Superintendent outlines enrollment, facility and instructional goals; board adopts superintendent goals and working agreement

Superintendent Gary Roberts gave the board a start-of-year administrative report that covered enrollment numbers, facility improvements, district sprint goals and an updated data and assessment cycle. The board then approved the superintendent’s goals for 2025–26 and adopted a board–superintendent working agreement (option B), amended to explicitly reference hiring and termination authority for the board.

Enrollment and projections Roberts presented September enrollment figures and a short-term uptick in weekly counts. The district reported it was approximately 66 students down from the same point last school year but later reported an increase of 87 from the prior week; he said much of the week‑over‑week increase was at the district’s online program. Roberts noted longer-term projections that the district is expected to decline about 10% over the…