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District highlights AVID expansion, two‑way immersion gains and charter innovations
Summary
District presenters described AVID expansion to 7th grade and planned high‑school growth (about 300 AVID seats), two‑way immersion biliteracy progress (STAMP proficiency from 19% to 79% for a cohort), and charter school curricular innovations; administrators outlined next steps for progress monitoring and expansion.
District staff used the Results Policy 4.4 presentation to highlight several programs expanding access and strengthening instructional coherence.
AVID: Lindsay Simonson, the district’s AVID director, described expansion of AVID elective classes to 7th grade and a plan to run three sections in each high‑school grade next year, which the district estimates will serve roughly 300 students at the high‑school level. AVID teachers and coaches described classroom practices including Socratic seminars, targeted supports to help students succeed in AP coursework, and efforts to cascade AVID strategies across content classrooms.
Two‑way immersion and biliteracy: Rosemary Larson, director of multilingual programs, described the district’s two‑way immersion (TWI) pathway and the creation of a student advisory for the program. She pointed to a cohort‑level data point on the STAMP proficiency measure: when that cohort took the STAMP as 8th graders, 19% were proficient; the same cohort reached 79% proficiency when tested as 11th graders, a jump staff highlighted as evidence of long‑term language gains toward the Wisconsin seal of biliteracy.
Charters and extended learning: Presentations described the Verona Area International School’s focus on Mandarin/English vertical alignment and New Century’s STEAM disciplinary literacy and service‑learning efforts. Extended learning pathways were described at the high‑school level as layered, earlier interventions (referral through the HOPE team) with progress monitoring in NextPath and partnerships for onsite mental health support at middle schools.
Board members asked about enrollment pathways, program capacity and identification criteria for AVID and advanced programs; district staff described a data‑driven recruitment and interview process for AVID and the availability of enrichment opportunities for any interested students.
District leaders said next steps include progress monitoring for AVID and TWI, continued family and student advisories, and cross‑site alignment where charters partner with district curriculum work.
