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New Berlin board leans on 'Great on Their Behalf' as it refines 2025–26 goals
Summary
At an Aug. work session, the New Berlin School District Board of Education discussed using the book Great on Their Behalf to sharpen 2025–26 goals, stressing student outcomes, clearer metrics, public reporting and considering outside coaching; no policy votes were taken.
The New Berlin School District Board of Education met for a work session and spent most of the hour discussing the book Great on Their Behalf and how its guidance should shape the board’s mission, vision and goals for the 2025–26 school year.
Board members said the single clearest takeaway was that student outcomes should drive the board’s agenda. "Focus on student outcomes in everything we do," one member said during the discussion, and several others agreed that measurable results should guide goal-setting and monitoring.
Members debated trade-offs between concentrating on academic outcomes and accounting for community priorities. One participant said the book…
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