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Mercator presenters report steady KSA gains, highlight student safety and targeted math work

Mercator Board of Education · January 8, 2026
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Summary

At a Jan. 6 special meeting, district presenters told the Mercator Board of Education that the district’s overall accountability score rose to 81 with reading and math indicators above state averages; presenters credited targeted interventions, schedule changes and community partnerships for gains.

Doctor Taylor introduced superintendent communications at the Mercator Board of Education’s Jan. 6 special meeting and invited school-site presenters to review winter KSA results and improvement efforts.

An elementary-school presenter told the board the district had “an overall score of 81, which was a KSA rating of green, so we increased again,” and reported a reading and math indicator of 85.4 and a climate-survey increase of 3.4 points. The presenter said the district’s multi-year raw score rose from about 48.4 to the mid-70s and that many schools are…

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