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District reports construction progress, facilities work and midyear academic benchmarking
Summary
Directors reported on building controls commissioning, upcoming door repairs, a revised budget timeline, construction funds remaining and winter benchmarking results showing pockets of student progress and areas needing strengthened Tier 1 instruction and foundational skills.
District staff updated the board on operations and academic progress. The Director of Operations and Finance reported progress on the building controls commissioning, noting a few control valves needed replacement and that final programming and graphics would be completed before the Christmas break; a demo is planned for the January board meeting.
Administrators said they are reviewing bus routes with NorTran, transporting three special‑education routes, and continuing construction-related purchasing as funds remain available from the construction project. The district's financial staff said they are preparing a revised budget for presentation to the board in January.
On academics, staff reported FastBridge winter benchmarking results and highlighted strengths—Heggerty phonemic awareness gains, improving math automaticity and positive early reading data in pockets—while identifying needs for increased Tier 1 rigor and expansion of foundational programs. The MTSS team will meet quarterly; teams and STAT will continue weekly reviews and intervention fidelity checks.
Quote (operations): "The new system is pretty amazing so far and I am hoping to show a demo at the January board meeting." — Director of Operations and Finance Eric Hill. Quote (academics): "We had a very successful K-6 music program." — Principal's Report (as presented to the board).
