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Greencastle-Antrim board approves 2025-26 school improvement plans after superintendent presents preliminary scores and targets
Summary
The Greencastle-Antrim School District board approved single-year improvement plans for all four schools after Superintendent Dr. Reif presented preliminary math and ELA results and outlined attendance and instructional priorities.
The Greencastle-Antrim School District Board of School Directors on Sept. 4 approved the district's 2025-26 school improvement plans for the high school, middle school, elementary school and primary school following a presentation of preliminary student-performance data by Superintendent Dr. Reif.
Dr. Reif said the data are preliminary until final reports in October, but highlighted several trends and targets the district will pursue this year and recommended board approval of each building's one-year improvement plan. "Entering with enthusiasm and exiting with accomplishment" is the district theme for the year, Dr. Reif said during the presentation.
The superintendent emphasized recent math gains at younger grades and described a district-wide push to continue that momentum while prioritizing ELA implementation. Using state proficiency measures, Dr. Reif said third-grade math proficiency rose 13.6 percentage points from 2021 to 2025; fourth grade rose 17.5 points; and fifth grade showed a 20.8-point increase. She described those gains as preliminary indicators of the effect of focused curriculum and professional development work over the past four years.
Dr. Reif said the district has set attendance and proficiency targets by building in the one-year plans. The primary and elementary schools will target a 95% regular-attendance rate; the middle school will target 92%; and the high school target is 92% attendance. For the high school, the documents presented set a math goal of 59.4% proficiency (or 1.8% growth) and an ELA goal of 71.6% proficiency (or 2.5% growth).
Dr. Reif told the board that this is the first year the district is fully implementing the recently approved ELA curriculum and that common assessments will be used to monitor progress and guide unit revisions. She described a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) and the district's plan to align attendance interventions and instructional coaching across grades.
Board members asked clarifying questions about which measures each school used to set goals and about how the high school's Keystone assessments factor into graduation and interventions. Dr. Reif noted the district retests students who do not pass Keystone assessments and pointed to more than 90% of students reaching graduation expectations in recent years, while also stressing that the district must continue to focus on consistent instructional practices across grades.
After discussion, a board motion to approve the 2025-26 school improvement plans for the high school, middle school, elementary school and primary school passed on a roll-call vote with all nine board members voting yes.
The board packet and Dr. Reif's presentation were described as using the district's comprehensive plan as the multiyear framework; the one-year school improvement plans translate those goals into building-level action steps for instruction, attendance and assessment.
Dr. Reif said the next steps include continuing common-assessment cycles, targeted professional development, lesson-plan expectations, and using school-improvement teams to adjust strategies each summer based on data. The board will receive final statewide data in October and will review curriculum updates at upcoming meetings.
