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Trainer urges board to use student data; members note high homelessness rate
Summary
Trainer Vince Adams urged the board to adopt regular data review and accountability practices; members said the district’s McKinney-Vento (homelessness) count is very high — discussed in the session as "about 30%."
Vince Adams emphasized that boards must be data-savvy and consume a set of high-level indicators to monitor district progress. He recommended boards track roughly a dozen indicators tied to the district’s vision and use superintendent briefings to translate technical data into formats the board can act upon. "You need to start shifting your attention towards data," Adams said, noting that boards that use data for continuous improvement are better positioned to ask focused, actionable questions.
During the discussion board members said the district’s McKinney-Vento homeless-student rate is unusually high, with one participant describing it as "like 30%"; the meeting did not present a formal source or written report for that percentage. The trainer urged the board to verify those counts and use them to advocate for resources, saying districts with high homelessness rates should "sound the alarm" to secure supports. (The 30% figure was stated in-session and is reported here as an approximate figure given by meeting participants.)
