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District frames strategic plan around ELA, math and ACT targets; ready-graduate rate cited at 89%
Summary
District leaders presented three strategic goals (ELA, math, ACT). Staff cited a district composite ACT score of about 18.6 (roughly 0.4 points below the state average of about 19) and reported an 89% ready-graduate percentage driven by multiple pathways including ACT performance and postsecondary opportunities.
District administration told the board it has adopted three focal goals for the coming year: English language arts (ELA), mathematics and ACT performance.
Doctor Maurice (identified in the transcript) described aligning the district plan with federal requirements while keeping the board's strategic goals as the umbrella. The district will concentrate extra supports and teacher professional development on identified weaknesses, with a particular emphasis on writing instruction across grade levels as a strategy to improve ELA results.
Administration said the district's composite ACT score is roughly 18.6, about 0.4 points below a state average near 19, and noted that juniors have the opportunity to retake the ACT as seniors. Staff also highlighted the district's 'ready graduate' percentage at 89% for the last recorded year, compared with a state average near 49%, and said the district meets the ready-graduate threshold through multiple routes (ACT score of 21 or higher, early postsecondary credits, and career/CTE course completions).
Board members asked for clarification on parent engagement and resources; Doctor Maurice and other staff said Title I parent- and family-engagement requirements will remain and that the district will expand outreach (suggested quarterly meetings). A board member asked about the number of paid ACT exams; staff said two attempts are paid and students may take the test additional times at their expense.
Representative Kirk Hastings's legislation to focus state testing on the ACT suite was mentioned by staff as a current policy discussion in the state legislature; no formal board position or vote on that legislation was recorded in the transcript.
