Board approves Anderson ElementarySchool2025'1026 school plan after presentations on reading, attendance and interventions

The Moreland School District Board of Trustees approved Anderson Elementary School's 2025'1026 School Plan for Student Achievement on a unanimous voice vote after the school's principal presented instructional changes, subgroup targets and new intervention staffing.

Principal Jenna outlined the SPSA's primary goals: raise overall ELA performance by roughly five percentage points, narrow subgroup gaps for English learners and socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and increase math proficiency and fluency through targeted small-group instruction and spiral review. The plan restructures the TOSA schedule to prioritize reading support, adds daily guided-reading time organized as 15 minutes teacher-led instruction, 15 minutes independent reading from students' book bags, and a 30-minute adult-led rotation to provide targeted small-group work.

Jenna said the school will expand novel-study book clubs for fourth- and fifth-grade students (8–10 students per group) led by the librarian, and continue a newcomers ELD pullout to accelerate basic conversational English and navigation of school routines. The SPSA also documents adoption of_decodable texts at multiple levels and a decision to keep Chromebooks on campus to reduce after-hours misuse and to make classroom technology more reliable and consistently available.

Presentation materials cited assessment data showing a one-year dip in a referenced ELA metric (from about 36 percent to 32 percent) and linked part of that decline to a recent influx of newcomer students who are exempt from ELA testing during their first year but not exempt from other district measures. The staff emphasized that subgroup-level targets will direct interventions: larger percentage gains for Hispanic and socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and continued individualized goals for students in special education.

Anderson staff reported several non-instructional items in the SPSA and related discussion: a multiweek reinvestment in the EDS athletic field (valve repairs, irrigation wiring, backflow repairs, aeration and reseeding) using previously budgeted change-order funds, and a drop in chronic absenteeism from 29 percent to 20 percent credited to proactive outreach (one-on-one phone calls, attendance tracking and community collaboration). The principal described attendance outreach as largely driven by personalized phone calls and follow-up logs to document conversations and agreements with families.

Trustees asked about causes of the assessment dip, the role of newcomers in participation counts, and how the school will measure progress. The principal and site team said they will continue monthly staff time focused on reading and writing, monitor movement between intervention groups, and use January benchmark data and interim measures to track growth.

The board motion to approve Anderson's SPSA passed unanimously. The school will post any required addenda and the approved SPSA to the district website as the implementation year begins.