Last week, I presented the Annual Report for School Year 2023-24 to the Board. This report includes an array of data points and comparisons, along with events and highlights that shaped the previous year. The premise of the annual report is that schools and school districts are complex organizations and that no one data source tells the story or predicts the overall health of an organization. A healthy district relies on multiple indicators for determining student success given that it is a snapshot of student and staff progress and experiences at one point in time. The data indicators included in this report provide more detail about the accomplishments and challenges facing the district, its students, and staff, while serving as a tool for reviewing long-term trending and determining improvement efforts.
Two new features are embedded in the report this year: a comprehensive visual Data Dashboard, complete with graphs and charts that span the last decade, along with a We Are Greely video presentation of various student experiences during the 23-24 year.
Check out some upgrades to our district website msad51.org that have been made recently. We have added a couple of new categories to navigate, along with enhanced "hoverability" under these categories for easier usability.