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District staff outline academic strategy, preliminary testing and graduation trends
Summary
At the Oct. 14 special meeting, Dr. Doris Ellison and Jeff Bullock reviewed how the district selects instructional strategies and professional development priorities, shared preliminary testing results, and presented the district's approach to secondary success and graduation trends.
District staff on Oct. 14 presented data and framing for the 2025–26 board goal on academics, explaining how the district identifies effective instructional strategies and prioritizes professional development.
Dr. Doris Ellison, director of elementary education, presented data on how the district determines which strategies work and how professional development priorities are set; preliminary testing results were reviewed and noted in the board packet. Ellison's presentation focused on outcome measures the district uses to guide school- and district-level professional learning.
Jeff Bullock, director of secondary programs and school improvement, presented the district's approach to achieving secondary success, which the meeting materials describe as "wiring the brain for a lifetime of learning," and reviewed graduation rate trends and secondary academic reports. Board members thanked the presenters and were directed to the board packet for additional details.
The Oct. 14 session did not include formal action on curriculum or staffing; presenters provided material for the board's ongoing consideration under Board Goal 2.
