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District presenters cite distributed leadership and big attendance gains at alternative high schools

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board · January 27, 2026
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Administrators described distributed leadership, use of Wayfinder and PLCs, and reported sharp attendance gains at the district's alternative model schools; board members pressed for data on benchmarks, ACT writing and how scheduling supports belonging.

Speaker 1, the presentation lead for the high‑school report, said the district’s high‑school work is “grounded in our…district mission” to “know our students' stories and put upon their strengths.” The presentation outlined two distinct high‑school designs in the Middleton‑Cross Plains Area School District and emphasized distributing leadership to teachers to improve outcomes.

The presenters described Clark Street as a personalized, multi‑subject, multi‑grade, seminar‑based model that “emphasize[s] relationships, agency, belonging, and community,” and Hudson High School as centered on the premise that “belonging relationships are the foundation for learning.”…

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