{"id":8735,"date":"2022-03-01T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2022-03-01T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:52:24","slug":"q-a-with-st-johns-county-school-board-member-kelly-barrera-district-4-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/ponte-vedra\/q-a-with-st-johns-county-school-board-member-kelly-barrera-district-4-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Q &amp; A with St. Johns County School Board Member Kelly Barrera, District 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: As we are closing out this year and looking forward to next year, can you comment on some of the challenges the district has faced over the past two years?<\/strong><br>A: We\u2019ve faced a number of challenges. Schools have been working hard at keeping the fun in the classroom while health protocols are in place. All of our teachers deserve kudos for their hard work at keeping students engaged. We\u2019ve had to be more creative with communication with parents and families. In the last few weeks, we\u2019ve seen in many of the School Improvement Plans (SIP) that principals want to develop relationships with students, faculties, staff, and parents. This is important because before teachers and administrators can give students what they need (academically or socially) they need to know them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that even with the many challenges of COVID, due to the dedication of our teachers, administrators, and staff, our district\u2019s graduation rate has improved from 93 percent to 95 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: Can you share upcoming changes to middle school social studies?<\/strong><br>A: As we are working on our master schedule, we are reevaluating how we present middle school social studies. We have a plan that we will implement either next year or the year after: Civics will become the eighth grade capstone for middle school social studies, with World History taught in seventh grade and US History taught in sixth grade. We moved Civics to later so that students will have a firm foundation of World and US history knowledge beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: What addition is coming to District 4 high school career academies and acceleration opportunities?<\/strong><br>A: As we continue to grow and with an emphasis on encouraging students to enter the teaching profession, Ponte Vedra High School will have a soft opening for a new teaching academy, Future Educators Academy, next year. The school is also expanding its academic offerings with AP Capstone, which has 60 students already enrolled.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nease High School is also expanding acceleration opportunities with more dual enrollment and career and technical education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: Do you have any student honors to recognize?<\/strong><br>A: We recognized the winners of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. essay and poster contest at our February board meeting. Ponte Vedra High School was well represented in the high school division: Ailani Valencia, first place \u2013 poster; Katrina Lukacsa, second place \u2013 poster; Caleigh Monti, third place \u2013 poster, Gregory Constain, second place \u2013 essay; and Ella Reister, third place \u2013 essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Ponte Vedra High School had two winners (they tied) at the district\u2019s annual STEM Fair held in February: Emma Chirila (\u201cAlternating Metabolic Pathways to Override Drug Resistance in Cancer\u201d) and Andrew Lou (\u201cDeveloping Anti-CLL-1 and MSLN Immunogens for CAR-T Cell Therapeutic Treatment of AML\u201d).<br><br><strong>Q: What else do you have to share with District 4?<\/strong><br>A: During COVID, we\u2019ve seen more families looking for more resources, such as mental health, primary care, emergency dental, insurance help, and prescriptions. The St. Johns County School District is partnered with Flagler Health+ to provide CareConnect+ to address these needs. Families can visit www.careconnectplus.com for more information. To date, we have served more than 1,000 youth with this partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: How can our readers contact you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: They can email me at kelly.barrera@stjohns.k12.fl.us or call me at (904) 547-7510.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: As we are closing out this year and looking forward to next year, can you comment on some of the challenges the district has faced over the past two years?A: We\u2019ve faced a number of challenges. Schools have been working hard at keeping the fun in the classroom while health protocols are in place. 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