Superintendent Dr. Ackerman reported that the district has completed its student and staff sense-of-belonging surveys and plans to release results to families via a webinar scheduled for Sunday. The presentation will be followed by a fuller community presentation from Adam Schoenberg (spelled Adam Schoenberg/Schoenberg in transcript) that will dive into subcategories including relationships, challenging feelings and positive feelings in relation to school.

Dr. Ackerman said the district has administered the survey for several years and is tracking trends: on long-running questions the district is at or above the national comparison in many areas, and newly added questions about relationships and feelings will be covered in the community presentation. The superintendent said secondary staff and principals have already seen the slides and that the results will be used to guide the work of district teams focused on equity and belonging.

On literacy, the superintendent described a 20-minute virtual tour that captures classroom vignettes of the K–4 literacy program. The district will post the video for parents so they can see examples of the curriculum and instruction. The superintendent also announced a March 27, 2025, 9:30 a.m. event for K–4 parents with consultant Gravity Goldberg to explain the science of reading and curriculum shifts; an RSVP link will be posted in the district’s weekly update and the session will be held at the education center or Horace Greeley depending on attendance.

Board members asked for more trend data and asked staff to provide five-year historical charts for key budget and spending lines; Dr. Ackerman and business staff said they would prepare additional historical data as requested by the board.