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Oshkosh board to run community survey after summit; will begin KPI work on reading and math
Summary
After reviewing results from a community summit, the Oshkosh Area School District board agreed to launch an electronic survey and targeted outreach to refine priority statements and shape measurable key performance indicators, with a focused discussion on reading and math scheduled for May 27.
The Oshkosh Area School District board on Wednesday agreed to launch a community survey and targeted outreach to refine priorities gathered at a recent strategic-summit event and to begin turning those priorities into measurable key performance indicators.
Superintendent Davis said administrators pulled the top themes from a summit and consolidated them into four draft priority statements — "teacher support, the cross cultural, competencies and connections, restructuring committees, to be inclusive, and then communication, among all stakeholders" — and recommended broadening input before finalizing KPIs. "We want to be grounding ourselves in the summit topics," Davis said, and urged the board to consider additional surveys and focus groups to reach students, staff and families who could not attend the multi‑day event.
Board members pushed for wider representation and clearer wording. Molly, a trustee who said she was not at the summit’s final day, called the draft priorities “white washing” without stronger language about student learning and disparities. Other trustees proposed replacing the word "behavior" with "engagement" and suggested layered steps: a qualitative phase (focus groups) to add context followed by short electronic surveys to prioritize items.
The board directed administration to prepare an electronic survey listing the 18 unfiltered topics compiled from summit worksheets, add demographic/category questions to segment responses (students, staff, parents, community), and include an open‑ended question asking respondents what was missed. Davis said staff would aim to circulate the survey while students and staff are still active in the school year.
Trustees also asked for an expedited start to KPI work on reading and math so the board can set measurable targets. Davis and several trustees agreed to bring draft KPI proposals and underlying data to the May 27 meeting for initial review. Several members urged that KPIs be SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time‑bound.
The workshop closed with the board asking administration to return with survey drafts, outreach plans (including language translations and segmented outreach), and initial KPI framing for reading and math at the May 27 meeting.
