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School board hears plan to renew Farmington's 2026'2029 Achievement & Integration application
Summary
District staff previewed a three-year Achievement & Integration reapplication focused on increasing racial and economic integration, reducing achievement gaps (with emphasis on Hispanic learners) and expanding access to diverse, effective teachers; presenters highlighted family engagement work, translation tools and an $800,000-scope funding profile. The application is due March 15 and administration plans to seek board approval at the Feb. 23 meeting.
Farmington Public School District officials presented the district's proposed 2026'2029 Achievement & Integration (A&I) plan and described how existing student-support roles and family-engagement strategies would feed the renewal application.
District presenters said the A&I plan keeps three statewide goal areas: increase economic and racial integration; reduce disparities in achievement (the plan singles out Hispanic learners as a priority group); and expand access to qualified, diverse teachers. Strategies listed in the presentation include student success coaches, family cultural advocates and literacy coaches, together with Key Indicators of Progress (KIPs) the district will measure with a rubric-style approach rather than simple counts.
"We bring these and kind of share our progress in the fall," said a presenter describing the district's use of KIPs and programmatic measures. Student success coaches who spoke to the board outlined how they use teacher input, attendance and behavior data to identify needs and coordinate interventions across buildings. "We're working with adults to make kids successful," Jane Jacobson, a student success coach, said, describing collaboration across the two middle schools to align supports and curriculum.
Family cultural advocates told the board they routinely do home visits, extended-hours outreach and use multilingual tools to boost participation. "Last year, we hosted Farmington Schools' first cultural fair, and over 460 people were in attendance," Olivia Jackson said, noting the event helped reach families who previously had not engaged with the schools.
Administrators also explained funding and timeline: A&I funds total roughly $800,000 for the district under the current grant framework, with a cap that allows up to 20% for professional development and the remainder for direct student and family services. Staff said the district will submit the narrative application by March 15 and planned to ask the board to approve the application at the Feb. 23 meeting.
Board members pressed presenters for clarity on how the rubric columns (baseline/partially/fully in place) translate into trackable outcomes and whether a three-year timeline is reasonably "fully in place" for practices to run without ongoing special oversight. Presenters said the KIP approach starts with this year as the baseline and that annual bullet-point reporting will provide specific, year-by-year evidence for the board.
Administration also described cross-district collaboration with Hastings and an intended expansion to include Lakeville Public Schools, intended to create shared leadership-development opportunities and peer exchange.
Next steps: administration will file the application by the March 15 deadline and return to the board with the narrative for approval at the Feb. 23 business meeting and with requested clarifying bullet points that show year-by-year actions tied to KIPs.
