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Board hears strategic-plan progress: attendance improving, MTSS expanding, algebra gains
Summary
Board members and staff reviewed the four-year strategic plan, noting the district’s chronic absenteeism fell from 30.6% in 2023 to 23.1% today, expansion of MTSS and Orton–Gillingham training, and more than 10 percentage points of growth in Algebra I.
Cuyahoga Falls City School District administrators updated the board on progress toward a four-year strategic plan on Wednesday, describing work across three goal areas — culture of caring, financial stewardship and student achievement — and outlining near-term commitments for monitoring and measuring outcomes.
"In 2023 our district chronic absenteeism rate was 30.6 percent. As of today, it is down to 23.1 percent," said Kenneth Elder, facilitator of the Culture of Caring committee. Elder described expanded care teams at each school, the Black Tiger Family Center’s usage by hundreds of families this year, and staffing for wellness and family engagement initiatives.
Teaching-and-learning staff gave detailed updates on interventions and curriculum work that feed the student-achievement goal. The district reported scaling MTSS (multi-tiered system of supports) across middle and high schools, targeted interventions using Orton–Gillingham Plus, Wilson and digital tools, and work to introduce consistent academic-vocabulary lists and retrieval-practice strategies. District presenters said 37 freshmen were in targeted freshman supports this year and several students exited more intensive tiers after interventions.
District officials also said Algebra I results improved by more than 10 percentage points this year and OST proficiency rose from roughly 48% to 61% passage, citing targeted algebra supports and teacher collaboration time. Staff credited data work, new progress-monitoring tools and a cross-check process that improved graduation-cohort accuracy; staff reported a corrected graduation rate near 95.6% for the most recent cohort after data reconciliation.
Board members and staff noted that many plan activities are ongoing and that the strategic plan is intended to evolve. Administrators said they will use Gantt-style monitoring sheets, committee assignments and progress indicators (green/yellow/red status) to report to the board and the community over the coming school year. No formal vote was taken on the strategic plan update itself; the item was presented as information and committee reporting.
