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Enid board outlines climate surveys, behavior systems and stronger student connections under strategic plan
Summary
Superintendent and staff presented Goal Area 3 (culture and community): districtwide climate surveys for staff and students, professional development driven by results, evaluation of positive behavior systems, and steps to boost parent engagement and student transitions between grade levels.
Enid Public Schools Superintendent Doctor Darrow and district staff on Feb. 17 presented a strategic-plan update focused on culture and community, outlining a set of actions intended to measure and improve student behavior and connections.
The board heard that the district will distribute teacher climate surveys in May to all certified staff and student surveys in the last two weeks of April, targeting elementary (grades 4–5), middle (6–8) and high school (9–11) cohorts. "Teacher survey data will have the current status of learning climates from students in the classroom, and the student survey data will find the perception of their perspective," staff member Mrs. Gregory said.
District leaders said survey results will drive professional development, including new-teacher orientation and embedded PD days, and will inform school-level decisions to increase student engagement. The presentation named several positive behavior systems being used across the district—Behavior Solutions, Conscious Discipline, Great Expectations, LiveSchool and the Ron Clark system—and said the administration will investigate which approach best suits each site.
Administrators also described tightened parent-engagement expectations: each site will communicate behavioral expectations, schedule parent–teacher events and track attendance, with back-to-school materials distributed in late July and early August. The board was told preenrollment forms and new orientation events are being used to encourage freshmen to connect earlier with extracurriculars and reduce attrition between grades. "We started a principal's advisory council," Mr. Liddell said, "and some of the feedback was, hey, as freshmen, we weren't that involved. The kids have to hit the ground running to truly get them involved."
The presentation included plans to better support students serving long-term suspensions by assigning mentors, ensuring access to assignments, and scheduling reentry meetings with administrative teams. Board members asked no follow-up questions after the recap; staff said the survey will be distributed and results used to inform summer professional development.
The board received the report as an informational item; no formal action beyond acceptance was recorded.
