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MTSS coordinator reports reading gains for early grades in targeted services update
Summary
Jamie, the district's MTSS coordinator and literacy lead, reported enrollment increases for summer programming and notable reading gains among K-3 students in targeted services, while acknowledging mixed results in upper grades and staffing/site challenges.
Jamie, the district's MTSS coordinator and district literacy lead, presented the annual targeted services update and described the program's mission, eligibility and outcomes.
"The mission of targeted services is that it's an intervention to help students that are behind their peers," Jamie said, explaining the ALC-delivered model must include both during-school and summer programming. She said eligibility is limited to K-8 students identified as struggling to meet grade-level standards and that only ALCs provide the district's targeted services.
Jamie gave enrollment snapshots: fall enrollment was 121, winter return 112, and the current summer enrollment stood near 300. She said a planned middle-school section was canceled because teacher applications outnumbered student sign-ups, and the program extended busing for students within one mile to address winter safety concerns for late dismissals.
On outcomes, Jamie cited strong early-grade gains: second-grade targeted-services reading proficiency increased from 12.5% in the fall to about 37.5% in spring testing. She noted other grades showed mixed results and suggested the interruption in continuity this year reduced possible gains: "I think had it been continuous we probably would have seen some greater growth," she said. Jamie pointed to phonological/decoding instruction needs in upper grades and described classroom coaching and interventions (including multisyllabic word-instruction and syllable-counting activities) used to address those gaps.
Jamie also reviewed site and staffing patterns (Halverson and Hawthorne ran programs; Lake View had none this year; Sibly ran a program; Southwest canceled) and compared staff/classroom numbers with prior years to explain capacity changes.
The board asked which building would host the summer programming (Jamie said Lake View) and probed possible reasons for declines in upper-grade performance; Jamie outlined specific instructional shortfalls and local coaching steps underway.
The presentation concluded with board acknowledgement of the enrollment growth for summer programming and a request for more disaggregated data in future updates.
