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Warren County Schools previews preliminary 202425 improvement plan to target underperforming students
Summary
At the Oct. 22 work session, district staff presented a preliminary 202425 District Improvement Plan that emphasizes targeted small-group interventions, coaching for teachers and principals, HR and retention strategies, and a new volunteer engagement goal; the plan will be posted for public comment.
Mister Jones, a district presenter, told the Warren County Schools board at its Oct. 22 work session that the districthas produced a preliminary 202425 District Improvement Plan intended to lift schools out of a statedesignated "low-performing" status.
Jones said the district used an ATLAS data-dive protocol and outside support from AIM Higher in Education to analyze discipline, student achievement and teacher working-conditions data. "Often, when we look at data, we just look at the surface," he said. "In this data dive ... we went into that 90% of the story." He said that deeper look led the district to change its approach from whole-group instruction toward targeted interventions for specific student cohorts.
The presentation lays out several headline goals: (1) improve student outcomes with a 10-percentage-point performance target pursued via targeted small-group interventions and cohort analysis; (2) increase teacher supports and professional development; (3) build principalsleadership capacity so they can provide targeted coaching; (4) address high staff turnover through strategic recruitment and onboarding; and (5) create a school volunteer program and stronger community engagement.
On implementation, Jones said the district must follow a state timeline because it is currently deemed low-performing: the board received goals within 30 days, the comprehensive report will be available for board review and a vote in the next 30 days, and the full report will be posted on the district website for public comment (Jones said the report was expected to be posted by Friday). "Each one of the action steps will have a date by it," he said, adding the dates will indicate expected completion and that some actions will be ongoing.
The plan highlights new tools and partnerships: an MTSS data tracker developed by Dr. Amy Richardson for principals to support small-group instruction, expanded modeling and coaching by district instructional coaches, and continued partnership with Relay Graduate School-style coaching to train principals to "see it, name it, do it," as described by a district leader during the presentation.
Board members asked whether the plan would list responsible staff and timelines for each action; presenters replied that those details will appear in the comprehensive plan posted for public review. The district did not provide detailed cost estimates or a specific rollout schedule in the work session presentation.
Next steps: the district expects to post the comprehensive improvement plan to the website for public comment and will return to the board to consider the full report for approval within the required state timeline.
