Post Franklin Elementary outlines goals, interventions and early assessment gains

Shavona Matthews, representing Post Franklin Elementary, presented the school's vision and goals and detailed enrollment, assessment and intervention data.

Matthews said Post Franklin enrolls 214 students (including a 15-student GSRP class and three kindergarten classes totaling 62 students) and described three pillars for the year: academic growth, climate and culture, and attendance. On assessments she reported STAR Math proficiency rose from about 32.3% in September to 44.3% in January (about a 12 percentage-point increase) and STAR Reading showed roughly a 13-point increase from 28.4% to 41.4% across the same period. The school set month-to-month growth targets (4% for math and 5% for reading) to meet end-of-year goals.

On behavior and climate, Matthews described a three-tier referral and suspension framework (tier 1: 0–5 incidents/0–2 suspensions; tier 2: 6–10 incidents/3–5 suspensions; tier 3: 11+ incidents/6+ suspensions), said suspensions are issued by building principals and emphasized that classroom referrals remain logged. For attendance she described tiered supports, mentor contacts, parent meetings for chronically absent students and attendance-related celebrations; the school reported 13 students with perfect attendance for the school year to date and 92 students with at least one perfect-attendance milestone.

Matthews cited partnerships (for example, a local foundation and community groups) for basic needs support, upcoming PTO events and literacy nights and invited families to volunteer for reading and other activities. Board members asked about root causes for literacy gaps and requested areas the board could support; Matthews asked for visible board presence at school events and help with funding for field trips and programming.