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Board reviews "Portrait of a Graduate" metrics, academic-services budget tied to CSIP
Summary
District academic leaders described Portrait of a Graduate work within the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan, reporting 21,952 competency measures tracked this year and noting a $1.4 million academic-services budget allocation supporting the initiative.
District academic leadership presented the board with an update on the Portrait of a Graduate initiative, a multi-year component of the district's Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) that identifies five essential competencies for students.
"Portrait of a Graduate is the umbrella that encompasses all students, K-12," the presenter said, outlining the five competencies as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, adaptability and responsible citizenship. The work included standards and grade-level skill breakdowns, resource guides for K-6 and 7-12 teachers and rubrics for measuring competency growth.
Leaders reported that academic services carried a $1,400,000 allocation tied to Portrait of a Graduate last year. For the 2024-25 reporting cycle, district staff said they recorded 21,952 competency measures across students as they used rubrics and assessments in Infinite Campus. Presenters said Central High and Central Academy showed particular strengths in communication and critical thinking; the elementary-level reporting was not yet consistently tracked districtwide.
Board members asked how the measures would be useful to parents and suggested clearer, front-loaded parent-facing explanations on report cards. The presenter said reporting will continue to be refined and that consistent K-12 reporting at the elementary level is the next major phase.
The board was asked whether the Portrait of a Graduate measures are intended for district-level planning or for parents to track individual student progress; the presenter said the answer is both and described efforts to make the information more accessible.
The presentation concluded with an academic-services summary pointing to continued focus on state assessments, district benchmarks and college- and career-readiness indicators as long-term metrics linked to the Portrait of a Graduate work.
Board members did not take formal action on the report but asked staff to continue rolling out consistent K-12 reporting and to provide parent-facing summaries for forthcoming report cards.
