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Superintendent outlines 2025–26 goals, literacy grant and MTSS work for Beatrice schools
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Johnson presented the district’s 2025–26 theme and priorities, highlighted a five‑year comprehensive literacy grant (CLSD) and said staff will continue building a multi‑tiered system of supports (MTSS) to raise student reading outcomes.
Dr. Johnson, superintendent, told the board the district opened the 2025–26 year with energy and a theme focused on student outcomes: "keeping the eye on the prize." He said the district will center work on literacy and consistent instructional systems across buildings to improve student success.
Dr. Johnson described the Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant as a five‑year program that will fund tutoring for K–5 students, supports for preschool families to strengthen foundational literacy, and professional development for secondary teachers to support reading in content areas. "Year 1 ends October, like, I think September 30," Dr. Johnson said, reflecting the timeline for the grant’s first year and transition into year two.
The superintendent identified a state goal — previously set to increase third‑grade ELA proficiency to 75 percent by 2030 — and told the board that Commissioner Mahler has moved that target to 2027. The district intends to focus on building strong Tier‑1 instruction, layered Tier‑2 and Tier‑3 interventions, and consistent systems so that practices are recognizable from building to building.
Dr. Johnson said the district will develop a visual model (citing Scarborough’s reading rope) to show how curriculum, intervention and professional learning interconnect. He also noted the district is developing MTSS systems so that students who need extra supports receive them promptly and with escalating intensity when needed.
The superintendent said the CLSD grant provides a structure for ongoing professional development and that the district was planning immediate administrative and PD meetings to begin implementation.
The board did not take formal action on the goals; staff said these are implementation priorities for the 2025–26 school year and will inform program and spending decisions.
