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St. Francis board unanimously approves 2025–26 academic goals after data review
Summary
The St. Francis Area Schools board unanimously adopted the district—s 2025–26 Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (CAGR) goals after presentations on reading, math and graduation metrics and a brief board discussion; the administration said local measures will continue to be tracked alongside state reporting.
The St. Francis Area Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the district—s 2025–26 Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (CAGR) goals after a presentation summarizing 2024–25 outcomes and proposed targets.
District leadership presented results and proposed targets that set modest percentage-point increases for the coming year while continuing several locally tracked measures. Presenter (identified in the record as speaker 11) described mixed results: preschool phonological-awareness goals were met, third-grade reading proficiency had backslid from 57% to 49%, and gains were reported in several subgroups and in math (presenter cited math gains of 12.1 points). The presenter credited LETRS training and new curricula for some of the improvements.
The presentation also discussed closing the achievement gap for students with individualized education programs (IEPs), reporting progress from a baseline and noting a near-target result (an increase to 31% where a 33% target had been set). The presenter cautioned that local graduation-rate numbers are recorded locally and may differ from Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) published numbers due to cohort-tracking differences.
Board members asked clarifying questions about statewide disparities and the decision to retain a local emphasis on reading-by-third-grade despite the state—s legislative changes. The presenter said the district would continue to "memorialize" the reading objective locally and post data on the district website.
A motion to approve the 2025–26 goals was moved and seconded; the board recorded a second by Mister Orkin and then adopted the goals unanimously, with the chair stating the motion "prevails unanimously." The board did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting transcript for the goals motion. No amendments to the proposed goals were recorded at the meeting.
