Superintendent Main outlines operations, instruction and literacy gains; reports drop in restraints
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Summary
Superintendent Main reported 2.4 million student meals served, ~60 major maintenance projects, expanded instructional monitoring, UFLI early‑literacy rollout, RAISE school supports, and a reduction in restraint and seclusion incidents to 62 for 2024–25 from 110 in 2022–23.
Superintendent Michael Main delivered a wide‑ranging update on district operations and instructional initiatives, reporting progress on nutrition, maintenance, transportation, instructional monitoring and special education measures while thanking staff for the year’s work.
Main said the food and nutrition services team provided more than 2,400,000 meals this year and that maintenance closed nearly 6,000 work orders while completing roughly 60 major projects. The transportation department recorded more than 1,400,000 miles transporting students, Main added.
On instruction, Main said the district completed its most comprehensive cycle of instructional monitoring to date, with full rigor walks, targeted mini‑walks and follow‑up action plans; the district launched a Professional Learning Communities Leadership Network to strengthen job‑embedded professional learning and held an assistant principal leadership day to align HR, student services and curriculum supports.
Early literacy was highlighted: Main said the district implemented the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) Foundations in schools, trained teachers in structured phonics, and developed systems to track phonics instruction and foundational skills. He also described expanded RAISE school supports (mentorship teams and biweekly visits) and reported accomplishments in ESE: 15 schools had students with disabilities test as proficient and 16 schools maintained or improved ESSA performance scores.
Main reported a drop in restraint and seclusion incidents, from 110 in 2022–23 to 99 in 2023–24 to 62 in 2024–25, and said the district will continue efforts to reduce such incidents through training and supports.
Board members thanked staff and requested future presentations: the chair asked for Progress Monitoring 2 (PM2) data compared with PM1 to help target improvements, and members asked for follow‑up on the operations audit items previously discussed.