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Carson Middle, Eagle Valley present year-end reports: attendance, MAP gains and behavior interventions
Summary
Principals from Carson Middle School and Eagle Valley Middle School presented year-end reports that highlighted MAP-based interventions, improvements in chronic absenteeism, and new campus safety measures including e-hall-pass monitoring, phone pouches and vape sensors.
Principals from Carson Middle School and Eagle Valley Middle School presented annual reports to the board Friday, outlining academic and social-emotional programming, recent MAP assessment growth, and disciplinary interventions aimed at improving campus safety and attendance.
Dr. Lee Conley, principal at Eagle Valley Middle School, and Amy Robinson, principal at Carson Middle School, described coordinated use of MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports), AVID strategies, Exact Path individualized learning pathways, and targeted intervention classes. Both schools said they are using MAP benchmark results to create proficiency-based instruction and to assign students to tiered interventions.
School leaders also described operational changes meant to reduce hallway incidents and organized fights: an electronic hall-pass system that logs student passes and limits simultaneous users at specific locations; school-issued phone pouches to keep devices stored during the day; and vape sensors in bathrooms. At Carson Middle, administrators reported the hall-pass platform allows staff to see where students are and how long they are out of class, to impose location caps, and to prevent particular students from being in the same location at the same time.
Principals cited several measurable points discussed during the presentation: Carson Middle reported 965 incidents processed through the office this year involving 421 students and said staff referrals for classroom disruptions have dropped; district leaders said the school's chronic absenteeism rate improved from 28.8% (state-filed rate for a prior period) to 23.3% as of March 11. Both principals noted MAP growth and said that SBAC results will provide further confirmation when they are available.
Staff described academic supports used this year: Exact Path (schoolwide at Eagle Valley during advisory and in targeted intervention classes at Carson Middle), tiered intervention classes for reading and math, Orton-Gillingham literacy support for students far below grade level, and expanded after-school and summer credit-recovery options. Both schools said they are refining master schedules to place students where need is greatest and to allow students to access intervention without losing key electives.
Discipline remains a focus. Principals said some reduction in classroom referrals reflects stronger minor-vs-major behavior triage: teachers now address more low-level issues in class before sending students to administrators. Both schools reported vaping and THC products remain a problem; administrators said they are using referrals, counseling, juvenile probation programming and parent outreach to address substance incidents. Several trustees urged stronger parent involvement as part of behavior and attendance improvement efforts.
Board members praised school outreach, recognition programs and student leadership opportunities. Principals encouraged continued board engagement and said they will return with further data as MAP and SBAC scores are finalized.
