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USD 453 launches public strategic‑plan dashboard and adds KESA accreditation page
Summary
District staff demonstrated a public strategic‑plan dashboard and a new KESA accreditation page that links metrics, FastBridge screening results and state accountability reports. Board members asked for more frequent teaching‑and‑learning highlights and suggested ways to increase community engagement.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — District staff demonstrated a public strategic‑plan dashboard and a new page describing Kansas accreditation at the USD 453 Board of Education meeting on Feb. 10, telling the board how residents can find metrics, action steps and accountability links online.
The dashboard is a public‑facing tool that the district intends to use to publish strategic‑plan metrics and action‑step updates. Staff explained the dashboard includes navigation to five plan goal areas, a search box for metric names (for example, FastBridge screening results), and one‑page summaries that show goal statements, action steps and the most recent metric updates.
A new accreditation page explains the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation process (KESA) in three components the district listed as compliance, outcomes and school improvement. The page also links to public state resources for accountability reporting and to a new KESA outcomes report that, according to staff, mirrors district and building report card data.
A district staff member identified in the meeting as Ryan walked the board through the dashboard and showed a recently added KESA page with a screencast recording, compliance checklists and an…
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