Associate Superintendent Gaines presented dashboard results showing a rise in graduation rate to 88.4% and a 10% increase in college-and-career readiness, while chronic absenteeism rose to about 28% (a spike trustees attributed partly to last year's work stoppage). Trustees requested disaggregated data and an ELA adoption timeline.

Superintendent Michelle Connors highlighted instructional coherence and early literacy as top priorities, saying early-grade reading is the "great equalizer" and that the district will adopt DESE-curated high-quality materials and aligned coaching.