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Need for more extensive PD on culturally-responsive teaching and trauma-informed care 

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Need for more extensive PD on culturally-responsive teaching and trauma-informed care 

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Lack of a continuum of services for special education students 

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Lack of a continuum of services for special education students 

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Additional support staff - classroom aides

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Additional support staff - classroom aides

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Understanding that college is not the only successful route

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Understanding that college is not the only successful route

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Ways to better meet the needs of our SE students and services. 

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Ways to better meet the needs of our SE students and services. 

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Equitability among elementary  buildings (one school has 2 literacy specialist & the other two buildings only have 1)

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Equitability among elementary  buildings (one school has 2 literacy specialist & the other two buildings only have 1)

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Traditions can be awesome, but sometimes they may get in the way of updating/changing things

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Traditions can be awesome, but sometimes they may get in the way of updating/changing things

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Too many scripted programs - teachers are losing their autonomy.

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Too many scripted programs - teachers are losing their autonomy.

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Unaligned expectations among community and staff

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Unaligned expectations among community and staff

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Need for an additional Special Education Coordinator

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Need for an additional Special Education Coordinator

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Specific time set aside to interpret data and plan for small group instruction and work in staff teams to plan- including classroom teachers, IS, lit suppport, etc. 

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Specific time set aside to interpret data and plan for small group instruction and work in staff teams to plan- including classroom teachers, IS, lit suppport, etc. 

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Aid staff is not valued (pay) or respected for what they do

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Aid staff is not valued (pay) or respected for what they do

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Not enough vertical conversations- chance for us to see where kids came from and where they're going academically

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Not enough vertical conversations- chance for us to see where kids came from and where they're going academically

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We are swamped with curriculum, behaviors and supporting the community.  There is not enough time in the day to accomplish the duties and responsibilities of our jobs.

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Supporting kids that are not a grade level.

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Supporting kids that are not a grade level.

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The newest building is 70 years old. 21st century learning can be a challenge in a 1950s building.

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The community is changing in some ways, so schools need to evolve and change as well

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The community is changing in some ways, so schools need to evolve and change as well

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Small school district may make it seem like we don't need as many staff, but too often, when it comes to supporting student needs and working directly with kids, we do not have enough adults.

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Small school district may make it seem like we don't need as many staff, but too often, when it comes to supporting student needs and working directly with kids, we do not have enough adults.

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Streamlining and clarifying processes across the district. By nature of being small, some things don't seem explicit or clear, or are inconsistent between buildings.

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Student needs are increasing academically, behaviorally, and social emotional. 

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Student needs are increasing academically, behaviorally, and social emotional. 

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Lack of training, time, support for teachers to support new programs and changing student needs.

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Lack of training, time, support for teachers to support new programs and changing student needs.

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Pushing all students towards college after graduation

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Pushing all students towards college after graduation

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Teachers were once trusted and treated as professionals...not so much any more

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Teachers were once trusted and treated as professionals...not so much any more

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Not being able to go into classrooms and observe each other/help each other

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Not being able to go into classrooms and observe each other/help each other

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Small district=less staff members=more work for teachers

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Small district=less staff members=more work for teachers

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The building itself has challenges; space, upkeep, and grounds. 

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The building itself has challenges; space, upkeep, and grounds. 

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More diversity could be beneficial,  outside perspectives  

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More diversity could be beneficial,  outside perspectives  

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Too many initiatives at once=teacher burnout

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Too many initiatives at once=teacher burnout

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Support for students with instructional gaps due to moves, pandemic, etc.

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Support for students with instructional gaps due to moves, pandemic, etc.

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A lot has been dictated top down and sometimes we need a push but also we need leadership to listen. Let us be entrusted to do what we are the experts at doing.

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Kids are close. Many have been together since kindergarten. This sometimes makes it challenging for students who transfer in from other districts to feel connected & acknowledged. 

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Kids are close. Many have been together since kindergarten. This sometimes makes it challenging for students who transfer in from other districts to feel connected & acknowledged. 

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Buildings need more collaborative spaces

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Buildings need more collaborative spaces

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Need to better support the widening learning gap

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Need to better support the widening learning gap

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As more students arrive in our school and coming from very different pandemic learning situations, there is a much wider gap that needs to be addressed

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Inequity across buildings, parents with more resources tend to get attention/responses more frequently than those without - agenda can be driven by the loudest (wealthiest) voices 

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Inequity across buildings, parents with more resources tend to get attention/responses more frequently than those without - agenda can be driven by the loudest (wealthiest) voices 

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Not enough Special Ed- trained staff to help with tough student behaviors.

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Not enough Special Ed- trained staff to help with tough student behaviors.

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More support for emotional needs are our students

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More support for emotional needs are our students

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Since the pandemic we have marched forward with the old expectations. The students in front of us now need more...more time, more empathy, more SEL, more folks trained to deal with trauma, etc. Elementary teachers' plates are overflowing with expectations. This needs to be addressed.

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Since the pandemic we have marched forward with the old expectations. The students in front of us now need more...more time, more empathy, more SEL, more folks trained to deal with trauma, etc. Elementary teachers' plates are overflowing with expectations. This needs to be addressed.

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There is so much more we could do to improve teaching and learning if spaces were larger and more flexible and we had ENOUGH spaces for everyone

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There is so much more we could do to improve teaching and learning if spaces were larger and more flexible and we had ENOUGH spaces for everyone

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many things that used to be are no longer (PD travel opportunities, curriculum creation opportunities)- in the effort to make things cohesive, individuality is being lost

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many things that used to be are no longer (PD travel opportunities, curriculum creation opportunities)- in the effort to make things cohesive, individuality is being lost

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Special ed dept needs help. Students aren't being serviced as  they should be because they are stretched thin.

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Special ed dept needs help. Students aren't being serviced as  they should be because they are stretched thin.

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Updated classrom spaces would help the actual flow of learning, collaborative tables, updated technology, etc.

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Updated classrom spaces would help the actual flow of learning, collaborative tables, updated technology, etc.

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Trust teachers. We honestly want what is best for children. 

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Trust teachers. We honestly want what is best for children. 

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Flexibility within the day to amend or adapt the schedule in ways that benefit kids.

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SEL must be addressed before we can carry on as normal, our students have been affected by Covid

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SEL must be addressed before we can carry on as normal, our students have been affected by Covid

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Our building is old. It leaks, floods and has rodents. Our community is growing and space is limited. Is it time to make improvements and changes?

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More minority staff, especially black men

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More minority staff, especially black men

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Difficult to get students support unless they "qualify" based on initial beginning of the year screeners.  We do not have a clear system of support in place, there is not a clear system of how to get students the support they need

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Difficult to get students support unless they "qualify" based on initial beginning of the year screeners.  We do not have a clear system of support in place, there is not a clear system of how to get students the support they need

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Math Intervention Specialist is SO overdue!

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Math Intervention Specialist is SO overdue!

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Compensating long term-subs, instruction aides, and other support staff in a way that reflects value in their work

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Compensating long term-subs, instruction aides, and other support staff in a way that reflects value in their work

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Lack of training for exisiting programs for new to the district teachers. 

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Lack of training for exisiting programs for new to the district teachers. 

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What other things can we include? Coding as a language? Maker spaces? STEM room?

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PD/staff meetings often do not pertain to allied arts or other staff

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PD/staff meetings often do not pertain to allied arts or other staff

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Lack of follow up and help in special education classrooms/problem solving

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Lack of follow up and help in special education classrooms/problem solving

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More counselors...too much for one person

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More counselors...too much for one person

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All the work is still expected to be done, despite behaviors, changes in schedules, SEL needs, intervention needs, lack of staff, etc....

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All the work is still expected to be done, despite behaviors, changes in schedules, SEL needs, intervention needs, lack of staff, etc....

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push for technology- what is the balance?

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push for technology- what is the balance?

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need more time to collaborate to meet student needs

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need more time to collaborate to meet student needs

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We are stretched thin with new programs, meetings, duties, the numerous needs of students, etc. Could we think creatively about how we can give teachers more time to plan, collaborate, and give time for a breath?

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Amount of paperwork and not enough time to do it

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Amount of paperwork and not enough time to do it