Julie Braden, identified in the meeting as a curriculum staff member, presented Randolph County Schools’ results on the Alabama state report card and highlighted both gains and continuing priorities.

The district’s initial report-card score was "a 75 and it was a C," Braden said, noting that the measure aggregates several components: academic growth (25%), graduation rate (30%), college and career readiness (10%), chronic absenteeism (10%) and progress in English‑learner proficiency (5%). "Academic growth is 25%," she said, and the district’s academic-growth metric was reported as 96.88.

Braden told the board the district’s graduation rate is 89.47 and that college-and-career-readiness is at 88.16. She singled out school-level results: Rock Mills Junior High registered very high academic-growth scores, Wide Lake High School posted A-level marks in growth and readiness and Woodland High School had the district’s highest graduation rate (reported as 93.18). Fwedow Elementary was noted as one of the state’s most improved schools, rising from 66 to 89.

Braden said chronic absenteeism — counted as students with 18 or more absences in a school year — remains a key factor because it directly affects school report-card calculations and student outcomes. She recommended attention to academic achievement and attendance as district priorities and offered a worksheet and state reporting URLs for board members to review later.

Board members thanked Braden for the presentation and for curriculum work supporting the gains. The report concluded without a board vote; the presentation provided data and suggested priorities for staff and school leaders going forward.