Catching up- events since 12 April

April 12- School board meeting-

Tom Kerhoulas and Dana Tucker spoke in the public comments section of the school board meeting, Tom as a parent, Dana representing the 9th grade students' parents (thus a bonus 2 minutes).  3 and 5 minutes are extremely limited periods of time, but both presented interests of the MMIB program that were aligned with the feedback we've been getting. There was one representative from the Northview IB program who spoke more briefly, her primary concern was that the Northview IB students needed adequate HS facilities.

School board members made no comments in response, but Superintendent Brady Johnson in his comment section referred to the IB programs as a 'home run', and provided a couple of supporting comments as well.

Meeting in Statesville on 20th was specifically announced as well.

April 20, ISS Board and ISS Administration public meeting about the IB program at 6 pm at Statesville High School in the Mac Gray Auditorium.
Powerpoint from that meeting below labeled "Dp overview"(also available currently on school system's home page):




I missed this one, but it apparently got things stirred up pretty good, because it prompted the next meeting the following evening:

April 21: Parents meeting at MMIB
Intent was to" share information received from last night's meeting with the superintendent. We plan to organize a team of parents to articulate our collective message to the school board and other decision making personnel."

I missed this one as well, business travel. But there is a page on the PTSO site that summarizes current status:
This page encourages all interested parties to weigh in and take action- including taking the survey noted below, and reaching out personally to school board members.

Iredell/Statesville school system survey on the IB Programme.

John Ong has made inroads in a dialogue with superintendent Brady Johnson regarding the IB programme and the superintendent has invited a small group including the PTSO presidents for Northview and Mount Mourne IB programmes to meet with him on Monday, 26 April.