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RUSD officials describe Starbuck K-8 merger progress, set goals for narrowing achievement gaps
Summary
Starbuck International K-8 leaders told the Racine Unified School District board they have focused on merging three schools, launching IB curriculum training and targeting math gains and belonging for historically underserved students.
Starbuck International K-8 leaders told the Racine Unified School District Board of Education on March 17 that the school’s first year after merging West Ridge, Jefferson and Starbuck elementary programs is focused on closing achievement gaps and building a unified school community.
The school’s head of schools, Sarah Obleski, said Starbuck’s data show nonwhite students were not meeting the same proficiency levels as white peers and that the school has set targets to narrow that gap. "We create it together, and I feel like it's most successful when we're all in," Obleski said, describing efforts to gather staff, family and student input on goals.
Obleski outlined two main goals: narrowing the academic opportunity gap and increasing students’ sense of belonging. She said the district data showed that when the incoming…
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