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Lowell and Brainerd High present literacy, MTSS and pathway goals; both missed some targets last year
Summary
Lowell Elementary and Brainerd High presented site improvement plans emphasizing literacy interventions, MTSS fidelity and career pathways. Administrators reported mixed results on last year’s goals and outlined strategies — phonics/phonemic instruction, FastBridge screening and department-level career activities — to raise student outcomes.
Lowell Elementary Principal Lynn Borman told the Brainerd Public Schools board the school aimed to lift reading proficiency after ending last year with 63.4% combined third- and fourth-grade reading proficiency on FastBridge and MCA-based measures. "We had an ending place of 70.7% from the previous year, and so we wanted to increase that to 75.5. We fell short of that goal," Borman said, describing a focus on phonemic awareness, phonics instruction and use of FastBridge universal screeners.
Borman said Lowell strengthened its MTSS (multi-tiered system of supports) process and met with 15…
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