Monroe-Woodbury updates progress on academics, safety, budget, HR and cybersecurity goals

Superintendent Dr. Michael Norman and members of his cabinet detailed a midyear progress update to the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District Board of Education on Jan. 8, 2025, outlining work on student achievement, school safety and security, budget planning, human-resources initiatives, cybersecurity and the development of a new strategic plan.

The update said the K'5 attendance protocol was finalized this fall and marked "100% complete," and that state and STAR assessment data were distributed to teachers to inform instruction. "We received those results and we've distributed those results to all of our 4th and 5th grade teachers," said Matt Kravitz, a cabinet member, describing how teachers received both past-cohort and current-student data to guide "deeper dives" into standards-based instruction. The district reported that the STAR first-window assessment was administered in the fall and that a mid-January window will be used to measure progress.

District officials described a K'5 curriculum audit intended to align ELA, math, science and social-studies topics to state standards and create a single, districtwide roadmap for teachers, parents and students. The audit was described as about 50% complete: committees have drafted documents listing monthly topic focus, essential questions and linked standards, and staff…