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Kennewick officials hold public hearing on required action plan for Amistad Elementary
Summary
The Kennewick School District presented a required action plan tied to a likely state Required Action District (RAD) designation for Amistad Elementary, proposing about $500,000 in one-time supports focused on math, multilingual learners, family engagement and a districtwide data-visualization tool.
Kennewick School District staff held a public hearing May 6 on a proposed required action plan for Amistad Elementary after state accountability data placed the school in a Tier 3+ identification category.
The plan, prepared during a state-supported planning year, requests roughly $500,000 in time-limited funding for a school improvement coordinator, math-support staff, a data-visualization tool to integrate attendance/assessment/discipline data, and family-engagement initiatives aimed at improving literacy and English learner progress.
District staff said the Required Action District (RAD) program creates a state–local partnership: the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) provides planning funds and reviews the district-submitted plan before the State Board of Education considers formal RAD designation. “We were awarded $90,000 to help with this planning,” Melissa St. Hilaire said while summarizing the external audit and priorities.
Nut graf: The plan responds to OSPI’s external review identifying Amistad as one of the state’s lower-performing…
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