Jmst public schoolsJamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public School Board on Monday (May20, 2013), was the final meeting to be attended by Superintendent, Bob Toso, who is retiring at the end of this school year.

During the meeting, he was recognized with the “Award of Excellence.”

Also recognized were State Class A speech champions: Jana Lynch and Brittany McIntyre, who won in the Humorous Dramatic Duo category.

Also recognized were the students who took fourth place at the National LifeSmarts Championships: Declan O’Higgins, Sierra Schlenker, Mariah Schlenker, Kelsey Becker, Kyle Gee and Zach Fossen.

The school board was also told that Washington Elementary School in Jamestown was the only Jamestown Public School to make the No Child Left Behind’s, Adequate Yearly Progress. Reading scores improved while math scores went down slightly from the last academic year.

The public school board heard a report from the district’s anti-bullying policy team, which is working on educating students and stakeholders.

Topics include, what bullying is, reporting incidents, training staff and teaching students the “stop” signal to indicate unwanted behavior.

The meeting was recorded by CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL with the showings starting Tuesday, May 21, 2013.