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Greece Central board adopts 2026'27 improvement plan, sets ambitious ELA target
Summary
The Greece Central School District Board unanimously approved a District Comprehensive Improvement Plan that sets a target to raise New York State ELA proficiency from the cited 37% to 53% by next June and formalizes professional learning and behavior supports across schools cited by the state.
The Greece Central School District Board of Education unanimously approved the district's 2026'27 District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP), a state-mandated roadmap that sets a goal of increasing students scoring at levels 3 or 4 on the New York State ELA assessment from the most recently reported 37% to 53% by June of the target year.
Deputy Superintendent Mark Fleming and Michelle Barton, who led the DCIP presentation, said the plan responds to state citations and the district's ongoing school-improvement work. Fleming noted the district began the year with five cited schools and reported that Olympia has since met the state's requirements; four schools remain cited: Pine Brook, Buckman, Craig Hill and Lakeshore. "The DCIP is rooted in our shared decision-making processes," Fleming said, describing a district-level improvement team that includes principals, teachers, board members and parents.
Barton detailed three linked goals. Goal 1 centers on literacy: the plan's lead measures include explicit vocabulary instruction, daily access to complex text, academic discourse opportunities, explicit daily writing, orthographic mapping and multimodal phonics supports. She described supports for building leaders, including director pairings for classroom visits and calibration.
Goal 2 focuses on professional learning communities (PLCs), using DuFour's framework to increase a district rubric score (from 294 to a targeted 312 points) by next June via targeted professional learning and guiding coalitions at district and building levels. Goal 3 targets consistent tiered behavioral systems, relying on Leader in Me practices and training that aims to certify secondary student leaders and staff who will help spread practices locally.
Board members pressed administration on the realism of the 16-point ELA increase. Fleming and Barton replied that the 37% baseline reflects state scores from spring 2024 (a reporting lag), cited Olympia's progress as evidence the approach can work and emphasized the plan's sustained, consistent use of evidence-based practices and a cadence of accountability via lead measures and monitoring.
The board recorded a voice vote of 8'20to'0 in favor of adopting the DCIP. Administration said the next steps include school-level D-SIPs, ongoing progress monitoring, and targeted supports for schools and students identified as "on the cusp" of proficiency.
The DCIP and its school-level associates will guide the district's work next year and establish the documented monitoring the board will review in subsequent meetings.
