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McFarland updates final year of five-year equity grant as district assumes mentoring circles
Summary
The McFarland School District board heard a detailed update Feb. 3 on a five-year equity grant that funds mentoring circles, staff development and family engagement; district staff will assume primary leadership for mentoring circles in the grant’s final year and the team plans heavy data collection and an end-of-grant report in early 2026.
McFarland School District board members received an update Feb. 3 on the district’s five-year equity grant and were told leadership of student mentoring circles is shifting from the community partner to district staff for sustainability.
The update, delivered by Christine Deck, focused on five grant goals including student mentoring circles for grades 3–12, staff leadership development, district-level inquiry and evaluation, expanded professional development and family/community engagement. Deck said the partners designed the grant to address reported gaps in belonging among Black students and to create changes intended to outlast the grant period. “What we wanted to do with this grant … is to make some long lasting and substantial changes that impact, not just our African American students but all of our students,” Deck said.
Board members were told about…
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