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Centennial plans preschool expansion, highlights CTE outcomes and graduate profile work
Summary
Superintendent Owens told the board the district will expand preschool classrooms to Meadows and Patrick Lynch schools next year and convert Little Eagles at Centennial High School to a full-day, tuition-free preschool site. Owens also highlighted CTE enrollment and graduation data and ongoing work developing a "Profile of a Graduate."
Superintendent Owens used the Feb. 12 board meeting to report several operational and programmatic initiatives, including planned preschool expansion, Career and Technical Education results, and ongoing development of the district's Profile of a Graduate.
On preschool, Owens said the district will expand from a single site this year (Pal Butte) to add two classrooms each at Meadows Elementary and Patrick Lynch Elementary for 2025-26. Little Eagles at Centennial High School will transition to a preschool-for-all site, converting two half-day classes into one full-day classroom and removing the prior admission fee; the superintendent tied the move to the November 2020 voter-supported Preschool for All initiative in Multnomah County.
On CTE, Owens said Centennial provides on-ground and virtual CTE pathways to roughly 1,000 students across more than 30 classes in fields such as culinary, manufacturing, business and technology. He reported a 4-year graduation rate of 94.6% for CTE concentrators for the most recent year presented.
Owens also updated the board on the Profile of a Graduate work stream: the district convened parents, staff, students and community partners in late January to draft competencies and will reconvene community partners and the design team in mid-February to develop demonstration-of-learning ideas at key transition years (grades 2, 5, 8, 10, 12). The superintendent invited the public to review materials at csd28j.org/graduateprofile and noted partner convenings (including Mt. Hood Community College) around regional workforce initiatives such as Advancing Semiconductors in East County.
Other operational notes included the start of collective bargaining sessions with the Centennial Education Association (first session held that week) and advance notice that the district will continue to make inclement-weather decisions after a 5 a.m. assessment of forecasts and transportation conditions.
