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Board tables strategic plan; debates math acceleration goal and enrollment capture targets
Summary
The Scottsdale Unified Governing Board on Sept. 9 deferred final approval of a strategic plan that includes a multi‑year "wildly important goal" to increase eighth‑grade completion of Algebra I (or equivalent) and an enrollment capture objective; the board voted 3‑0 to table the item until all five members can consider it.
At the Sept. 9 Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board meeting, administrators presented a proposed strategic plan for the 2025‑26 school year that includes two "wildly important goals" (WIGs): a multi‑year mathematics goal to increase the percentage of eighth graders successfully completing Algebra I or other advanced math coursework from 25% to 75% by May 2030, with an annual 3 percentage‑point increase measured by AASA; and an enrollment objective aimed at raising the district's capture rate of students who live inside the district boundaries.
Superintendent Scott Menzel (speaking during the…
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