OKCPS board approves multi-year progress monitoring calendar to track district goals

The Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education approved a five-year progress monitoring calendar at its Sept. 15 meeting after a presentation from Chief of Staff Jason Galloway.

The calendar, described by Galloway as a schedule for monitoring board goals and interim guardrails, lays out five monitoring cycles and sets the board and district staff up to move from planning into active data review beginning next month.

Galloway said the calendar lists the goals and interim guardrails and “maps out what will be monitored at our board meetings through the 2030 school year.” He told the board the plan would allow members and staff to engage in structured dialogue about data and strategies at each monitoring session.

Board members asked how the framework would be sustained across future boards. Board Chair Paula Lewis stressed that continuation would be a decision of the board’s membership over time, and other trustees noted the calendar is tied to a districtwide process that includes community input and staff training.

The initial monitoring items called out by district staff include interim goals 3b and 3c: performance in critical gateway freshman courses — English I and Algebra I — and postsecondary opportunity enrollment, which aligns with the board’s postsecondary completion goal. Galloway said the district intends to begin the monitoring cycle at next month’s regular meeting.

The motion to consider and adopt the monitoring calendar passed 7–0.

Observers and board members said the calendar reflects months of staff work, community listening and training; staff noted board materials will continue to be provided in advance to allow for questions and one‑on‑one follow-up before meetings.

What’s next: the approved calendar will structure how the district brings goal‑related reports to the board over the coming years, with scheduled checkpoints on student course success and postsecondary enrollment measures.