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Superintendent highlights class of 2025, safety and declines in disciplinary referrals
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Winborn reported 465 graduates in the class of 2025 and described district progress on safety partnerships, reductions in disciplinary referrals and out-of-school suspensions, and summer academic programs.
Superintendent Dr. Winborn presented a year-end report that summarized district accomplishments, student outcomes and summer programming.
Winborn said 465 graduates completed the 2024–25 year. He said district priorities for the coming year remain safety, academics, attendance and student behavior. On safety, he praised partnerships with law enforcement and said the Oxford Police Department will rejoin the SRO program next year. Winborn said discipline has improved: overall disciplinary referrals were down 17% over two years and out-of-school suspensions decreased by more than 26%.
On academics, Winborn said state test results remained under embargo but he was optimistic about gains and asked the public to await the official release. He highlighted summer academic offerings: reading programs, remediation, tutoring, internships, camps and a book-bus community outreach. He also described a grant-funded transition experience for rising ninth-graders and asked families to register their students for the free program.
Other items in the report and the academic-success presentation included: walkthrough data (3,507 walkthroughs district-wide), the adoption of a new classroom-observation platform (Classroom Mosaic) for 2025–26, increases in career and technical education credentials (over 2,500 recognized credentials and 248 students proficient in ACT WorkKeys), growth in ESL enrollment (782 students), and reductions in disciplinary referrals compared to prior years. Finance and staffing notes were covered elsewhere at the meeting.
Why it matters: The superintendent framed the year as marked by improving school culture and student outcomes and flagged upcoming programs and summer activities intended to maintain academic momentum.
What he did not do: No new policies or funding decisions were made as part of the superintendent's report; those items were handled separately by the board later in the meeting.
