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District presents multilingual-program data, names student advisory council; board adopts MAP Growth assessment and new ELA curriculum
Summary
The board heard data on the multilingual department (97 students served, eight languages, five staff), approved a student advisory council, and voted to adopt MAP Growth for ELA and a new grades 6–12 English language arts curriculum with associated professional development.
The Three Rivers School District board received a monthly student-data presentation on services for English learners and biliteracy, approved formation of a student advisory council and approved assessment and curriculum items required under state law.
Jessica Durant (label 6) introduced Quinn Fazio (label 10), who said the multilingual department currently serves 97 students and monitors 36 graduates for four years. Fazio said the program supports students across the district in eight languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Chinese, Thai, Korean, German and Bulgarian. She said the department staff is five people and highlighted outcomes: elementary students are 70–77% on track to English-language proficiency while secondary students are about 64% on track, and graduates showed gains in AP participation and career-technical education.
Superintendent Dave (label 8) announced the district's plan to create a student advisory council made up of sophomores and juniors from North Valley, Hidden Valley and Illinois Valley high schools; selected student representatives were named and will report to the board on student-experience issues and potential local political matters such as bond measures.
On statutory compliance, staff recommended selecting MAP Growth from the state-provided list of assessments to add ELA to the district's existing MAP math usage, citing teacher familiarity with MAP. The board approved the selection by motion. Later, after months of work by a teacher team, the board also approved an English-language arts curriculum adoption for grades 6–12; the adoption includes two years of professional development funded in part by a grant and district curriculum carryover funds.
Board members asked about staff capacity, equity of services across 14 schools and the extra instructional time required by assessments. District staff said they prioritized neighborhood placement for multilingual students and planned two family nights to increase engagement and support registration ahead of fall.
Next steps: staff will implement MAP Growth for ELA per the board action and proceed with the ELA curriculum rollout in August 2026 with the planned professional development.
