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Principals and special services highlight growth, literacy and summer plans
Summary
District leaders reported higher newsletter engagement, strong NWEA growth in several buildings (CK Burns growth above 81% for grades 3–5; Saco Middle eighth-grade math growth in the 60th percentile), expanded Orton-Gillingham training, unified sports expansion, and summer projects to implement curriculum and intervention work.
Multiple building leaders used the June 11 meeting to highlight academic growth, inclusive programming and summer work intended to support instruction and interventions.
Communications reported web and newsletter engagement metrics above industry averages and said new district websites will launch over the summer. Curriculum leaders noted work on math and ELA resource selection, teacher-led professional development, and improvements in district math growth metrics measured by NWEA.
Dr. Jessica Clark, who presented special services updates, said the district increased staff training in Orton-Gillingham structured literacy by about 25%, expanded unified athletics at CK Burns and Saco Middle School, and will use the summer to streamline IEP workflows and build a district‑wide intervention approach for writing. Jame Walker, director of pre-K, highlighted implementation of Eureka Squared math in pre-K and said over 80% of pre-K students met uppercase-letter identification expectations this year; Walker said the team plans to adopt LinkIt for pre-K progress monitoring and pursue Rising Stars documentation to improve the program’s quality rating.
At Fairfield, a building leader reported an attendance-intervention program that reduced chronic absenteeism: of 26 chronically absent students identified, 24 moved to over 92% attendance after targeted staff buddying and interventions. Fairfield also revived a greenhouse through a Maine Environmental Education Association grant, producing over 300 flowers used at year-end events.
The board praised staff and principals and posed questions about sustaining programs, training, and resources to continue momentum into the 2025–26 school year.
