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Superintendent outlines district improvement plan, stresses tier-1 instruction, math and career-pathway completion
Summary
Dr. Bailey presented the district's Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP), identifying tier-1 instruction, mathematics, and college-and-career readiness (CTE pathway completion) as the three primary improvement priorities and describing specific supports and interventions planned for 2025.
Superintendent Dr. Bailey presented Bath County Schools’ Comprehensive District Improvement Plan at the board meeting and told trustees the district will prioritize improving core classroom instruction, strengthen mathematics instruction across grade levels and increase career-technical education (CTE) pathway completion.
Dr. Bailey said the district’s CDIP is based on spring 2024 KSA data and on-the-ground assessments. He told the board that district-wide results showed mixed performance: reading and writing strengths in some grades and below-state-average math scores in several grade bands. He summarized three core improvement priorities: “(1) tier 1 instruction at all levels, (2) improve math instruction across the district, and (3) improve college and career readiness,” and outlined actions to address each.
On tier-1 instruction, Dr. Bailey described weekly professional learning communities, a new “pacing guide warehouse” that consolidates teacher pacing guides districtwide and a classroom walkthrough protocol for principals to monitor instruction and success criteria. He said the goal is to keep grade-level standards high and provide scaffolding so teachers do not "teach down" standards to make content easier for students.
On math, Dr. Bailey said the district received a Mathematics Achievement Foundation (MAF) grant that funded math coaches at Crossroads and Owensville Elementary School and that the district has math interventionists at each school. He noted rollout and fidelity work for the Envisions Math curriculum and I-Ready training for teachers.
On career and college readiness, the superintendent highlighted a new CTE pathways handbook and a CTE dean of students who is meeting individually with students to increase pathway completion from 27.6% with an stated goal of 50% next year. Chad Pruitt, the high school dean of students, told the board he has “met personally with every senior and junior and most of the sophomores regarding their career and college readiness,” and outlined efforts to meet with students identified as novices or apprentices to raise completion rates.
Dr. Bailey also reported midyear assessment progress: district midyear growth percentages on benchmark assessments exceeded the expected 50% midpoint in reading and math for each school (Crossroads ~70%, OES ~80%, Bath County High School ~120% on midyear measures), and he said principals and teachers are engaged in monthly data meetings to monitor student-level progress.
Why it matters: The CDIP directs classroom instruction and resource allocation across the district; the emphasis on tier-1 instruction and math coaching targets areas where state comparisons showed performance gaps, and the CTE work aims to increase students’ career-readiness credentials.
Board response and next steps: Trustees asked clarifying questions about NTI days and calendar impacts; Dr. Bailey said the draft budget reflects continued investment in interventionists and two bus purchases. Staff will continue implementation of coach-led supports, monthly principal walkthrough and data cycles and the CTE pathway initiatives the board discussed.
