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Stamford outlines strategic improvement plan and pilots AI attendance tool EDIA
Summary
The district updated its strategic improvement plan addressing literacy, math, SEL, attendance and school climate and reported an EDIA attendance‑management pilot at three schools that uses AI texting to increase family communication and flag students needing follow‑up.
Stamford School District staff presented an updated strategic improvement plan and highlighted early results from a pilot of an AI attendance tool.
Amy Baldotti said the district plan—updated late summer—focuses on five priorities: English language arts and reading, mathematics, social‑emotional learning, attendance and school climate. "Our focus continues to be on strengthening achievement and ensuring equitable outcomes for all students," Saba Price, who spoke on literacy and math goals, told the committee. Price said the district is tracking matched‑cohort K–8 I‑Ready benchmarks (baseline spring 2025, target spring 2026) and aims to narrow gaps for students with disabilities, multilingual learners and Black and Hispanic students through aligned curriculum, professional development and data monitoring.
Mister Laskowski described attendance objectives and the "Strive for 5" campaign to increase the number of students with five or fewer absences. He introduced EDIA, an AI‑enabled attendance tool piloted at a feeder pattern (Newfield Elementary, Ripple and Stamford High). "EDIA leverages AI to serve almost as an attendance clerk," Laskowski said, describing its text messaging in families' native languages and two‑way communication that has already increased responsiveness in the first week of the pilot. He noted the system can flag students whose absences suggest additional follow‑up by counselors or related‑service staff.
Dr. Frohntness described SEL goals measured with the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA), efforts to strengthen adult SEL competencies, and embedding SEL into MTSS frameworks. Building principals summarized school improvement plans aligned to the district plan, including literacy and math curriculum rollout (CKLA, Empowering Writers), use of I‑Ready and MyPath data, daily SEL/advisory periods in middle schools, new student councils and staff well‑being initiatives.
District leaders said pilot data from EDIA and school‑level metrics will inform whether the tool is scaled more broadly; no board vote was taken at the meeting.
