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Subcommittee questions learning-acceleration staffing, asks for metrics and review amid budget tightening
Summary
Committee members pressed district leaders to produce outcome metrics for the Learning Acceleration Plan and to reconsider staffing allocations — especially the classification and roles of deans and coaches — given budget pressures and declining enrollment.
Participants at the Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 budget subcommittee meeting spent substantial time examining the district’s Learning Acceleration Plan (LAP), questioning whether positions created under the plan — including deans and instructional coaches — are delivering the intended results and whether those positions should remain funded as currently classified on the certified salary schedule.
“Is there data to suggest that having a coach is more effective than filling all these positions of classroom assistance?” asked Speaker 5 (committee member), summarizing a recurring concern. Speakers repeatedly asked for explicit outcome metrics, such as changes in achievement gaps on CMAS or SAT, to assess whether the LAP is closing the gaps it was designed to address.
District staff said the LAP was introduced under the previous administration as a multi‑year…
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