Get rid of them.

A survey done by the Marysville School District shows 80 percent of the 494 parents who responded want to eliminate having high school seniors do the Culminating Projects.

The 110 students who took the survey agreed, with an overwhelming 87 percent wanting to get rid of the senior projects.

Teachers were split on the issue, with 50 percent of the 173 teachers wanting to keep the projects and 50 percent wanting to get rid of them.

Assistant Superintendent Ray Houser will present the survey findings at the first school board meeting of the new year Monday, Jan. 5, at both the work session at 4:30 p.m. and the regular meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Also at the regular meeting, the board is expected to vote to have a company called eduro educate district teachers on the use of technology in the classroom in the 21st century.

In February, Marysville voters approved a four-year technology levy. The majority will be spent on networked computing resources. But some also will be spent on teaching teachers how to use those resources effectively.

Two finalists gave presentations on professional development for teachers regarding technology to the district, with eduro ending up the better match, the district said.

Also at the meeting, Principal Tarra Patrick will talk about Totem Middle School, and Sevtap Alisa Sahin and Matthew McFarlane of Marysville Getchell will be honored as students of the month.

At the work session, Recovery Director Mary Schoenfeldt was give an update, and Principal Lynn Heimsoth will give a school report on Shoultes Elementary.