Aberdeen Elementary to expand MTSS and launch behavior academies with restart funds

Mister Krencicki presented Aberdeen Elementary School’s K–8 improvement strategy, centered on expanding a district-aligned MTSS framework that integrates academic and behavioral supports and on launching "behavior academies" to teach replacement behaviors for students with pervasive conduct challenges.

Aberdeen leaders said the school’s recent gains put it in a stronger place than earlier years but that growth and proficiency remain priorities; the school reported a positive shift in growth but continues to target core instruction in reading and math and to address behavior that disrupts learning. The proposed behavior academies are time-bound interventions (sessions multiple times per week) that teach emotional regulation and replacement behaviors for the subset of students who do not respond to Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction. Restart funds are planned to pay for a refocus-room coordinator (licensed or classified) who will operate these academies and provide consistent on-site behavioral coaching.

Krencicki emphasized teacher working conditions as a priority and described a self‑rating continuum for classroom management and unstructured-area supervision; the school will use the teacher working-conditions survey as a progress indicator. Board members pressed for operational details (academy length, cohort size) and Krencicki said interventions will start at a minimum of three weeks with multiple 30–45 minute sessions per week and that the initial target population is about 15% of students with the most persistent behavioral needs. The presentation framed behavioral tiering as integral to academic recovery rather than a separate discipline-only approach.