MDESE visits Raytown

On Monday, March 12, 2007, officials from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MDESE) will be in the district to evaluate our schools and the progress that they have made since the fall.

Currently, the district has achieved full accreditation - having met 11 out of the 14 requirements. However, the district is looking forward to achieving, once again, the much-coveted Accredited with Distinction status that it once took great pride in having.

This visit by MDESE is part of the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) and will be an intensive K-8 review of our C-2 school district. On Monday night, there will be an open board meeting in which the MDESE will question members of the school board about the district’s ability to provide a positive learning environment along with various other questions about the achievement and performance of the district. They will also discuss the school district’s written Comprehensive School Improvement Plan.

The school board members are not the only ones that the MDESE will visit. On Tuesday, the MDESE will begin their rounds of classroom visits. Each elementary and middle school within the district will be visited. Mathematics and Communication Arts teachers can expect to have their classroom visited anywhere from two to six times between Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, middle school students should expect to be interviewed on Tuesday. The MDESE will talk to K-8 teachers after school on Tuesday.

By having this visit the district is hoping that they will be able to gain some points in the two performance areas that they were unable to meet requirements on last fall (MAP scores: Grades 3-5 - Math and Grades 6-8 - Communication Arts). The district is hoping that by fall of 2007 they will be able to join the over 200 Missouri districts that are currently Accredited with Distinction in Performance.

-The Raytown Post -