Following a special meeting between Springville and Lisbon School Districts Sept. 6, the Lisbon School Board held second readings of updated policies and adoption of the policies overall.
Two policies warranted a little further discussion by the school board, primarily the policy about public addressing the school board.
The board set three minutes as the time limit for individual speakers, and 30 minutes for public comment at meetings.
“I think that’s a fair policy,” said Jen Caspers, board president. “I think of all issues where we’ve had people addressing the board, and we have rarely had more than 10 people speak on any subject.”
The other element of a school board policy was a conversation on graduation requirements and the importance of keeping financial literacy in Lisbon’s curriculum. State code no longer requires high schools to offer a course on financial literacy.
That was a topic many on the school board saw important to maintain.
Superintendent Autumn Pino and secondary principal Jack Leighty noted that financial literacy is discussed in a number of curriculums at Lisbon Schools if they are not addressed in a focused economics class, including consumer math in the mathematics course, Lisbon, Inc. and Lisbon Business Professionals of America cocurricular and extracurricular offerings, and other social study classes. It is also offered in some science classes.
Elementary principal Justin Brown said it is also tackled in middle school and upper elementary school levels as well.
Board member Robyn Richey said she wanted to make sure, if the district were to make financial literacy a requirement, that students are aware of the classes that offer the education topics to make sure they are taking one of those courses before graduation.
Any changes to curriculum will be brought back in December and January 2024.