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Wilmette SD 39 presents CSCI results and strategic-plan timeline after improved family and staff participation
Summary
District staff presented Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) results showing a district score of 4.2, higher staff participation (81.4%) and increased family responses (25.1%). The district will fold themes into a strategic plan due for board review in June, with targeted actions on social-emotional learning and inclusivity.
District leadership presented findings from the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) to the Committee of the Whole on May 11, emphasizing higher staff and family participation and an overall district score that has held at 4.2 from the prior year. Kelly Jackson summarized participation rates and domain-by-domain results and outlined next steps for targeted programming and strategic planning.
Jackson said participation rates were 95.2% for students, 81.4% for staff and 25.1% for families, and explained the scoring system used to classify responses as positive, neutral or negative. "Our overall district score is a 4.2. That is, maintained from last year," she said. The presentation highlighted strong results in safety and many items in teaching and learning and interpersonal relationships, with areas for further work in social-emotional security and some peer-relationship items.
On safety, Jackson noted very positive responses for physical security and rules-and-norms measures, but said family responses on online safety and some social-emotional items remain lower and merit focused attention. In leadership and efficacy, she flagged a rise in measures of collective efficacy and noted that 52% of staff reported administrators overemphasize test scores, which the district plans to address by focusing more on classroom-level data and varied measures of student growth.
Jackson outlined next steps: building-level teams will present school-level analyses, the district will integrate themes into the forthcoming strategic plan, and staff will pursue targeted "upstander" lessons, focus groups and improved communication about academic supports. Dr. Crumascoli said the district has conducted focus groups and an online survey (more than 550 responses) and aims to present a draft strategic plan to the board in June for review and final approval in a subsequent meeting.
Board members praised the presentation and the improved response rates; no public comment was offered during the meeting.
What happens next: buildings will drill into school-level results over the summer, staff will develop targeted interventions for social-emotional learning and inclusivity, and the committee will review a strategic-plan draft in June before a formal board approval process.
