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Board approves monitoring framework for CSI and MRI schools; principals to present 90-day plans
Summary
Board approved procedures for ongoing oversight of schools with Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) or More Rigorous Intervention (MRI) designations, requiring 90-day plans, twice-yearly data updates and monthly check-ins from assistant superintendents. Career Prep High and Mesa Elementary were cited as current designations.
The Central Consolidated Schools Board approved a district oversight framework for schools designated under the state's accountability system as Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) or More Rigorous Intervention (MRI). The approved framework requires school-level 90-day improvement plans, twice-yearly data updates to the board (beginning-to-middle and middle-to-end of year), monthly assistant-superintendent check-ins and site visits aligned with Public Education Department monitoring.
District staff said the rules are intended to ensure evidence-based interventions remain in place and are sustained through leadership transitions. The board heard that Career Prep High School carries an MRI designation and Mesa Elementary carries a CSI designation; the district will require both schools to submit 90-day plans that the board will approve and upload as artifacts to the state.
The framework calls for quarterly oversight touchpoints and monthly budget meetings with the district's curriculum and finance teams to ensure resource allocation aligns with approved interventions. Staff noted that CSI/MRI funding and selected interventions must show links to research-clearinghouses such as What Works Clearinghouse or similar evidence-base reviews, and that professional development and budget items must be justified within those constraints.
Board members debated the proper role of trustees in monitoring school improvement versus leaving implementation to the superintendent. Several members said the board's responsibility includes oversight of student outcomes and asked that reports focus on demonstrable impacts such as attendance, climate and achievement measures. One board member noted district graduation and assessment gains in recent reporting as context for the approach.
Vote: Motion to adopt oversight framework passed: Montoya yes; Aspis yes; Secretary Soe yes; Vice President Wells yes; board president yes.
Next steps: Approved 90-day plans for CSI/MRI schools will be presented to the board when available; schools will provide beginning/middle/end year data updates and principals will present progress reports to the board as indicated.
