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Edison Elementary highlights improved literacy data, strong attendance and student programs

5968501 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

School staff and students presented Edison Elementary’s fall enrollment, literacy assessment gains and social‑emotional supports; trustees praised career day, safety patrol and family engagement activities.

Edison Elementary Principal Bennett Tyler presented school data and programs to the Wayne‑Westland Community School District Board, highlighting enrollment, literacy progress and family supports.

Tyler said Edison’s fall count was 407 students in 18 K–5 classrooms, including two self‑contained (resource) classes. He reported about 65 students with individualized education plans and 40 multilingual students, including roughly 20 newcomers from about 15 countries. Tyler gave the school’s mobility rate as about 6.4% and said average attendance is roughly 90% with chronic‑absence numbers improving compared with last year.

Tyler described programs to support students and families, including a family resource center that provides food pantries, a clothing bank, financial aid and mental‑health referrals; the school also uses CareSolace for behavioral‑health navigation. He showed literacy assessment results — including LETRS‑related measures and grade‑level benchmarks — that Tyler said showed progress with red (lower‑performance) bands shrinking toward green.

Students Cameron Rembert, Liam Bayerano and Brooklyn Coleman led the board in the pledge and were introduced; the board observed the school’s student incentives such as a book “vending” token program used to reward positive behavior. Tyler listed extracurriculars and enrichment: an NFL flag team, cheer, boys and girls basketball, a safety patrol of about 40 students that earns event privileges, fifth‑grade camp to Jackson, an annual career day with about 25 volunteers and end‑of‑year fifth‑grade celebrations.

Board members and community trustees commended Edison’s attendance work and early career outreach. Several trustees told Tyler they were pleased to see students visiting Detroit for a riverboat activity and praised the school’s efforts on literacy and social‑emotional supports. Tyler said the school distributes gun locks and safety information in vestibules and to families as part of community safety outreach.

No board vote was required for the presentation; trustees used the presentation as an example of district goals in action during the strategic‑plan discussion.