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MMSD board hears strategic-partnerships update; Improve Your Tomorrow leaders report early gains
Summary
The Madison Metropolitan School District board reviewed an inventory of 250+ community partners and heard Improve Your Tomorrow describe mentoring results, while trustees pressed staff on evaluation methods, funding and contract-versus-partner distinctions. A high-intensity MOA will return to the board later this spring.
The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education on April 6 heard an update on the district's strategic partnerships, including a detailed presentation from Improve Your Tomorrow Wisconsin (IYT) about a new mentoring pilot and early outcomes.
Why it matters: District staff said partnerships now touch all 52 school sites and that the board will see formal MOAs for high-intensity partnerships. Trustees pressed presenters on how the district will measure impact and prioritize limited funds as it grows partner relationships.
Sonia Spencer, lead for the district's Strategic Partnerships office, summarized a recent inventory and survey of partners and volunteers, saying MMSD now catalogues more than 250 partners and a volunteer pool of roughly 5,000. She reminded the board that, under board policy 75-44, partnerships that exceed a $60,000 threshold require board notification or approval.
Cindy Green, who presented the district's high-intensity partnership roster, highlighted multi-year MOAs including AVID Tops (in…
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