Miss Sickles, principal of Crosby Elementary School, told the Kingston City School District Board of Education that Crosby enrolls about 317 students and is a Title I school with roughly 53% of students classified as economically disadvantaged. She listed student supports and instructional priorities, saying the school is emphasizing fidelity to the CKLA literacy curriculum, daily basic-fact fluency practice in math, and keyboarding proficiency by third grade so students can access state computer-based assessments.

Sickles described targeted interventions using i-Ready diagnostics to place students in Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 supports and noted professional development including CKLA trainers, demo lessons, and planning sessions. She said staff formed task teams for math, reading, PBIS, SEL and attendance; the attendance effort is led by social worker Leanne Demias.

On state assessments, Sickles presented a cohort example: students who were third-graders in 2023–24 showed ELA proficiency of 34% and the same cohort later posted 47.1% proficiency on the fourth-grade exam, a reported 13.1 percentage-point cohort gain. For math the cohort’s proficiency was reported at about 53.19% in one year and 56.9% the next (a reported 3.71 percentage-point gain). Sickles said these gains reflect instructional work and help the school remain in good standing.

She closed by outlining family engagement plans (MAP/“family fun night,” a multilingual potluck, a May literacy celebration) and thanked staff and the Crosby PTO for a library donation of books.