TY FOR TCAPS

FOUR PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS

Equitable Student Achievement & Excellence

• Leverage best practice policies to close the district’s student achievement gap [2023/24 elementary student achievement report, middle school and high school]
• Revisit the Educational Equity listening tour findings by Digital Promise and the Learner-Centered Collaborative
• Review policy of split classes in Title 1 schools
• Review policy of class sizes in Title 1 schools
• Build more classrooms at Title 1 schools to accommodate above [ie. 2024 bond funds will help Traverse Heights expand]
• Expand after-school offerings at Title 1 schools like Courtade’s STEM program – Creative Explorers
• Increase the number of schools receiving Title I Distinguished School recognition [only Courtade in 2015?]
• Add student achievement gap goals to the district’s next strategic plan (current one expires in 2025)
• At least one school recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
• Review Self Select Honors policy
• Improve equitable access to out-of-school enrichment opportunities (after-school and summer)

Health, Wellbeing, Connection & Student Support

• Return to participating in the Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth [district pulled out in 2022]
• Add a School Connectedness goal to the district’s next strategic plan (current one expires in 2025)
• Review the district’s mentorship program structure focusing on efficiency, impact and sustainability

Community Engagement & Storytelling

• Review policy for appointing community members to district committees and teams
• Review policy on how community partners in buildings are structured and organized to maximize impact and efficiency
• Increase the district’s storytelling about all the positive things happening re: educational equity, student achievement, health, wellbeing and school connectedness

Transparency & Accountability

• Improve the district’s budget narrative and explain the decision-making process better to boost public understanding of the “how” and “why” we invest our dollars
• Ensure the state’s record 2024/25 $1B in at-risk funding is invested in the best way possible to help students who are furthest from opportunity succeed
• Create a strategic plan dashboard that’s easy for the public to find (ie. front page of website) and read (not a google spreadsheet)
• Always include meeting materials in the meeting packet for the public to review before meetings [didn’t happen for a recent July 22 middle school student achievement study session, August 1 Nutrition presentation at Finance Committee meeting, August 29 meeting on classroom size/splits]
• Allow the public to pull items from the Board meeting consent calendar
• Allow public comment for each board meeting action item
• Allow the public to subscribe to receive the Board meeting agendas and packets by email
• Livestream/record all district committee and team meetings that include a Board trustee (ie. Health & Wellness Committee, Student Health Center Community Advisory Committee)