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Board approves EAMS and EHS improvement plans amid member concerns about outcomes and accountability
Summary
The board approved school improvement plans for the middle and high school for 2025–26; district staff described targeted interventions and coaching, while several board members questioned progress, long-term accountability and program costs including community partnerships and translation services.
The Easton Area School District board approved the EAMS (middle school) and EHS (high school) 2025–26 school improvement plans and a board affirmation required for schools in improvement status, while several board members pressed district leadership for clearer accountability measures and budgeted costs tied to the improvement efforts.
District administrators told the board that all Title I schools must complete a school improvement plan and that the middle school currently sits in Pennsylvania’s CSI (comprehensive school improvement) category after previously being ATSI; the high school continues as a TSI (targeted support and improvement) school for specific student subgroups. "The middle school right now is a c s a CSI cascading school," a district administrator said, adding the middle school’s improvement status evolved over recent years from ATSI to CSI.
Administrators said the plans emphasize sustained professional…
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