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Assistant principal highlights preschool readiness, ACT gains in Byron presentation
Summary
Kelly Brown, Byron High School assistant principal, told the board that district preschoolers scored 94.5% readiness and that about 40% of students met ACT college‑and‑career benchmarks in 2024; staff outlined training and alignment steps tied to the state's 'World's Best Workforce' (now Civic Readiness) framework.
Kelly Brown, assistant principal at Byron High School, presented the district's World's Best Workforce (state civic readiness) data and the district's plan to align instruction and training to Minnesota standards.
Brown said that for the 2024 reporting year Byron Preschool had 94.5% of enrolled preschoolers meeting end‑of‑year expectations on the local assessment used by the program. "So as far as closing the achievement gap... with our free and reduced lunches, we had 49.1 percent of our students who are on that program that were proficient," Brown said, and she reported subgroup proficiency rates for minority students (62%) and students with disabilities (36.5%).
On college and career readiness, Brown said about 40% of all students assessed met the ACT college‑and‑career benchmarks in 2024, and roughly 28% met benchmarks in all four ACT areas. Brown described planned training for teachers across grade bands and alignment to Minnesota standards, noting the district will roll out teacher training for grades 6–12 next year and continue early childhood work. "We're really into John Hattie and high impact strategies," she said, describing professional development priorities.
Board members asked no substantive follow‑ups, and Brown closed by noting staff will continue implementing training calendars, resource updates and strategies to support the district's profile of a graduate.
Next steps: Brown and district instructional staff plan timelines for training across grade bands and will brief the board as those plans are scheduled and implemented.
