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Superintendent outlines work to reverse enrollment decline and boost academics and athletics
Summary
Superintendent said district enrollment is at an all-time low but cited early signs of improvement in athletics participation and described multi-year curriculum and staffing efforts to raise academic outcomes.
Superintendent Dr. Pearson told the board the district is confronting declining enrollment but is investing in initiatives to become a "district of choice," including curriculum alignment, STEM and music programming, and renewed emphasis on athletics participation.
Pearson highlighted in-service activities, including a keynote by Holly Hoffman and mandatory sexual-harassment training. He cited summer athletics participation rising from one student attending 90% of summer workouts in 2024 to between 25 and 29 students on track to meet that benchmark this summer — an indicator he said of improving engagement that may translate into higher future enrollment.
On academics, administrators described adoption of a new elementary math curriculum, a new reading series and increased professional development focused on vertical alignment. Staff discussed targeted interventions in special education and new classroom structures for grade-level collaboration in STEM and ELA.
Pearson acknowledged the district ended the last school year with 568 students, described that as an "all-time low," and urged sustained multi-year work to produce measurable academic and extracurricular gains.
