Share one thing that is on your mind for next year (ie. strategic planning, welcome back)? by Marisa Poling

Consistent and improved High School leadership

2026-05-07 15:20:10 UTC

Looking forward

2026-05-07 15:24:13 UTC

I would like to see bargaining go through well. I am especially concerned about two outstanding grievances with 180 and lead teachers.

Doing less will sounds lovely. What are we taking off of people’s plates?

Attendance

2026-05-07 15:24:26 UTC

We need a dedicated attendance person at high schools. Counselors cannot handle this well. And the roving team is too inconsistent for our needs. We have really felt this gap this year.

Less sounds great, so what are we taking off of peoples plates?

2026-05-07 22:03:33 UTC

2026-05-07 22:05:10 UTC

At the elementary, we need less of the curriculum units. They are cumbersome. A scope and sequence is fine, but I do not know of another district that expects teachers to read two guides for each subject: the guide and the teacher’s edition. It’s a time suck.

Clear understanding of Curriculum Guide use for ELA.

2026-05-07 22:05:42 UTC

Let teachers teach. Get rid of curriculum guides.

2026-05-07 22:05:42 UTC

ELA curriculum needs to focus on just using Amplify. The MSD guide is too overwhelming and frustrating to use. We also need to add some writing components to support beginning writers with explicit instruction. After 3 years of trying to use MSD guides it has been a struggle every year, and too many changes.

2026-05-07 22:06:02 UTC

Staffing

2026-05-07 22:06:05 UTC

My biggest concerns are about the staffing. Hopefully the positions we know need to be filled will be posted quickly so we can get people hired early so there is no last minute scrambling and last minute on-boarding in August.

2026-05-07 22:06:28 UTC

ELA resources for writing and vocabulary are inadequate, including from the curriculum units. What is the plan for creating a more cohesive program for those? Amplify is very heavy on content, short on comprehension and skills.

Less is more

2026-05-07 22:06:35 UTC

I agree that less is more. I hope ELA can be a point of joy again. In meeting that we had at district, we had a resounding amount of teachers express a need for change. We were able to read district staff comments about ELA flipbooks and see a need for change. Please consider following Amplify without flip books.

Technology

2026-05-07 22:09:17 UTC

I'm hearing rumors about k-2 loosing class sets of chromebook and Canvas. This feels like a giant step backwards. If we have one set of computers per pod for 4 classes to share it will highly complicate i-Ready testing and lessons. For those of us who use Canvas...we've worked hard to integrate technology into our classrooms. We'll loose all that progress, and interactive projects and activities we've been creating.