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Adelanto principals present school plans as superintendent reports modest district gains
Summary
Principals of George Visual & Performing Arts and El Mirage Elementary outlined school plans emphasizing ELA, math, English learner support and special education. Superintendent Dr. Terry Walker said district proficiency rose slightly and highlighted a district attendance campaign tied to improved outcomes.
Principals Sateria Ridley of George Visual & Performing Arts and Kentor Johnson of El Mirage Elementary presented their School Plans for Student Achievement to the Adelanto Elementary School District Board, highlighting demographic composition, four-year assessment trends and targets for academic and engagement improvements.
Ridley told the board George’s fourth- and fifth-grade ELA scores rose this year while noting mixed results across grades; she said the school will focus on math, supports for students with disabilities and English-language development, and described interventions including a literacy specialist and an incoming math intervention teacher using I-Ready. “Our seventh graders are meeting and exceeding over 60%,” Ridley said, calling out subgroup growth and recent reclassifications of English learners.
El Mirage Principal Kentor Johnson said his small school of about 129 students has made progress closing achievement gaps, reporting a 30-point reduction in the distance-to-standard metric for math over four years and noting top priorities of ELA, mathematics and English learner supports. Johnson said the school plans to expand intervention personnel and adopt unified curricular resources.
Superintendent Dr. Terry Walker framed both presentations within district-wide work she described as “Progress in Motion,” reporting that the district’s average proficiency rates rose modestly — about 1.69 percentage points in language arts and 1.68 in math — and that 10 of 14 schools improved proficiency this year. Walker credited attendance improvements tied to a “Strive for 95” campaign and said roughly 63% of students are within a target band that indicates they are within one grade level of standards on district benchmarks.
Why it matters: The presentations and the superintendent’s update together show the district is emphasizing targeted interventions (math specialists, ELD coordination, special education family engagement) and school-level strategies to close gaps. Trustees praised the work and suggested continued attention to attendance, resource allocation and how interventions are funded and staffed.
The board did not take policy action on the school plans; the presentation concluded with trustees thanking site leaders and moving on to the rest of the agenda.
