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Amy Walker (from left), Ryan Lawson, Sara Leigh Collins, Walter Scott and Shannon Harrell met for the regular September Patrick County School Board meeting. All are members of the School Board except Collins, who is the board clerk.
Patrick County Public Schools Superintendent Jason Wood (back left) gave his superintendent report as Ryan Lawson (right), Amy Walker (front left) and the rest of the board listened.
The Patrick County Public Schools (PCPS) Board at its monthly meeting on Thursday got an update on enrollment and Standards of Learning (SOL) scores from PCPS Superintendent Jason Wood.
“Our first thing we want to do is celebrate,” Wood said. He said that in English, PCPS was 12 points above state average; in writing, 7 points; math, 16 points; science, 13 points; and history, 13 points.
“When you compare us to other school divisions our ability to bounce back to high performing standards for our students is higher than those school divisions around us and one of the best in the state,” Wood said. In overall SOL ranking, PCPS ranks seventh in the state, which is the best ranking it has received since 2010, when it was fifth.
Wood had another reason for the PCPS to be proud, saying, “We are the second highest performing school division in the state with an over 60% poverty rate, and that’s just phenomenal.” He added that the poverty rate suggests that performance should decrease as the poverty rate increases, but that isn’t the case at PCPS.
He also reported that PCPS enrollment is down five students in kindergarten through twelfth grade and down 13 students in the pre-k and Head Start programs.
PCPS COVID guidelines have been updated so that students do not need to quarantine if they are exposed to a positive case. They just need to be monitored for symptoms and can continue to attend school, Wood said.
Monique Holland is a reporter for the Martinsville Bulletin. She can be reached at monique.holland@martinsvillebulletin.com or at 276-734-9603.
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Amy Walker (from left), Ryan Lawson, Sara Leigh Collins, Walter Scott and Shannon Harrell met for the regular September Patrick County School Board meeting. All are members of the School Board except Collins, who is the board clerk.
Patrick County Public Schools Superintendent Jason Wood (back left) gave his superintendent report as Ryan Lawson (right), Amy Walker (front left) and the rest of the board listened.
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