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Board adopts GreatSchools opportunity audit and asks equity committee to crosswalk recommendations into district planning
Summary
The board voted to adopt an opportunity audit from GreatSchools Partnership that recommends strengthening home‑to‑school liaison roles, systematizing access (for example, consistent late buses) and annual climate and culture surveys; the district will crosswalk the recommendations with its strategic plan and Equity Committee work.
On April 6 the Concord School Board voted to adopt an opportunity (equity) audit prepared by GreatSchools Partnership and directed district leaders and the Equity Committee to use the report to inform future goals and actions.
Presenters from GreatSchools Partnership said they spent roughly nine to 12 months collecting data through building walkthroughs, interviews with building leaders and PTO/PTA representatives, focus groups with staff and students, and by analyzing disaggregated co‑curricular rosters from Concord High School. From that work the nonprofit distilled 14 recommendations and highlighted three priority actions for near‑term attention: (1) scale relationship‑centered family engagement district‑wide by clarifying and supporting Home‑to‑School Liaison roles; (2) shift from individual barrier removal toward systemic access structures that proactively reduce participation obstacles — the report cites consistent late buses at the secondary level as an example; and (3) implement annual culture and climate surveys for students, staff and families to monitor safety, engagement and opportunity.
Board members asked about the sample sizes used for interviews and focus groups; GreatSchools said the audit combined 8 walkthrough observations, interviews with about 24 building and PTO/booster leaders, and focus group work across schools to provide depth, while recommending that broader community surveying follow as the next step. The presenters said the audit includes a recommended crosswalk to the district’s strategic plan and that several recommendations are intended to be staged across multiple years.
The board approved adopting the report by voice vote. Administrators said the adoption is intended to guide Equity Committee work and future planning; any items that require new funding or staffing would come back to the board for separate budget consideration.
