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Coos Bay SD 9 superintendent reports gains in attendance and math access, outlines tsunami planning and literacy work
Summary
Superintendent David Ainsworth highlighted improvements in attendance and math software use at several schools, described rollout of the Oregon Early Literacy Framework, and reported district work on tsunami evacuation plans and school walkthroughs.
Superintendent David Ainsworth told the Coos Bay School District 9 board that several schools have made measurable progress on short-term “sprint” goals for attendance, reduced failure rates and increased access to SuccessMaker math software, and that the district is expanding work on the science of reading and tsunami evacuation planning.
Ainsworth said the district set a 90% daily attendance goal and a 60-minute-per-week SuccessMaker target for elementary grades. He highlighted Marshfield Junior High’s failure rate as “consistently below that threshold of 10%,” and said Marshfield High has reduced, but not yet met, its target. He said Sunset showed “tremendous progress,” noting a sixth-grade attendance increase the superintendent characterized on slide notes as roughly 65% to 84%.
Why it matters: the sprint-goal work guides short-term,…
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