District reports steady classroom implementation; board presses for clearer data

Mar 25, 2026

KCKPS staff reported progress on the KISA framework and the LIFT classroom observation tool, citing over 2,300 classroom visits and implementation progress in 44 buildings. Board members asked staff to clarify slides and explicitly show how "moving one student" maps to district-level percentage changes.

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District instructional leaders presented the 2nd 0.25 update on school improvement work, focusing on the KISA accreditation framework and the LIFT (Learning Implementation Focus Tool) for classroom evidence-gathering. Dr. Danita Fernandez Flores told the board the district increased classroom visits from 1,700 in December to more than 2,300 in March and described implementation distribution across buildings (13 early, 24 scaling, 7 sustaining).

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