001Hello Roosevelt community. I'm Dr. Danny Portillo, your superintendent, and this is our monthly recap of our governing board meeting. And I'm Dr. Haj, your governing board president. We began our meeting by reviewing our progress monitoring reports on academics goals 1 through 4. We're excited to share that our school showed growth in key areas, early literacy, math, and star reading proficiency. All improved from fall to spring across the district. However, we did not meet any of our academic goals this year. As a board, it is our responsibility to take accountability for the progress monitoring towards academic goals. The board will have a retreat this month and we'll be discussing how we can ask more effective questions during our progress monitoring report to assist with moving our students towards meeting their academic goals. Dr. Proteier will be
002working on revising our interim goals and guards to effectively guide our progress monitoring towards meeting our 2028 academic goals. We also discussed superintendent guardrail number five which focuses on ensuring success for every student regardless of language, ability or race. Specifically, interim 5.2 and 5.3 requires a superintendent to conduct a comprehensive external study of the district's special education and English language acquisition services. This year, Roosevelt is partnered with a consultant with extensive experience in English learner programs. She supported districts across Arizona. She will lead a project focused on data analysis, classroom observations, staff input, and student input, leading to clear recommendations to strengthen our services for our English language learners. We're excited for what is ahead. During the meeting, we reviewed the results of our special education external study. The study was conducted by a consultant
003with deep knowledge and experience in leading special education systems. He visited the majority of our schools, observed over 60 classrooms, and conducted numerous staff interviews. The report gave us detailed recommendations for district-wide improvements for our services for our special education students. When school resumes, he will continue his study, which will include interviews with parents. In the superintendent report, we are pleased to welcome the two new leaders to our team. Miss Jackie Johnson as director of human resources and Miss Claudia Mendoza as director of early literacy and early childhood. Dr. Portilla also shared highlights from the third meeting of the superintendent's community advisory committee held on May 28th. School closures, celebrations, transportation updates, family engagement initiatives were discussed, and community feedback was gathered on the district's progress. Even though the school year has ended, we're already
004planning for a strong start in August. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to helping our students grow every day. Together, we are building a culture of performance.