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Superintendent presents midyear goals: school-to-work expansion, AI training and equity work
Summary
Superintendent Hillman outlined midyear progress on goals including expanding school-to-work capacity, redeploying staff after priority-based reductions, launching a staff AI development academy and convening parent advisory groups including plans for a Juneteenth education panel.
Doctor Hillman, the district superintendent, presented the first midyear update of 2025–26 superintendent goals and described progress across multiple focus areas.
Hillman said the district is expanding its school-to-work and work-based learning capacity: after the next staffing round there will be six teachers with a work-based-learning endorsement, and the district has secured course approvals required for CTE funding and has coordinated with the high-school counseling office to include the program in the 2026–27 registration guide. She emphasized the intent to build redundancy in staff with endorsements to sustain the program amid declining enrollment.
On organizational adaptation, Hillman said leaders are redistributing district-office responsibilities after a retirement in instructional services, using ‘‘rounding’’ conversations with staff to surface workload issues and proposing an FTE increase at the high-school dean-of-students role as one operational response. She also previewed an artificial-intelligence development academy for staff planned for the second semester with space for about 20 participants; the initial cohort will be staff-facing to build internal capacity rather than a student-facing program.
Hillman described enrollment work with TeamWorks (consulting) and partnerships with Saint Olaf and Carleton for resident focus groups and third-party survey work. She also noted ongoing equity work—Hispanic, Indigenous and Black parent advisory committees are meeting, and the district plans a Juneteenth education panel of Black school leaders in June 2026.
Board members asked clarifying questions about rounding and staff onboarding; Hillman said the district uses a 3-2-1 report to summarize rounding sessions (three strengths, two improvement areas, one leader action) and that new staff generally reported feeling welcomed and supported. Hillman invited the board to provide feedback on the new midyear reporting format as it completes a full cycle.
