Jackson Public Schools lays out targeted supports for 2526-identified schools; five schools newly identified
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Summary
District leaders told trustees they will provide weekly on-site support for CSI schools, allocate $100,000 per CSI school and begin monthly milestone updates in January; five schools were newly identified primarily for students with disabilities.
Doctor Knox, director of school support, presented the district’s school improvement identification framework and support plan for the 2526 school year and answered board questions about middle‑school performance and subgroup strategy.
Knox explained identification categories (CSI, MRO, TSI) and funding: comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) schools receive $100,000 per identified year and targeted-support-and-improvement (TSI) schools receive $40,000 per identified year. He reported five CSI schools are continuing in their identification cycles and named five newly identified schools (Claseo, Pecan Park, Johnson, Shirley and Provine) with identifications tied to students with disabilities subgroups.
"Those schools who have been identified as a CSI school ... are allocated $100,000 for each identified year," Knox said. He described a tiered support model: weekly on-site coaching for CSI schools, monthly supports for TSI schools, and biweekly support for certain other schools, with instructional partners, inclusion coaching, and professional development deployed to address reading deficits and classroom practice.
Knox also reported benchmark 1 results showing double-digit proficiency gains in several identified schools and said the office will provide milestone updates to the board beginning in January to show impact of supports. He indicated the district had one exit this year — Wilkins Elementary — which was able to exit its prior identification.
Board members asked about middle-school goals (Cardozo) and requested a future, deeper presentation on strategy for middle‑school networks and subgroups. Knox acknowledged leadership shifts at several middle schools and said the district would return with an in‑depth treatment and proposed interventions.
Where this goes next: administration will begin school‑improvement plan development in February, collect milestone data (attendance, chronic absenteeism, discipline referrals, funding balances), and return monthly updates to the board.
