Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Education School Improvement topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Mount Airy board reviews school improvement plans, approves agenda at Oct. 7 work session
Summary
At a Oct. 7 work session, Mount Airy City Schools presented school improvement plans focused on boosting literacy and math across four schools with specific proficiency targets and interventions; the board approved the meeting agenda and adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
The Mount Airy City Board of Education on Oct. 7 heard School Improvement Plans from all four district schools that prioritize strengthening Tier 1 instruction, raising literacy and math proficiency, and expanding use of AVID, Kagan and MTSS frameworks.
Representatives of Mount Airy City Schools described concrete, data-driven goals for each school and the interventions intended to reach them. Mount Airy High School outlined targets to increase Math I proficiency from 27% to 40% and English II from 53.5% to 60% through co-teaching, pacing revisions and peer-led professional development. Mount Airy Middle School cited plans to move literacy from 51.2% to 56.1% and math from 57% to 61.3% using structured SPIRE interventions, homogeneous grouping and expanded academic coaching.
Jones Intermediate School's plan seeks to raise literacy from 49.8% to 54.8% and math from 57.8% to 61.8% by strengthening CKLA and Inspire instruction, implementing guided math pacing and increasing family engagement. Tharrington Primary School reported continued early-learning gains and set goals to improve math from about 78% to 80% and literacy from 75% to 78%, with a focus on targeted interventions and bilingual support.
District presenters told the board the plans are coordinated around consistent pacing and shared instructional strategies intended to accelerate post-pandemic recovery and promote equity in learning outcomes. No formal board votes on the School Improvement Plans were recorded during the work session; the presentations were informational and intended to guide staff implementation and future board review.
Procedural actions at the start and end of the meeting were recorded in the minutes. Board member Jayme Brant moved to approve the Oct. 7 agenda; Board member Randy Moore seconded the motion, and the roll call vote recorded Tim Matthews, Ben Cooke, Jayme Brant, Thomas Horton and Randy Moore in favor and Mark Welch and Kyle Leonard absent. Later, Brant moved and Board Chair Tim Matthews seconded a motion to adjourn; the board recorded the meeting adjourned at 7:38 p.m. with the same present and absent members noted.
The board is expected to continue monitoring implementation of the plans through regular reports and updates to ensure the specified interventions and pacing align across schools.
