Erie School District committee backs move to negotiate Panorama Education contract

The Erie School District’s transition committee recommended Panorama Education as the district’s data integration vendor, and board members on the Committee of the Whole gave consensus for staff to negotiate a contract and place it on the agenda for approval.

Superintendent Natalie Gibbs told the board the committee — composed of transition-team members, educators, principals and support staff — “unanimously recommends Panorama Education.” She described the platform as one that “unifies data across academics, behavior, and social and emotional learning, providing a comprehensive view of student needs.”

Gibbs said the system is intended to provide real‑time data and strengthen the district’s multi‑tiered systems of support, help drive graduation and readiness work and lift student and staff voices through perception surveys. She asked the board for consensus to finalize contract negotiations and add the contract to next week’s agenda.

Board members voiced support. Director Brennaman and others indicated they were “in favor of proceeding with developing the contract” and asked staff to move forward. No formal roll‑call vote was recorded in the transcript; the board gave an informal consensus to proceed.

Gibbs added that the contract review would occur before the item appears on the agenda and that staff would present the negotiated agreement for board action. She framed the purchase as a tool to professionalize and standardize data use across buildings and to help implement forthcoming strategic priorities.

If approved, staff said the next administrative step would be contract negotiation and final review, then formal placement on the district’s public agenda for a vote.

Board members asked procedural questions about timing and review; no dollar figure or contract-term details were provided in the meeting record.