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Cheltenham officials outline multi-pillar strategic plan and year-one progress
Summary
District staff reviewed year-one progress on a seven-pillar strategic plan, highlighting the portrait-of-a-graduate framework, curriculum renewal, MTSS implementation, DEI work, and planned public comment on the comprehensive plan in January.
Assistant Superintendent Shabaugh Savage opened the strategic plan review and said the office would present year-one accomplishments and priorities for the 202425 school year.
Dr. Scribban described the district27s "portrait of a graduate" as the plan27s guiding framework and said the district is adopting a Kthrough16 mindset to align postsecondary pathways and metrics.
Under Pillar 2 (teaching and learning), directors said the district completed curriculum-design work for Kto6 ELA and math and began piloting core resources for secondary grades. Staff described a six-year curriculum renewal cycle, work on common assessments tied to a standards-based elementary report card, and professional-development and data-infrastructure investments (a data-enrichment specialist and LinkIt dashboards). Presenters said the district finalized and submitted graduation data for state reporting and reported a 96.3% graduation rate in the submitted data.
Staff described MTSS and intervention-manager rollout to support tiered interventions and said LinkIt is being used for a parent/student portal and is central to data visualizations in development. Implementation steps include training for principals and teachers, ongoing uploads of data sources, and work on data governance and privacy.
Pillar 3 (social, emotional and mental health) presenters said the district implemented screening tools (SRSS-IE) and is piloting student-led screener tools (BH Works/Project AWARE) at selected schools; they underscored vaping as a current behavioral concern and described plans for parent and student sessions.
Pillar 4 (DEBI) presenters said the office is updating a cultural proficiency framework, disaggregating discipline and achievement data by race and gender, reconvening DEBI committees, and considering external partners for targeted training (noting cost constraints). Pillar 5 (climate and culture) work includes facility maintenance, safety drills, standardized cell-phone language in handbooks and training for safety officers and paraprofessionals.
Board members asked follow-up questions about data governance and whether artificial intelligence will be addressed. Staff said data governance will focus on datasets, dashboards, privacy, and analytics, while AI-specific policy is expected to be discussed by the office of innovation and the policy committee.
The committee heard additional questions on library programming, counseling-grant sustainability and integration of health curriculum concerns; staff described ongoing review and alignment work and said some topics will be phased into the six-year curriculum cycle.
The committee did not take formal policy action at the meeting; staff said the comprehensive plan will be posted for public comment and returned to the board for final approval after the public-comment period.
