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GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Data driven

Input from stakeholders

Enhance and support a premier education

Research-based best practices

ACCOUNTABILITY

The personal choice to rise above one’s own circumstance and demonstrate the ownership necessary for achieving desired results.

DISTRICT GOAL 4

CLOSE THE DISPARITY GAPS BY ENSURING HIGH EXPECTATIONS, REMOVING BARRIERS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

STRATEGIES

  • Analyze Healthy Youth Survey results at the building level and develop plans of action that address opportunities for improvement.

  • Analyze academic and discipline data for disparate gaps. Develop strategies to narrow identified gaps.

  • The district will maintain and enhance support of the Family Resource Center’s mission of supporting all Ridgefield families.

  • Increase awareness of and develop programs that support the unique needs of targeted identified sub-group populations.

  • Remove barriers for underrepresented students and their families to increase access to and participation in programs of choice.

  • Each Ridgefield school will identify differentiated and individualized pathways to meet the needs of each student.

MEASUREMENT OF SUCCESS

  • Continuous improvement in positive response rates on Key  Performance Indicators (KPI's)  on the Healthy  Youth  Survey. 

  • The state’s annual equity gap report will show a narrowing of disparity.

  • Expansion of the Ridgefield Family Resource Center, both in terms of space and staff.

  • Increased staff and patron understanding of sub-group populations needs and supports.

  • Annual increase in the number of students accessing individualized learning pathways. 

  • Annual expansion of access to the activity bus.

  • Annual expansion of Tier II and Tier III academic intervention strategies.