Open houses show off improvements at S-E

SHERBURNE – A much brighter, more modern and spacious Sherburne-Earlville Middle/High School building will be on display from 6 to 7:30 p.m. this evening for district families attending the annual open house.
Tours of the completed elementary school building are from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, with a special program at 5:30 p.m. for 4th graders who are interested in participating in band.
District Superintendent Gayle Hellert said the before and after pictures of the former high school’s 1970s era library would show “quite an amazing transformation.” Contractors finished up some last minute electrical work in the much larger and more centralized facility just in time for the event this evening.
The main entrance to the building is a bit behind schedule, however. Hellert told members of the district’s board of education Monday that it won’t be completed until November.
The renovations were part of a $25.2 multi-year capital building project at both school buildings. It included a geothermal heating and air conditioning system, a new generator, exterior windows and sidewalks, and upgrades to classrooms and guidance and administration offices.
At a meeting of the Sherburne-Earlville School District Board of Education earlier this week, Hellert reviewed programs that groups of teachers developed over the summer as well as the results of a goal-setting retreat that board members and administrators attended.
The district approved all of the newly created projects, many of the them interdisciplinary, incorporating math and science or science and social studies curriculum. One project would redesign the district’s report card, for example, in an effort to better communicate to students’ parents and families. The district budgeted $10,000 for the endeavor which involved about 20 faculty who participated.
The district has raised the bar for student performance on state English Language Assessments, Math and Regents exams, reflecting similar changes mandated by the New York State Department of Education for the 3rd through 8th grade levels.
The objective is to achieve 10 percent more students earning 3s and 4s on the state states.
“Our goals are attainable,” said Hellert. “We want to see improvement every year. Ten percent increases have been done in the past and we can do it again.”
Whereas 99 percent of the district’s 3rd graders achieved 3s and 4s, the state revisions lower that number to 57 percent. Teachers will now shoot for having 67 percent of their pupils score at the higher levels.
Elementary School Principal John Douchinsky said the state department had done the school a disservice by cutting the scores but not changing the test.
The district aims to improve on its 94 percent passing rate to have 100 percent of students pass the regents exams.

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