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District outlines integrated plan goals, SIA priorities and student‑outcome metrics
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Summary
Superintendent and staff summarized the district’s integrated plan (Student Investment Account and related grants), community engagement results and key metrics such as attendance, third‑grade reading and graduation rates.
Forest Grove School District 15 staff presented the district’s integrated plan and the strategic priorities that guide spending of braided grant funds (Student Investment Account, High School Success, early literacy and others) at the April 22 board meeting.
Dr. West and the district’s integrated‑plan team said the plan centers on three priorities: reduce academic disparities while raising achievement for all students, meet students’ mental and behavioral health needs, and support bilingual literacy for students learning more than one language.
Staff summarized outreach that informed the plan: student focus groups, family meetings at Neil Armstrong Middle School and the high school, a migrant parent advisory meeting, a community partners meeting and a digital survey. About 796 respondents took the district budget/priorities survey; staff said roughly 67% of those respondents were students.
The plan ties those priorities to specific metrics. Staff reported the district’s current attendance rate at 66.2% with a multi‑year goal of 75% by 2027–28; third‑grade on‑grade reading fell from 32% to 26% and remains an area of concern; ninth‑grade on‑track stood at 85.9% and four‑year graduation at 82.9%. Staff said the Department of Education paused this year’s co‑creation of longitudinal growth targets because the state is revising school‑accountability rules.
Staff also explained how the braided grants fund the plan: the district reported about $17.7 million across the funding streams used for early literacy, well‑rounded education, health and safety, technical investments and administration. Staff said they will report back with the integrated plan materials required by the Department of Education and with more detail on how the district will measure progress and close achievement gaps.
