Board meetings, strategic plans, and buyer signals from Annie Hemphill’s organization
Sep 1, 2026·BoardMeeting
Board
Aurora Public Schools Board Meeting
The board meeting focused on the presentation of refined goal and guardrail progress measures. Key topics included the transition to the STAR assessment system as a comprehensive aligned assessment tool for students in pre-K through 12th grade, replacing the previous i-Ready system. Discussions covered assessment strategies for early literacy, progress monitoring for multilingual learners, and high school graduation and post-secondary readiness goals. The presentation also addressed the rationale for setting progress targets and the use of baseline data for future performance evaluation.
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Aurora Public Schools Goals and Guardrails 2025-2031
This document outlines the strategic direction and progress monitoring for Aurora Public Schools' K-2 early literacy goals. The plan is built upon strengthening the K-2 literacy block, fostering data literacy among educators, and enhancing family and community engagement. Key initiatives include implementing a 120-minute daily literacy block grounded in the science of reading, utilizing a comprehensive assessment system (STAR and DIBELS), expanding the Paloma platform for parental involvement, launching the Aurora Reads campaign, and cultivating a positive school climate. The overarching vision is to improve K-2 students' grade-level literacy proficiency, ensuring foundational skills for reading comprehension by third grade, and enabling literacy as a tool for liberation.
Aug 4, 2026·BoardMeeting
Board
Royal Public Schools Board of Education Executive Session
The board voted to recess into an executive session in accordance with CRS24-6-42. The primary purpose of this session was to formulate a negotiation strategy concerning collective bargaining contracts with the AEA.
Aug 4, 2026·BoardMeeting
Board
Aurora Public Schools Board of Education Work Session
The Board of Education held a work session focused on progress monitoring of academic goals for the upcoming school year. The discussion centered on K-2 early literacy, specifically highlighting a shift from I-Ready to STAR assessments and the implementation of a new 120-minute literacy block to enhance foundational skills. Key strategies discussed included strengthening classroom instruction through early literacy coaching and improving the data literacy of school leadership to better support differentiated instruction.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
