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Parkway board approves 2025–26 comprehensive school improvement plan; district highlights curriculum work and MTSS expansion
Summary
The Board of Education approved the district’s 2025–26 comprehensive school improvement plan (CSIP). Administration highlighted recent curriculum “boot camp” for 311 certified staff, a 400-person RTI/MTSS event, and new CSIP objectives for multi-tiered systems of support and social-emotional measures.
The Parkway School District Board of Education approved the district’s comprehensive school improvement plan for the 2025–26 school year on June 11 by a 7–0 vote.
Deputy Superintendent Tiffany Holman Best and Assistant Superintendent Kevin Beckner presented the plan and its key district actions, saying the CSIP keeps the district’s three goal areas — student success in school, student success in life, and resources for student success — while adding objectives tied to the district’s multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) and newly instituted social-emotional surveys.
Holman Best described extensive staff participation over the summer: "Monday through Friday of this week, we had 311 different certified staff members show up to work on Parkway curriculum," she said, referencing a first-ever curriculum boot camp that brought educators from across grade levels together to tighten curriculum and clarify what students need to know. Kevin Beckner said the district also hosted a two-day "RTI at Work" event with more than 400 staff, led by partner Solution Tree, to develop building MTSS leadership teams.
The CSIP retains objectives on academic growth and closing achievement gaps while adding a baseline objective for MTSS implementation and a new measure tied to social-emotional supports. The district also plans a "real world relevance task force" to connect in-school learning with life beyond the classroom and to track measures such as whether students find school meaningful.
Board members praised staff engagement and the emphasis on curriculum coherence and systems of support. The item was moved and seconded and passed unanimously. The administration said schools will use building-level rubrics to set the new MTSS baseline and that district leaders will continue to refine objectives during the coming year.
Implementation tasks identified in the presentation include building rubrics for MTSS across schools, launching the real-world relevance task force, and continuing third-party operational reviews of staffing and pay structures. The board approved the CSIP as presented and directed the administration to monitor progress and report back to the board.
