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Board accepts DE-1 monitoring report showing gains in student connection and postsecondary participation
Summary
The board unanimously determined the superintendent reasonably interpreted policy DE-1 after a presentation showing multi-year increases in student connection survey responses, rising concurrent enrollment and CTE participation, and higher family engagement on "above and beyond" opportunities.
The Poudre School District Board of Education voted 7-0 to accept the superintendent's DE-1 (General District Ends) monitoring report Part 2, which covered student connections, "success in a changing world," and family engagement outcomes.
Dr. Dwayne Schwintz, the district's chief institutional effectiveness officer, led the presentation and highlighted multi-year trends. "What we see is increasing response rates and the highest level that we've had, in the actual composite score for student connections," he told the board.
Schwintz said the district now has eight years of consistent student-connection survey data and observed a positive association between students' reported connection and other outcomes such as attendance, achievement and disciplinary incidents. He pointed to a rise in the connections composite and said the largest gains were in the subscale measuring students' connection to interests and passions: agreement on that subscale climbed from about 68% to 77% over recent years, Schwintz said.
The monitoring report also documented increases in college- and career-oriented participation. The percentage of students in grades 9-12 enrolled in concurrent enrollment courses increased roughly from 31.6% to 41.2% over three years, Schwintz said, and career and technical education participation among 9-12 graders increased to 49.2% in the most recent reporting period.
Schwintz and board members discussed the role of partnerships and pathway programs such as P-TECH, apprenticeship programs and industry collaborations. He noted family survey responses to an "above and beyond" question also rose from 75% to 86% over three years, a sign that more parents report their children had opportunities to pursue out-of-school or extracurricular interests.
Board members praised the district's data collection and asked about areas needing further work. Schwintz pointed to declines in student-reported social-emotional learning competencies and continued disparities across student groups as priorities for the district.
"The data is very clear ... our students do need support with their social emotional learning competencies, their mental health and wellness," Schwintz said, and he described mental health and belonging as ongoing priorities.
The motion to accept the monitoring report was made by Director Jim Brokish, seconded by Director Jessica Zamora. The board voted aye: Jim Brokish, Kristen Draper, Connor Duffy, Kevin Havelda, Carolyn Reed, Scott Schoenbauer and Jessica Zamora; motion passed 7-0.
Schwintz and staff said district dashboards with school-level data are publicly available on PSD's research and evaluation pages and that the district will continue to expand career-connected learning and supports tied to social-emotional outcomes.
