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Superintendent presents mixed academic results; board schedules closed session for evaluation
Summary
Superintendent Steve Younowski summarized end‑of‑year goal progress: gains in some grades and assessments, stagnant or missed targets in others, and a drop in graduation rate tied in part to students who left after the pandemic. The board announced closed sessions to discuss negotiations and the superintendent’s evaluation.
At the June 2, 2025 Richfield School Board meeting Superintendent Steve Younowski presented his end‑of‑year goals and preliminary academic outcomes and told the board these results will form part of the closed‑session superintendent evaluation.
Why it matters: the evaluation affects superintendent performance assessment and future contract discussions; the outcomes reported describe student achievement trends the district will prioritize next year.
Younowski framed the evaluation around three components: student achievement, process goals (implementation actions tied to the strategic plan) and overall performance (survey and outcome data). He described mixed achievement results: gains in some FastBridge common assessments — notably measured gains in fifth‑grade reading and a significant decrease in the proficiency gap between white students and…
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