Greendale board approves middle-school program changes adding tiered supports and daily morning meetings

The Greendale School District board voted to approve programmatic changes at Greendale Middle School that create a dedicated 30-minute tiered-support period for interventions and enrichment and implement a daily morning meeting for students.

Administrators and Principal Ray Curry framed the changes as a response to a proficiency gap: Curry said about 200 middle-school students are not meeting grade-level expectations in reading and math and argued the additional tiered-support time will allow teachers to reteach to mastery and provide targeted enrichment. "Tiered support, reteach and mastery is a non-negotiable here at Greendale Schools," Curry said.

The measure was put to a roll-call vote after extended public comment and board discussion and passed. A motion to approve the middle-school program changes (agenda item 3.2) was moved and seconded and the board voted to adopt the programmatic shifts; administration said the approval provides direction to begin implementation and to return data to the board through short-cycle reports.

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