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McFarland district sets long‑range equity goals, expands 'speak up' training for students and staff
Summary
District equity coordinator Britney Bridal told the McFarland School Board on Jan. 13 that the district has adopted long‑range DEIB goals and is embedding training, signage and student leadership into daily work; administrators said they are tracking baseline staff and student data and increasing family outreach.
At its Jan. 13 meeting, the McFarland School Board heard an update on the district's equity work from district equity coordinator Britney Bridal and district administrator Erin Tarnitzer, who described a shift from stand‑alone equity initiatives to embedding DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging) into everyday instruction and district planning.
Bridal said the district finalized long‑range equity goals last year and is beginning to gather baseline data tied to those goals. "We're already starting to collect some data on it and track that," she said, adding the goals emphasize a culture of DEIB learning, enhanced staff professional development and improved student learning and instructional experiences.
The nut graf: Leaders told the board the work is moving from separate equity programming into routine instructional practice, and they plan to measure progress with surveys and targeted data collection. Bridal said the district will survey students in the spring and is already collecting staff feedback this year.
Bridal described several concrete…
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