Middleton-Cross Plains board hears Q2 strategy map update; approves midyear budget amendments and tables board-salary policy

Superintendent Dana Minogue gave the Middleton-Cross Plains Area Board of Education its quarter‑2 update on the district strategy map at the Feb. 24, 2025 meeting, reporting progress on literacy, interventions, professional learning and community priorities and answering board questions on screening timing, staffing and planning.

Nut graf: The update covered implementation of Act 20 reading requirements and statewide screeners, staff professional learning tied to literacy, plans for compensation review for non‑certified staff, and other community‑facing priorities; the board approved midyear budget amendments and tabled the first reading of a policy change to board salaries until the language is clarified.

What the board heard

- Literacy and screening: Minogue and staff summarized results from the January statewide screener (AIMSweb) used to meet Act 20 requirements. Presenters said about 25% of students from kindergarten through third grade qualified for a reading plan under state requirements; teachers told administrators the screener largely matched educator expectations.…