APS board frames five‑year, outcomes‑focused agenda as community urges clearer translation to classrooms

Albuquerque Public Schools board members and community members met in a public community engagement session to discuss the district’s outcomes‑focused governance approach, the four community‑set goals that will guide APS through 2028, and how the board and district will monitor progress and share results with families and schools.

Board members framed the session around three questions — why APS exists, why a school board exists and how a board must act to be effective — and emphasized that the district’s primary purpose is improving student outcomes. “The school board’s job is not to run daily operations. We do not hire the teachers. We do not hire principals. We do not create lesson plans. We do not decide the color of fences. The superintendent and her team decide that,” Board member Courtney Jackson said, describing the board’s role in setting direction and accountability.

The board repeated that the district’s four outcome goals — early literacy, math proficiency, postsecondary readiness and skills, habits and mindsets for life — were developed through community engagement beginning in 2022 and are intended as five‑year goals running through 2028. Board members and staff said the district has held dozens of engagement events (the…