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Advisory team narrows district priorities; committee asked for faster timeline and more teacher input
Summary
Dr. Lisonbee DeGraff told the committee that a strategic‑plan advisory team met in October and November to refine district challenges and prioritize solutions focused on literacy, math and attendance.
Dr. Lisonbee DeGraff told the Janesville School District Personnel Policy Curriculum Committee on Jan. 6 that a strategic‑plan advisory team convened in October and November to narrow district priorities and generate solutions to improve student growth in literacy, math and attendance.
"We had staff and administrator survey feedback last year," DeGraff said, describing the advisory team as a response to staff calls for "more opportunities to give feedback around decisions in the district." The team included building leaders and central office directors and used two focused questions: how to support fifth‑to‑sixth grade learning (noting the largest data declines were in fifth and sixth grade math) and how to reduce students placed in…
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