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Greenwich Board of Education retreat reviews assessment changes, summer curriculum work and enrollment 0:00

  • The Greenwich Board of Education held a board retreat that opened with a district staff member presenting four highlights of the assessment report and assessment calendar. 0:00
  • A district official gave an enrollment update showing 8,140 students against a projection of 8,270, and the board heard first reads of the superintendent goals for 2026⁠-⁠2027 and the proposed 2027⁠-⁠2028 calendar. 2:13:32
  • The meeting was adjourned after a motion and a second. 3:04:01
Item by item (13)
  1. Opening and pledge 0:00
    • The meeting opened at 7 o'clock with the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:00
    • A speaker noted technology trouble loading videos after the board moved over to Diligent. 0:32
  2. Assessment report and calendar 1:05
    • A district staff member said the district was finishing a 3-year transition to the NWEA assessment, expanding DIBELS into grades 4 and 5, eliminating running records in grades 2 through 5 and adding a universal reading screener in grade 9. 1:05
    • A staff member said the grade 9 Degrees of Reading Power screener takes 45 minutes, is online and would be given again mid-year to students who score low. 4:57
    • A speaker asked about the timing of SBA results for parents, and a staff member said scores are not released until the state lifts the embargo in late August. 9:50
  3. Summer curriculum work in English language arts 24:43
    • A staff member said the summer work created a grammar progression, teaching resources and a pre- and post-assessment on IXL for middle school. 33:10
    • A staff member said Lexia is an in-school program with a typical recommended time of 20 minutes a week. 42:24
    • A staff member said the Greenwich Alliance offered funding so all 7th graders could attend The Outsiders on Broadway, and teachers built lessons for before and after the trip. 53:16
  4. Summer curriculum work in social studies 56:49
    • A staff member said 8th grade teachers chose 3 common primary sources for every unit so every student engages with them. 57:39
    • A staff member said GoGuardian was implemented at Greenwich High School this year to let teachers see student screens and act as a lockdown browser during assessments. 1:07:50
    • A staff member said about 20 students are enrolled in AP Human Geography. 1:12:31
  5. High school math and computer science 1:13:34
    • A staff member said Greenwich High School launched honors linear algebra and AP cybersecurity this year, with about 17 students in AP cybersecurity. 1:14:26
    • A speaker asked about data science and spreadsheet skills, and a staff member said it is on the staff member's radar to look at in the coming years. 1:18:50
  6. Summer curriculum work in science 1:21:22
    • A staff member said grade 5 has 4 new science units this school year and grade 5 students will visit the planetarium at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center. 1:24:51
    • A staff member said the district has 2 planetariums that can be brought to schools. 1:28:50
    • A staff member said the horticulture course curriculum was strengthened but the course is not running this year. 1:29:51
  7. Summer curriculum work in world languages 1:31:48
    • A staff member said about 20% of high school Spanish classes are native Spanish classes. 1:33:13
    • A staff member said about 200 students took AP world language classes last year. 1:37:06
    • A staff member said dual enrollment with Quinnipiac is being offered in some world language classes. 1:37:40
  8. Visual and performing arts curriculum 1:39:01
    • A staff member said summer work built middle school band and general music units and a play-based pre-K music curriculum. 1:39:16
    • A staff member said a 5-unit honors art history course is running with 1 section this first semester. 1:43:23
  9. Library media and research skills 1:46:13
    • A staff member said library media specialists created parent-facing documents describing what students learn in the library. 1:46:45
    • A speaker asked about media center staffing, and a staff member said media assistants were cut through budget discussions while library media specialist positions remain. 1:48:00
    • A staff member said middle school social studies classes teach students to evaluate sources using the CRAAP test. 2:03:02
  10. Enrollment update 2:13:00
    • A district official said enrollment was 8,140 students against a projection of 8,270, as of September the 8th. 2:13:32
    • The official said elementary schools were projected at 194 sections and are at 192. 2:15:19
    • The official said 6th grade at Central is at 173 students after open enrollment. 2:17:40
  11. Superintendent goals first read 2:21:52
    • The superintendent walked through draft goals including the technology regulation, the bell-to-bell cell phone policy and a high school class size goal of 24, with 25 acceptable for core classes. 2:22:09
    • A speaker recommended more balance across student populations, metrics for measuring the goals and a goal around culture. 2:32:41
    • The superintendent said metrics could be tied to the goals and the format could be expanded. 2:43:48
  12. 2027-2028 school calendar first read 2:50:06
    • A district official presented the proposed 2027⁠-⁠2028 calendar and said it is very similar to this year's calendar. 2:50:21
    • A speaker suggested noting that schools are open on June 19th and asked about the trade-off of half days for K-8 conferences. 2:54:27
    • Another speaker raised a half day on the Friday before Labor Day weekend. 2:56:55
  13. Adjournment 3:03:45
    • A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 3:04:01
    • The meeting was adjourned. ~3:04:12

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Just real quick, uh, the GHS reading screener— how are parents notified and when are they notified of those results?Jeffrey Csoka · Board member14:15
One thing that absolutely drives me nuts hiring, you know, young people out of high school and college is their absolute inability to navigate Excel and large datasets.Jonathan Katz · Board member1:18:50
I would happily trade away all the calculus that you're teaching for the ability to manage pivot tables.Jonathan Katz · Board member1:20:21
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Video: posted by the district as “September 10, 2026 Board of Education Retreat”