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Resident tells North Penn board proficiency has declined; asks what district will do
Summary
During public comment, resident Jason Laneir Lansdale told the board proficiency rates and disproportionality have worsened since 2015, said COVID explains only part (he cited roughly a 10‑point differential) and asked what steps the district will take to improve student outcomes.
A resident raised concerns about student achievement during the audience‑of‑citizens period of the North Penn School District work session on March 3. Jason Laneir Lansdale identified himself to the board and said he had compared school‑level and district‑level data from about 2015 to 2025 and concluded that disparities in proficiency have increased.
"Our proficiency rates are way down," Lansdale said, urging the board to explain why students appear less prepared than in earlier years and what the district will do to reverse the trend. He acknowledged COVID's impact but said the online sources he reviewed suggest the pandemic accounts for roughly a 10‑point drop — not the full change he observed.
The board thanked Lansdale for coming forward; there was no substantive response from district leadership in the recorded segments laying out specific interventions, timelines or data sources to address his concerns. The public comment period concluded when the board moved on to the night's single work‑session agenda item: a renovation update for North Penn High School.
Lansdale's remarks raise a request the board and district administration can address in follow‑up: provide the data cited (school‑level vs. district‑level comparisons), identify which student groups are affected by the disproportionality he described, and outline any planned or ongoing interventions tied to assessment and proficiency gains.
