Principals describe MTSS, literacy push and district AI use as students perform for trustees
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Roniview Elementary leaders outlined Multi‑Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), attendance and behavior interventions, and the district described use of AI tools for graphics and lesson scaffolds; students from FFA and speech & debate presented and were thanked by trustees.
Roniview Elementary Principal Nicole Hernandez and assistant principal Blaise Sand presented the school's MTSS framework to the Fremont County School District #25 board on Feb. 24, describing data‑driven grade‑level teams, weekly special‑education and behavior meetings, biweekly attendance check‑ins with case managers and social workers, and targeted Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.
"Our MTSS framework... we really focus on meeting monthly with grade‑level teams and looking at academic data from multiple screeners," Hernandez said, describing the school's process for identifying students who need intervention and monitoring progress. Sand explained that interventions range from social‑emotional groups to adult mentors and emphasized team coaching and regular assessment to ensure interventions are effective.
District staff also described experiments with district‑provided AI tools to speed production of graphics, lesson plans and behavior reflection templates. "We put all of our stuff with systems into AI, and it literally just put this graphic out there for us," one administrator said, noting that staff then edited the output to match district needs. At least one trustee cautioned about overreliance on AI: "I don't really like AI, and it scares me... judges are starting to pick up on it too, and they're also not liking it, especially when it cites cases that don't exist," a trustee said during board member remarks.
The board also heard from student groups: speech and debate representatives delivered several short pieces and explained program impacts, and a student debriefed the Denver Stock Show trip, noting vet‑science learning opportunities and competition placements. Trustees thanked the students and presented board appreciation items created by students in CTE, welding and SkillsUSA.
District staff updated trustees on grant work: an Impact Aid application was submitted after counting 148 federally connected students, with district staff estimating Impact Aid funding for next year "in the range of about $240,000," and reporting receipt to date of an initial payment of about $145,000 from the previous application. The district also submitted a CLSD literacy grant application and is sending literacy coaches to a March conference to support secondary literacy planning.
What happens next: principals said they will continue MTSS team meetings and attendance work, district coaches will attend the literacy conference and staff will use AI outputs as time‑saving drafts subject to human review. The board asked staff to continue reporting outcomes and to provide any required follow‑up data.