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School districts lay out deactivation plans for public
By Doug Endres/MVM News Network
NAUVOO, Ill. - The first of four informational meetings about a dual deactivation between the Nauvoo-Colusa and Warsaw school districts Wednesday produced some new information about the upcoming vote, including a possible curriculum and more facts about transportation.
The meeting at Nauvoo-Colusa Elementary School included school board members from Nauvoo-Colusa and Warsaw, who each answered audience questions.
The dual deactivation proposal includes Nauvoo-Colusa sending its high school students to Warsaw, while Warsaw sends its seventh and eighth grade students to Nauvoo-Colusa.
Voters in each school district vote on the issue Feb. 5. It must pass by a simple majority in each district or it does not pass in either district.
“This is the first time this has been tried in the state,” said Nauvoo-Colusa Superintendent Kent Young. “It's a unique situation.”
The deactivation lasts for two years if approved. It continues with board approval until the public calls for a referendum to revoke it.
Young gave a Power Point presentation, which included a history of reorganization talks at Nauvoo-Colusa since the mid 1990s, different types of reorganization, basic facts about each school district, benefits of the deactivation and more.
The presentation included the current curriculums at the Nauvoo-Colusa Junior High and the Warsaw High School and showed possible curriculums for each if they combined. The possible junior high curriculum included extra agriculture classes, more specialized math classes and electives like ecology and conservation, creative writing, geography, keyboarding, basic forensic science and more.
The proposed high school curriculum has an expanded vocational program with more classes in welding and a CAD class, more math such as calculus and physics, American and English literature classes, Spanish III and IV, an introduction to business class and more. The vocational classes may be dual credit classes through Carl Sandburg College.
Course offerings would depend on interest from students, which is how the two schools have handled classes before.
“We've offered more classes than what you see on our curriculum. If only three or four students signed up, we couldn't justify the cost,” said Young.
Young said Nauvoo-Colusa could handle the expanded junior high classes at current staffing levels. He said one math teacher is not returning next year.
Three to four teaching positions are reduced if the deactivation passes with two or three positions opening at Warsaw High School.
The meeting at Nauvoo-Colusa Elementary School included school board members from Nauvoo-Colusa and Warsaw, who each answered audience questions.
The dual deactivation proposal includes Nauvoo-Colusa sending its high school students to Warsaw, while Warsaw sends its seventh and eighth grade students to Nauvoo-Colusa.
Voters in each school district vote on the issue Feb. 5. It must pass by a simple majority in each district or it does not pass in either district.
“This is the first time this has been tried in the state,” said Nauvoo-Colusa Superintendent Kent Young. “It's a unique situation.”
The deactivation lasts for two years if approved. It continues with board approval until the public calls for a referendum to revoke it.
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The presentation included the current curriculums at the Nauvoo-Colusa Junior High and the Warsaw High School and showed possible curriculums for each if they combined. The possible junior high curriculum included extra agriculture classes, more specialized math classes and electives like ecology and conservation, creative writing, geography, keyboarding, basic forensic science and more.
The proposed high school curriculum has an expanded vocational program with more classes in welding and a CAD class, more math such as calculus and physics, American and English literature classes, Spanish III and IV, an introduction to business class and more. The vocational classes may be dual credit classes through Carl Sandburg College.
Course offerings would depend on interest from students, which is how the two schools have handled classes before.
“We've offered more classes than what you see on our curriculum. If only three or four students signed up, we couldn't justify the cost,” said Young.
Young said Nauvoo-Colusa could handle the expanded junior high classes at current staffing levels. He said one math teacher is not returning next year.
Three to four teaching positions are reduced if the deactivation passes with two or three positions opening at Warsaw High School.
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