District administrators told the school board on Sept. 8 that school improvement planning in 2025–26 is a year-round continuous-improvement process aligned to state priorities and the district strategic plan.
Assistant superintendent Becky Reeves and other staff said the district has moved from compliance-based plans to a common set of district priorities so schools focus on aligned goals. This year every school will have goals in teaching and learning and student wellness; elementary schools will focus on foundational literacy (measured against third-grade reading), middle schools on eighth-grade math, and high schools on Math I plus ACT/WorkKeys as measures of postsecondary readiness.
Reeves said the district used summer leadership sessions and school-level data digs to prepare school teams, and that assistant superintendents will meet with every school this fall to review end-of-year results and finalize plans. Schools will submit plans for central review later in September and the board will be asked to approve school improvement plans in October.
Staff stressed that supports will not be one-size-fits-all: the district will continue to provide tiered supports, professional development, guaranteed viable curriculum (including recent ELA adoptions) and walk-throughs that identify promising practices to be shared across schools. Reeves said the district has already captured a baseline of goals: of 141 school-level goals last year, 114 showed significant progress or were met (about 82%).
Board members praised the alignment and asked that the board get copies of school plans in advance of the October approval meeting so members can review them. Staff told the board that school teams will continue to refine plans throughout the year and that monitoring will include regular data checks so corrective actions can be taken before the end of the year.