Beatrice High School eyeing some project changes, next school year

BEATRICE – Beatrice High School administrators and staff are considering some changes dealing with student identification, a cooperative program and college credit courses.

Principal Jason Sutter told the District 15 Board Tuesday night about an I-D plan being considered.  "We think that creating a student I-D system that students would use for lunch codes, attendance or bathroom passes...wearing these I-D cards, is really an important thing. We know that could be a district-level app. It would help us track kids, help us track attendance or going through the lunch line."

He said it is available through what's called the infinite campus system.  Sutter said the high school is also looking at changes for how to offer students college credit course opportunities.

"Next year, we have high school students who are seniors, on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be able to leave the high school in the afternoon...and go out to Southeast Community College and take two college classes....college-level classes for dual credit.....Comp-one and college algebra....and we've got decent numbers of students signed up to do that."

There’s also the potential for college instructors from the local community college to teach dual credit psychology and sociology classes at Beatrice High School. Sutter says the high school’s use of a hybrid schedule, using both an eight-period day and a block schedule, enables some of those efforts. 

The principal said BHS is also planning to embark on a cooperative program with Southern Public Schools in Wymore.  "We are going to co-op with Wymore-Southern next year and offer our kids an FFA program."

Beatrice Public School building administrators have been giving reports to board of education members in recent weeks on ways to improve education for students and staff and meet district strategic goals…with faculty and other staff formulating site plans for each building.