School Site Council, PTSA, and staff worked together to purchase additional classroom sets of textbooks, and we encourage students to purchase backpacks with wheels. Attendance was taken daily and reported monthly according to District and State regulations. Parents are encouraged to support the District and State policies by allowing students to miss school only when ill. There were two dropouts reported at AKMS last year. The District is able to provide quality substitute teachers for illnesses and personal necessity.
All substitutes meet the minimum necessary qualifications.
At times the local pool of available substitutes is small. The District continuously works on methods to increase the number of available substitute teachers who are certified. Substitutes are provided a handbook of procedures as well as written lesson plans in order to assure program continuity. The Special Education teachers and aides provide consultation in the regular classroom, and pull students, who qualify for assistance, into the Learning Center. Cross-age and peer tutors were identified to assist with the Accelerated Reading Program for second language students.