District reports benchmark results, intercession attendance and professional development initiatives
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District administration reported preliminary EOC benchmark data, a focus on vertical alignment across grades, professional development with Reach Mississippi, intercession attendance figures and ACT boot camps; administration also described a pilot reverse-auction procurement at select high schools.
District administration reported preliminary benchmark testing results for end-of-course (EOC) high-school courses and described plans to customize instruction and pacing to prepare students for state testing.
Administrators said they had an intentional focus on vertical alignment across grade levels and held professional development and all-admin meetings to align curriculum, instruction and operations. The district noted professional development with Reach Mississippi that included self-care strategies for teachers.
The district reported intercession participation and attendance numbers: an "average daily attendance for intercession this time was 532," and provided day-by-day counts the transcript records as 715 on Tuesday, 721 on Wednesday, 650 on Thursday and 566 on Friday. The district also offered ACT boot camps at three high schools, ran field trips in partnership with South Mississippi planning and development, and piloted a reverse-auction process at one large high school as a procurement test.
Officials said they met with principals across the district to review goals and accountability data and planned follow-up meetings throughout the year. The transcript records these presentations and figures but does not include detailed numeric benchmark results beyond the qualitative statement that preliminary data were "very pleased."