FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- Fairview Park City Schools is currently undergoing a learning management system review for grades 6 through 12.
The volunteer-based Learning Management System Review Committee will be holding community meetings at 7 p.m. tonight (July 9), Thursday (July 11) and Monday (July 15) in the Gilles-Sweet Elementary School Cafetorium.
The question being asked is what to do with the district’s use of the Summit Learning platform, which allows students to set short- and long-term goals while tracking progress along the way. Also, it helps students prioritize their work, learn content at their own pace, complete deeper learning projects that apply to real-world situations and reflect on their learning.
“The purpose of these three meetings is to provide individuals, students, parents and community members an opportunity to come together to share their thoughts and opinions,” Superintendent Bill Wagner said. “That way, we can collect information to share with the board, as they have to ultimately make the decision how to proceed.
“Are they going to recommend that we cease and desist what we’re doing right now, and then kind of spend next year reviewing? Are we going to continue using the current platform and then spend another year reviewing all of the different options? Or are we going to make it even a little bit longer a process over the course of the next two years?”
The Summit Learning personalized learning platform is free. School district Treasurer Kim Sperling previously told cleveland.com that in 2019, the district has spent $1,531 in reimbursable expenses (mileage and meals) for staff to attend Summit training sessions.
Last month, the district sought resident volunteers to form the review committee, which is tasked with making a recommendation to the school board, scheduled for July 29 at the Gilles-Sweet Elementary School Cafetorium.
“Summit (Learning) may or may not be part of the future,” Wagner said. “We have to wait and see sort of how the committee wants to handle that with its recommendation. Then we need to see how the board wants to move forward.
“One way or another, no matter what tools we choose to use as a district, what’s more important are our core areas of focus and our goals -- personalizing project-based learning that focuses on social-emotional, high-tech and high touch for individuals. Those things will not change. Now, the tools may change, but the goals won’t change. I think that’s the foundation of a really good, strong, strategic plan.”
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