Massac Unit 1 School Superintendent Jason Hayes WMOK Coffee Break – 4.10.24

WMOK spoke with Massac County Superintendent Jason Hayes for Coffee Break on April 10, 2024.

We discussed the following topics:

• What’s going on
• Board meeting
• Acknowledgements and announcements
• Chronic Absenteeism
• Chronic absent right after COVID
• State testing for upper grades
• Coming up state testing for lower grades
• Kids worried about tests
• Pre-k Child find and screenings
• Mid-May registration dates
• Important upcoming dates
• Different eras
• Jobs- college degrees
• Graduation dates
• Last day for students
• Parent/teacher conference
• Eclipse
• Eclipse traffic
• Expultions and Suspensions
• Marijuana and students
• Things are changing
• Parents reactions
• Views on marijuana
• Issues with books
• Critical Race Theory
• New mandates
• Been a part of the curriculum for decades
• Academic freedom
• Jill Shelton, High School Librarian
• Young people and cell phones
• Social media
• Massac Co School Board
• Difficult job
• 2 staff incidents
• Probationary teachers
• Title 9 investigation
• Applicants for Jr. High and High School
• SCC Parent Night – Thurs, April 11 3-6P – Metro Center

Hear WMOK’s full Coffee Break with Massac County Superintendent Jason Hayes below: