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Metuchen district reports steady gains on five-year goals; mental health, full-day kindergarten noted

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Superintendent Dr. Caputo presented the Metuchen Public School District—s final 2024-25 district-goals update, reporting mean self-scores across five focus areas, planned full-day kindergarten startup in September, rollout of the Lifeline Trilogy suicide-prevention lessons for grades 6, 9 and 11, and plans to pilot a Rutgers collaboration survey.

Metuchen Board of Education Superintendent Dr. Anthony Caputo presented the district—s final 2024-25 goals update at the board—s June 24 public meeting, reporting self-assessed progress across five focus areas and outlining next steps for curriculum, mental health, and school climate work.

Caputo said the district—s yearlong motto, “better every day,” reflected incremental improvements and assigned numeric self-scores on a 1-to-5 scale for each focus area. "Our mean score on that 1 to 5 scale for focus area 1 was a 3.92," he said, summarizing work to implement rigorous curriculum and aligned assessments. Caputo reported mean scores of 3.92 for curriculum and instruction; 4.31 for positive learning environment and engagement; 4.00 for analysis of indicators and accountability; 3.65…

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