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Upper Adams SD previews three-year comprehensive plan, eyes early-warning student dashboard
Summary
District administrators summarized a condensed three-year comprehensive plan and described a proposed PowerSchool early-warning dashboard (grant-funded for five years) to identify students at academic, behavioral or social risk and support timely interventions.
Mr. Alban presented the Upper Adams SD's draft three-year comprehensive plan at the curriculum committee meeting, saying the district will condense a 70-plus page document into a shorter presentation for public review before a March board vote. "We're gonna take the 70 plus page and we're gonna shrink it down to a 14 slide PowerPoint this evening," he said, adding that the plan will be available for 30 days for community feedback and submitted to the state after board approval.
The plan, which administrators described as a continuous-improvement cycle, is organized into six sections: a demographic profile, core foundations (mission and vision), assurances, a needs-assessment/data inventory, action planning tied to goals, and the approval/implementation timeline. Administrators said the needs assessment draws on state-provided data (including the Future Ready PA index), local attendance and discipline records, and school assessments to identify strengths and gaps and convert those into measurable goals.
One of the plan's lead goals is an early-warning system (EWS) intended to identify students at risk academically, behaviorally or socially so staff can intervene sooner. A presenter described the tool as "a plug in for PowerSchool that will automatically plug within and track that student data in live time," saying it will centralize attendance, grades, behavior referrals and other indicators so educators can act more quickly.
Ryan Boyer, the district's student services director, tied the EWS to special-education responsibilities under state law, noting that child-find obligations (School Code, Title 22, Chapter 14.12) mean the district must apply the system carefully. "The district is responsible to have an awareness system to locate and identify students thought to be eligible for special education," Boyer said.
Administrators said the EWS will be grant-funded at no cost to the district for five years, will incorporate MTSS (multi-tiered systems of support) features, and is expected to be finalized within the three-year planning window. The presentation also emphasized stakeholder collaboration; administrators said the draft will be posted in building waiting areas and on the agenda in March for formal approval.
Next steps: the board will accept public comment during the 30-day review period, and the comprehensive plan will return to the full board in March for action.
