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Board hears data from Impact Pathway partnership; district to expand screener and tie results to MTSS
Summary
A vendor representative told trustees the two‑year partnership produced growth on eight social‑emotional attributes and cited tens of thousands of student responses; district staff said they will implement a districtwide behavioral‑health screener and expand use in suspension/rehabilitation plans.
Lewis Buna, head of partnerships for the Impact Pathway platform, presented a two‑year summary of the district’s partnership and highlighted quantitative results reported by the vendor: "over,400 active student learners across Klexco that submitted over 50,000 responses" and "generated over 1.7 million words of authentic student voice data collected and analyzed," Buna said. He stressed the multilingual capability of the platform and said campus‑level growth ranged from 10x to 107x on the vendor’s engagement metrics.
District staff (Miss Leone and Miss Perez) described how Impact Pathway is being used in secondary advisory and reading blocks, and as a tier‑2 intervention for students with behavioral referrals. They reported localized decreases in office discipline referrals and suspensions at sites using the platform and said the program will be included in rehabilitation plans for suspended or expelled students.
Buna and staff proposed next steps that include rolling out a districtwide behavior‑health screener, expanding curriculum usage at secondary campuses, integrating screener results with MTSS tiers for early identification, and increasing parent training so families understand the tool. Trustees asked how Jefferson Elementary achieved strong gains in perspective taking and whether those practices can be replicated districtwide; presenters said they will analyze site‑level data to identify transferable practices.
Board members emphasized restorative approaches and cautioned about using the tool punitively; staff said community schools facilitators and counselors will monitor reports and work with administrators. The superintendent and trustees framed the platform as an investment that could reduce suspensions and improve outcomes when combined with PBIS and other supports.
The board did not take any binding action on the presentation itself but approved related partnership and attendance initiatives elsewhere on the agenda.
