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Workshop highlights diagnostic findings: curriculum strengths, staffing pressures and partner friction

6688365 · October 20, 2025
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Summary

Staff presented diagnostic results identifying curriculum strengths, concerns about compensation and retention, safety and facility variation, and partner frustration with district affiliation processes.

District staff presented a high‑level organizational diagnostic at the Oct. 20 workshop that highlighted areas of strength and persistent challenges identified through multi‑year climate data, surveys and focus groups.

Mahathi Tonk and Alex Ramirez summarized findings drawn from six years of school climate surveys plus the two years of recent community engagement: nearly 200,000 survey responses, 65 focus groups with 548 participants and targeted leadership conversations. “The portrait of a graduate represents our collective vision for the skills, traits, and attributes that every MDCPS student needs to thrive after graduation,” Ramirez said when describing how stakeholder feedback will anchor strategic priorities.

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