Members of the curriculum committee of the Salisbury Township School District reviewed and approved curriculum documentation for courses of study at the Oct. 13 meeting.

Course documentation included AP English, computer basics, English 9, 10, 11 and 12, game programming, Honors English 9, 10 and 11, Language Arts 6, 7 and 8, Media Management III, music - kindergarten, music - production, photography I and textiles.

Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss noted all new courses were offered with no additional staffing required.

Committee chairperson Mary Ziegler thanked staff and administrators for their work on developing these courses and associated documentation.

Administrators had hoped to review the latest School Performance Profile statistics; however, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has not yet released the data. PDE is waiting for districts to agree or disagree with the data before releasing the final report. The SPP replaces the Adequate Yearly Performance previously distributed as a part of No Child Left Behind.

Ziegenfuss said 90 percent of the school score is based on standardized tests including the PSSAs and the Keystones. Ten percent is based on the graduation rate, attendance, AP/college credit courses offered and PSAT participation.

Ziegenfuss also provided a curriculum update encouraging visits to the district's TL2020 website where a success story at each school will be posted each month.

Ziegenfuss also listed areas to be focused on this year, including science program changes and resequencing to align with new tests in fourth and fifth grades in line with the PA Core, health and physical education starting at the middle school level, English and social studies rolling electives, gifted education guidelines for teachers and update of handbook and special education.

Robert Fischer provided an update on Policy 121 for field trips and educational tours and Policy 220 for student expression/distribution and posting of materials. Fischer noted the solicitor reviewed Policy 121 which also required updates to Policy 220. Final approval is expected at the Nov. 14 board meeting.

Coordinator of Technology Chris Smith provided a report on the work done during the summer months on the computer equipment. Smith said 2,203 parts were ordered for summer repairs, 1,046 laptops were repaired, 1,800 laptops were imaged and inventoried, elementary school laptop carts were set up, 176 iPads were inventoried and set up on carts, new servers were installed and upgraded and the Casper software system was installed and technical staff were trained. Smith had four summer helpers in addition to staff.

Regarding certified work completed on equipment, $13,900 in revenue was earned from summer repairs with an additional $1,010 revenue from out-of-district repairs for a total revenue of $14,910. Most of the out-of-district repair work was on equipment from Oley Valley and Catasauqua school districts and included the repair of hard drives and screens.

The next curriculum meeting will be 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Lehigh Carbon Technical Institute board room.