Superintendent Lamont Cole and staff rolled out a set of interactive data dashboards and 10 district KPIs at the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board retreat, aiming to make performance data accessible to board members, district leaders and the public.

The presentation, led by LeanFrog consultant Byron Hedrick and district staff member Andrea Okonski, described two dashboard tiers: school‑level pages (facilities, enrollment, staffing, academic performance, extracurricular participation) and district‑level views with peer comparisons. "Dare to be great," the superintendent’s branding theme, frames the KPIs, Okonski said: "Dare to be great is the rallying cry behind it." The district will invite each board member to a one‑on‑one Tableau walkthrough before publishing the dashboards publicly.

Why it matters: The dashboards are intended to centralize disparate data sources so leaders can run scenario analyses, identify trends and make evidence‑based budget and program decisions. Hedrick said the dashboards pull public data and internal departmental files into interactive visualizations that will support school‑ and district‑level planning.

What the KPIs track: Staff presented 10 priority measures aligned with three pillars (student achievement, operational excellence, employee development). Notable targets include: raising the share of K–3 students at or above grade level on the DIBELS screener to 74% by 2028; improving LEAP ELA and math proficiency by single‑digit percentage points over three years; and increasing the district graduation rate toward 90% by 2028. Okonski emphasized that the KPIs will be updated with state data releases and that the district will set interim milestones.

Implementation details: District staff said the school‑level dashboards draw on five years (where available) of historical data and allow drilling to school, ZIP code and grade cohort levels. Hedrick and staff will send board invitations from the Tableau system; a second email will let members sign up for a 1:1 demo. The district plans to consolidate the new dashboards with existing public pages so users have a single access point.

Caveats and next steps: Several board members asked about specific KPI subgroups (for example, graduation rates by race and gender); staff said subgroup reporting will be included in the dashboards and in quarterly updates. Staff also noted some indicators are early in the district’s tracking and will be phased into the public dashboards over the next 30–45 days. Board members will also be given a printed school scorecard for quick reference.

The district plans initial board training sessions immediately and public publication after final feedback and staff training.