Deming board hears new strategic‑plan partnership and calendar survey results; Everest Analytics to support plan refinement
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Summary
Board heard a presentation of a proposed partnership with Everest Analytics to refine Deming Public Schools’ strategic plan, provide monthly monitoring and quarterly outcome reports, and build board visibility into implementation; staff also presented calendar survey results showing strong support for ending before Memorial Day and preferences for PD scheduling and conference timing.
Trustees reviewed community input on calendar planning and a proposed partnership to refine the district strategic plan.
Miss Reinhardt and Mr. Wyman summarized a calendar planning process that surveyed staff and parents (277 staff, 673 parents). Key survey results: majority prefer ending the school year before Memorial Day; staff favor spreading professional‑development days rather than front‑loading them; parents and staff offered overlapping late‑afternoon/evening windows for parent‑teacher conferences (an 11:30–6:30 window received significant support). The presenters said the district must comply with state requirements for 1,140 instructional hours and that an injunction affecting the calculation of days has removed some previous flexibility for early‑college calendars.
The board then heard from Stephanie Wyke, director of professional learning at Everest Analytics, who outlined a three‑pronged partnership to (1) refine the strategic plan with stakeholder sessions and focus groups, (2) provide monthly implementation monitoring and reports, and (3) produce quarterly outcome monitoring to align strategy, implementation and student outcomes. Wyke said Everest would offer discounted services for the district and proposed milestones with a refined strategic plan to be presented to the board in May 2026 and rollout to staff in July 2026.
Trustees asked how the refinement is executed in practice. Wyke described sessions with leadership, principals and staff plus community surveys and focus groups to identify high‑impact, feasible strategies. Wolgamuth said the district is considering a Marzano high‑reliability framework and hopes to send campus leadership to a January summit to learn implementation tactics.
No final contract vote occurred; the board received the presentations and requested further follow up and community engagement.