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Teachers praise Clinton principal’s classroom presence as strategic-plan review highlights class-size thresholds
Summary
Board discussion highlighted the Student Success Team’s weekly interventions and mentoring support for new teachers, and the principal’s regular classroom visits were credited with lowering disciplinary referrals. The district will update enrollment guidance to reflect class-size caps for out-of-district admissions.
Teachers and administrators told the board the district’s Student Success Team (SST) and a mentor program are providing early interventions and support that teachers find valuable.
Jenny Hartwick, who identified herself as a teacher and union president, described the SST: "We meet every week on Wednesdays and go through any concerns or worries or red flags," and said the team has met with nearly every teacher, helping staff move students through tiers of MTSS and start interventions early in the year.
Board members and staff praised the principal’s regular classroom presence for building relationships with students and giving evaluators a more complete view of daily instruction. The principal (referred to in the transcript as Mr. Rose) said that by visiting classrooms frequently he has "seen them teach enough" that a single imperfect observation will not determine evaluation outcomes; board members linked that presence to a reduction in referrals to the office.
During the strategic-plan discussion the board reviewed enrollment thresholds that will close classes to out-of-district students when limits are reached: the transcript records a third-grade cap of 24 (class at 24), fifth grade listed as "less than 28" (class at 25), sixth grade at 28 (class at 27), and eighth grade at 32 (class at 29). The administration said it will update the district website and front-line staff about those status changes.
Board members expressed support for the strategic-plan review and for the student-support practices described; no formal action was taken on the strategic plan at this meeting.
