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Woodland CCSD 50 leaders outline education goal progress, pause identity survey after family concerns
Summary
Superintendent and administrators updated the Woodland CCSD 50 board on progress under the district's strategic plan, including registration software, a paused student identity survey, expanded staff training and plans for instructional coaching and K'5 literacy work.
Woodland CCSD 50 Superintendent Dr. Majechek told the Board of Education on March 20 that the district is continuing work under its four-goal strategic plan while adjusting how it asks families about student cultural identity.
The update focused on the plan's education goal, including a pilot student-family culture and identity survey that administrators said some families found intrusive and cumbersome. Dr. Majechek said the registration process will be revamped and piloted registration software has already "streamlined the registration process" so returning families enter information once rather than repeatedly. The district will rework when and how it asks for optional identity information ' for example offering kiosks at back-to-school nights or clearer introductions explaining why the information is requested ' rather than collecting it during registration after concerns surfaced during the pilot.
The report said administrators will keep the survey optional and revisit how the district presents its purpose so families understand how the information would be used to make classrooms "more welcoming and inviting for all kids and their families." Dr. Majechek attributed low or mixed participation to survey design issues and to families' concerns in the current political climate.
Why it matters: District leaders told the board they expect classroom climate and family engagement work to be a leading indicator for future academic gains. The update included several planned and in-process initiatives intended to support that outcome.
Administrators described other education-goal work: authorizing "beyond diversity" training for new certified staff and continuing training for additional employees (including bus drivers), selecting culturally relevant materials and Spanish-language Tier 3 intervention resources for approval, developing a walk-through assessment tool to measure classroom climate, and building a student voice-and-choice process for ELA. Dr. Trisha Schroed reported the district will present a student survey to the leadership team in August 2025 and randomly sample students to evaluate implementation.
The board heard that elementary and early-childhood work has prompted revisions to school leadership job descriptions to emphasize early-childhood knowledge. The district said the change aided the recent primary school principal search and that revised principal and instructional leader roles are intended to improve articulation between early learning, kindergarten and elementary grades.
Administrators also said the district will add instructional coaches at the middle school and propose a multi-year professional learning plan for teachers before the end of the school year. The board was told the district will extend existing K'5 curricular licensure rather than present a new K'5 materials purchase, prioritizing investment in adult learning and coaching.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the survey pilot and thanked staff for planning to change how the district requests identity information. The board took no formal action on the strategic plan update itself; staff said some items will return as action items in future meetings.
