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Derby Board hears end‑of‑year strategic plan reports; pre‑K enrollment and professional development metrics cited as gains
Summary
Administrators reported year‑end progress on the district strategic plan, citing increases in professional development effectiveness, pre‑K enrollment and improvements to early‑childhood inclusion measures. Work on chronic absenteeism, mental‑health screeners and special‑education implementation continues.
Superintendent Heather Bohati told the Derby Board of Education on June 9 that district strategy committees presented end‑of‑year summaries showing progress on multiple priorities, including early childhood expansion, professional development and chronic absenteeism.
Dr. Putnam Jackson, director of curriculum, said the district revised its professional development evaluation to include locally developed measures; the share of staff rating January trainings in the top two categories rose from 78.8% (Jan. 2024) to 89.6% (Jan. 2025) for “how valuable was the training,” and similar gains were reported for relevance and job‑specific usefulness. “We feel that one was met,” Dr. Putnam Jackson told the board.
Early‑childhood and inclusion The district reported a…
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