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Superintendent previews school year plans, principal training and SchoolAI rollout
Summary
Superintendent Colette reviewed readiness actions for the new school year, highlighted principals' academy and professional development, and described a new data and planning tool (SchoolAI) intended to speed teacher feedback and monitoring.
Superintendent Colette gave a broad update on district readiness for the coming school year, including principal training, standards-based grading work, staffing and building preparations. She said principals attended a multi-day academy and staff received training focused on standards and deeper instructional strategies. Colette told the board she wants to elevate classroom expectations and is focused on leadership development among principals.
Colette also noted the district met with SchoolAI to begin deploying tools for faster data and instructional monitoring, saying the company is "as excited as we are" and that the tool should give teachers quicker feedback on student performance. She framed the year as an opportunity to change instructional culture and said, addressing critics, "Education is not that important in Hampshire County. And I tell you right now, I fully disagree."
