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Superintendent Rod Broadnax hands plaques of appreciation to teachers Christy Portch, left, and Jaci Gross to shine a "spotlight" on their work Monday night at the GCD School District Board of Directors meeting. The two had just reported to the board on their leadership on the Teachers Advisory Committee. - Scott Hunter photo
Two longtime teachers at Lake Roosevelt Elementary were commended Monday night for their everyday work and leadership at the school.
The two had just reported on their activities with a new Teachers Advisory Committee, which works to provide information and perspectives to administration and the board.
Christy Portch, the committee president, and Jaci Gross, vice president, said the committee of 13 had just met that day, discussing pertinent facts that some educational statistics don't make obvious, such as the need to raise pay for substitutes or ways to incentivize students.
The group "really represents the whole building," Portch said, both elementary and high school.
Gross told the board the committee had discussed facts behind test scores. "You don't know how many kids have left, ... the absent rate. ... There's so much more to data than just one number," she said.
"I like it because it starts at the teacher level and then percolates up," Board Chair Rich Black said of the committee's input.
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