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Superintendent outlines opening‑of‑school priorities: MTSS, CASEL, facilities upgrades and cell‑phone rollout
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Champ told the board on Sept. 3 that summer curriculum work, staff training and facilities projects set the district up for a “very positive” opening and outlined three priorities for 2025‑26: MTSS, instructional technology and unpacking New York INSPIRES.
Superintendent Dr. Champ told the Pelham Union Free School District Board of Education on Sept. 3 that the 2025‑26 school year opened “very positive” after extensive summer planning and work across curriculum, operations and student supports.
The district this summer completed 84 curriculum writing projects across grade levels, continued several targeted summer academic programs (including elementary “Summer Stars” and extended school‑year services under individual education plans), and convened an AI user group of faculty to guide staff use of artificial intelligence in instruction.
Dr. Champ said the district’s three “big rocks” for the year are strengthening multi‑tiered systems of support (MTSS) to use data to match instruction to student needs, integrating instructional technology including AI, and unpacking New York State’s INSPIRES recommendations and the state’s new profile of a graduate. "We used Stephen Covey's big rocks theory to really focus our work," she said.
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