School board takes tests

Prior to the board meeting board members were scheduled to review policies, but when superintendent Suellen White told them that the teachers had used their early-release time to familiarize themselves with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test that is aligned with the new Common Core Standards, the board decided they would also like to do the same. Like the teaching staff, the board members took the test themselves in order to experience what the students will be experiencing during testing.

White informed the board that schools need to decide now on state testing. Beginning...