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Elkin school board approves elementary school improvement plan with new proficiency targets
Summary
After a presentation from Dr. Rycroft, the Elkin City Schools board approved the Elkin Elementary School improvement plan, which sets proficiency targets and ties action steps to staff and dates under the NCSTAR framework.
The Elkin City Schools board approved the Elkin Elementary School improvement plan after a presentation by Dr. Rycroft.
Dr. Rycroft, the presenter representing Elkin Elementary School, walked the board through how to access the plan on the school website and described its structure under the NCSTAR framework. “This is the landing page of NCSTAR,” Dr. Rycroft said, explaining that the comprehensive plan report contains past and present indicators, goals and assigned action steps.
The plan lists five schoolwide goals with proficiency targets the presenter described as aims for the 2025–26 school year: increase reading proficiency to 70 percent, math proficiency to 65 percent, science proficiency to 70 percent, Hispanic-subgroup proficiency to 50 percent, and proficiency for students with disabilities to 40 percent. Dr. Rycroft said the plan identifies specific indicators (selected from a larger set), assigns staff to action steps and records target dates and monitoring notes.
Board members asked clarifying questions and thanked the presenter. One board member said the presentation’s “steps…how to carry out these goals” were helpful. Another board member noted that some questions had been handled in an earlier, off-the-record meeting with other school staff and apologized to elementary staff and the PTA for scheduling conflicts that coincided with a fall-festival event.
The board approved the plan by voice vote; the chair asked for the motion (recorded as "Motion by mister Wagner") and, after no recorded opposition, declared the motion carried. Board members said they intend to review future school improvement plans in advance of formal votes so outstanding questions can be addressed before public meetings.
The plan described is a working document, Dr. Rycroft said, with indicators that remain in place after being met so staff can sustain them. The board did not change the plan at the meeting; its next procedural step is implementation and monthly indicator-team updates noted in the plan.
