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Mesa board hears Project Momentum update; principals point to instructional‑design gains
Summary
District staff and principals updated the Mesa Public Schools governing board on Project Momentum supports, citing walkthrough and growth gains at participating campuses, use of grant funds for teacher planning, and steps to sustain improvements after grant funding declines.
Amy Dela Torre, the district’s director of federal programs and the Project Momentum lead, told the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board on Tuesday evening that the state-required Project Momentum model provides coach and principal‑partner supports and Systemic School Improvement grant funding to help identified campuses improve instruction. "Project Momentum is an ADE school improvement model," Dela Torre said, noting each campus receives principal partners, in‑person and virtual coaching and grant dollars to pay teachers for planning time.
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