testpaperJamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Public School Board Monday, was updated on the State Assessment and Smarter Balance.   Assessment Coordinator Phyllis Clemens, updated student tests, problems that students and instructors encountered  taking the tests.

Clemens said that most schools had between 40% to 50% of their students that had finished the test with average completion times between 7 to 8 hours.

The board also approved new  hires for the next school year including a math teacher at the High School, a 3rd grade teacher at Louis L’Amour Elementary, a Child Care Instructor and a 6th grade ELA teacher at the Middle School.

High School Graduation will be on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the Jamestown Civic Center at 2:30-pm. Jamestown’s  Prom will also be held this weekend.