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Board reviews quarterly strategic-plan report highlighting SEL gains, assessment and enrollment shifts
Summary
At its regular meeting the Emporia Board of Education heard a quarterly strategic-plan update that highlighted gains in social-emotional learning, mixed academic results in math and ELA, a slowing birth rate tied to enrollment declines, expanded communications work and steps to spend at-risk funds on instructional strategists.
The Emporia Board of Education at Mary Herbert Education Center received its quarterly strategic-plan report, with administrators highlighting social-emotional learning (SEL) gains, mixed academic results across subjects and a continuing enrollment decline tied to falling birth rates.
Administrators said seven of the district’s nine buildings had been nominated for Capture Kids’ Hearts (CKH) national showcase, and credited a district behavior support specialist, Jennifer Casey, and expanded student-support staffing for improving SEL metrics. Presenters pointed to a large year-over-year drop in logged major behavior incidents at the elementary level as evidence of progress while noting some month-to-month fluctuations.
District leaders told the board the district is tracking academic data across multiple measures. The report showed 65% of students made positive ELA growth on interim measures this year and that several cohorts and subgroups — including English-language learners and students with disabilities — had pockets of growth. Math presenters said some grades and cohorts advanced while secondary-grade…
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