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Stratford updates curriculum inventory, renames preschool and forms AI task force
Summary
District leaders described progress on a curriculum inventory and handbook, a state-approved preschool name change, kindergarten age-waiver procedures, and an AI task force developing policy and professional development plans.
District officials presented several instructional and operational updates at the board meeting Monday night.
Miss Van Gini, the chief operating officer, said staff have finalized the capital budget review and distributed payroll W-2s on schedule; she also shared the schedule for the superintendent’s FY26 budget presentation and a series of budget workshops in February.
In instruction, the district reported that a multi-year inventory of written curriculum across grades is nearly complete. Miss Van Gini and the teaching-and-learning team have cross-referenced curriculum documents with board approval dates and are developing a formal five-year review and revision schedule. The district also plans a Stratford Curriculum Handbook and an online repository (Atlas) for curricular documents; the handbook and related materials will go to the curriculum committee in February, followed by the full board.
On early childhood programs, administrators said the district’s preschool program has been formally renamed the Vicki Sotto Preschool in the state system; officials clarified that the Stratford Academy name is being removed from all preschool program records. The district also described an established waiver process for parents seeking exceptions to the Connecticut kindergarten age cutoff (Sept. 1); parents should submit waiver requests in writing to their child’s school principal and contact the registration office for guidance.
Superintendent Miss Cordes also briefed the board on an AI task force charged with evaluating platforms, developing professional-development plans, creating communications and drafting a policy for the district. “We are interviewing different AI platforms and evaluating their potential support for the district,” she said, and indicated a policy will be referred to the policy committee for review.
Administrators said video assessment results (NWEA and DIBELS) are nearing completion and will be shared in February. The board was told principal search interviews for Franklin and Lordship elementary schools are upcoming and that social-studies curriculum work will emphasize inquiry-based instruction and K–12 vertical alignment.
