001Hello Roosevelt family. I'm Dr. Danny Portillio, superintendent of the Roosevelt School District here in beautiful South Phoenix. And I'm Dr. Ashley Hodgej, president of the Roosevelt Governing Board. Thank you for joining us for a recap of our December 2nd governing board meeting. We hope you enjoyed a well-deserved Thanksgiving break with your loved ones. >> We began our meeting with an update on academic goal 1. Roosevelt aims to increase fourth grade ELA proficiency from 20% to 45% by 2028. While progress is improving, we are still off track. Intramim goals for second grade show mixed results. Star reading proficiency is increasing and is currently on track, but reducing the number of minimally proficient students is improving more slowly. District star reading data from October 2025 shows 24.7% proficiency across schools with a variation by site and student
002group. Key strategies to improve our performance include using reading priority plans, targeted EXL support, structured planning and data meetings, ongoing professional development for our staff, and consistent monitoring through learning walks and leadership reviews. We are committed to providing differentiated support to ensure that every school and every classroom accelerates our literacy growth. We also review academic goal 2 which focuses on raising fifth grade doubleASSA math proficiency from 11% to 45% by 2028. Current results are improving but remain off track. Intram goals for third grade star math raising proficiency to 36% and reducing minimally proficient students to 40% are trending in the right direction but not meeting targets yet. October 2025 star data showed 22.1% proficiency districtwide with wide variations by schools. Our strategies to improve in math include making sure we're following our pacing guides, excel
003support, aligned exit tickets, structured planning and data meetings, instructional coachled PLC's and PLTS, and ongoing monitoring through learning walks. Differentiated support will continue to be a priority as we work to strengthen math achievement across all of our grade levels. Next, we discuss academic goal three aimed at increasing 7th gradea ELA proficiency from 22% to 45% by 2028. While scores are improving, the goal is still off track. Intramim goals for fifth grade star reading raising proficiency to 30% and reducing minimally proficient students to 45 are both currently off track. October 2025 data show 20.1% proficiency districtwide with notable differences across schools. Strategies to in improve in this area include pacing guides, close reading practices, excel support, structured planning and data meetings, and consistent monitoring through learning walks and leadership oversight. These supports are essential as we
004work to accelerate literacy outcomes across all grade levels. We also review academic goal 4, which focuses on raising 8th grade doubleASSA math proficiency from 12% to 45% by 2028. Current results show this goal is off track with proficiency decreasing slightly from 2024 to 2025. [snorts] Intramim goals for sixth grade star math raising proficiency to 28% and reducing minimally proficient students to 49% are also off track. October 2025 data show only 12.8% proficiency with more than 72 of students still being minimally proficient. The district is taking action to improve our student performance in math. again through making sure that we're following those pacing guides, using EXL for intervention, aligning our exit tickets, strengthening the intervention blocks, being consistent across all campuses, and ensuring that we have ongoing professional learning so that we are able to monitor
005and support schools in reversing these trends. >> We also shared an update on reinventing Roosevelt bond program. On November 20th, the district offered 50 million in bonds and received an extraordinary response. 144 million in total orders demonstrating significant investor confidence in our district. The strong institutional demand, especially for bonds maturing in 2044 and 2045, provides financial momentum for long-term capital improvements across the district. Bottom line, that means more bond money going directly to improving our facilities and less towards paying interest. While delivering on our promise to not increase the tax rate for our voters, we also highlighted the generous donation from Fiesta Sports Foundation, which provides a new field in court for Greenfield. This contribution will give students and improve space for play athletics and will also provide space for community use. The board approved
006the use of bond funds to update our security systems across all facilities and to pay for the architectural designs of Sunland phase 2, which will include designs for a larger cafeteria, kitchen, gym, and other common spaces. Thank you, Roosevelt family. Happy holidays and happy new year. Together, we are the genesis of change.