on in the Greenfield schools district, go to the district website at greenfield.k12.oh.us or go to the district’s social media pages. The individual buildings also have Facebook pages. The district’s central office may be reached by calling (937) 981-2152. 

Below Dr. Alisa Barrett is pictured at the Sept. 21 Greenfield school board meeting as she provides information to the board about the state report cards. Seated at the table (clockwise from left) are superintendent Quincey Gray, board members Rachel Fraley, Eric Wise and Eric Zint, treasurer Brad Barber and board members Charley Roman and Sandy Free.