HSD Approves Budget for Several Hundred Teachers, Administrators to Attend Summer Institute

Hazelwood School District (HSD) teachers and administrators will participate in a summer professional development to strengthen assessment literacy practices. The cost for the Assessment Literacy Summer Institute is $88,000.

The board of education approved a contract with NCS Pearson, which operates a contact center on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, and according to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance holds more than $12 million in federal contracts to conduct education research.

said several hundred teachers and administrators attend the summer professional development each year.

The board of education also approved two small contracts that total a little more than $10,000.

HSD has hired Illini Environmental to handle chemical disposal related to high school construction. The estimated cost is $7,722

VideoSync has been hired to videotape the three high school graduations. That cost is $2,500.

Superintendent Grayling Tobias also gave his quarterly update at the meeting in which he emphasized HSD's continued focus on community relationships, staff professional development and student achievement. An added focus since December's Sandy Hook shootings includes school safety.

"Although we've done a lot, we realize there is still a lot of work to be done," he said. "We are going to continue to move forward doing what's best for our staff, parents and community in order for our students to be successful in school and in life."

Some of the achievements and topics Tobias discussed were featured in the articles below:

• Assessment Literacy Gives HSD Teachers New Outlook on Teaching
• Hazelwood West High School's Robotics Team Heads to the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship
• Hazelwood School District is Tackling the Dropout Rate
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• Hazelwood Northwest Middle School Welcomes School Police Officer
• Hazelwood East High's Choir Performs at Missouri History Museum’
• 2013-14 Hazelwood School District Calendar Set
• Brown Elementary Principal Selected as Peabody Energy Leader
• Hazelwood Schools Realizing Operating Budget Surplus
• McNair Elementary Students Jump Rope for Heart
• St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Visits Russell Elementary School
• Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel Stops By Hazelwood West High School
• Minnesota Vikings Tight End LaMark Brown Visits Russell Elementary
• Hazelwood Students Win the NCUU Martin Luther King Oratory Contest