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Board hears detailed instructional-budget workshop focused on literacy, math and BOCES partnerships
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Sagrati Rudacinda O'Neil outlined proposed curricular priorities and professional development tied to next year's instructional budget, including expanded literacy interventions, math "thinking classroom" work, Science21 implementation and use of BOCES services.
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Sagrati Rudacinda O'Neil presented the Beacon City School District's instructional priorities and the professional-development elements anchoring next year's instructional budget during the April 7 board meeting.
O'Neil said the district's academic plan is anchored to the state's emerging Portrait of a Graduate framework and a local emphasis on vocabulary acquisition. "Our academic goal was vocabulary acquisition," she said, describing a year of teacher training in literacy, math, science, social-emotional learning and AI use. The presentation summarized multiple intervention tiers and named programs the district plans to expand or adopt.
Why it matters: the workshop lays out the district's operational choices that drive staffing and materials requests in the proposed 2025-26 budget. The board and public heard specific proposals that would affect classroom instruction, intervention staffing and outside contracts.
Key instructional proposals and details
- Literacy: The district currently has five teachers in LETRS training…
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