Student representatives told trustees about classroom initiatives: Southeast High seniors described hallway scoreboards tracking students with a single missing assignment, and Fort Laramie student representatives requested more structured scholarship application support from their school. The board welcomed the student presentations and encouraged continued engagement.

Lincoln Elementary’s student action team reported community support for a tie‑blanket project for the Denver children’s hospital; the team raised their goal from 20 to 80 blankets and noted middle‑school volunteers would assist.

Principal Williams presented school and district metrics: the district adopted the Sabre social‑emotional screener (Renaissance) this year, replacing SSIS SEL; staff noted some younger students had difficulty understanding screener questions, prompting a plan for better instruction. Williams reported goals and recent results: a 95% postsecondary readiness goal (last year ~91%), extracurricular participation targeted at 95% (current ~86.59%), K‑5 reading and math proficiency fluctuating by cohort, an ACT target composite of 21 (recent scores ~20.7), and average daily attendance currently trending slightly worse (about 11.5 students absent per day). Staff said updated data will arrive in spring and the district continues to refine referral and discipline matrices to encourage reteaching and reduce formal referrals.

Why it matters: These reports give trustees and the public a snapshot of classroom practice, student engagement and early learning metrics that will inform curriculum, support and budget decisions later in the year.

What’s next: Superintendent and principals will return with updated spring assessment data and continue to refine screener administration and discipline matrices; trustees encouraged student participation in future meetings.