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Rochester superintendent proposes targeted gap‑closing goals and $3M ANI focus for 2026–2029
Summary
Superintendent Kent Picow outlined a draft Achievement and Integration plan using about $3 million annually in state funds to reduce specific graduation and postsecondary gaps by June 2029, including a 5.25 percentage‑point target to narrow the Hispanic/Latino four‑year graduation gap and a planning year for racially identified Gage Elementary.
Superintendent Kent Picow presented a draft Achievement and Integration (ANI) plan the Rochester Public Schools board will consider on March 17, proposing the district concentrate its ANI funding on a limited set of measurable gap‑closing goals and integration strategies.
Picow said the district qualifies as "racially isolated" under Minnesota criteria and therefore must include integration and gap‑closing goals to receive ANI funding. He told the board the district receives about $3,000,000 a year in ANI funds and recommended concentrating that money on a small number of priorities so it is not spread too thin.
"Our achievement and integration goal, if you adopt my…
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