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Owen J. Roberts School District work session, date not confirmed yet

1 h 14 min

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

School board hears school climate survey results 0:30

  • The board's working session began with a presentation of school climate survey results for students, staff and parents. 0:30
  • A district staff member said this was the 5th year of climate surveys in the district and the district now had 3 years of data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education survey. 1:00
  • The board then heard a presentation on a pilot of the Character Strong program, which a staff member said the district was looking to implement across the district next year. 21:20
Item by item (3)
  1. Call to order 0:18
    • The working session was called to order, and the board's process of considering agenda items as one large committee for discussion in full view of the public was described. 0:30
  2. School climate survey results 1:00
    • A presenter said high school survey responses rose from 830-something to 1,088, while a staff member said parent responses fell from 766 in 2024 to 368 in 2025 and 178 in 2026. 12:07
    • Warren Chester said Black and African American middle school students were the only group trending down and asked for insight into those numbers, and a staff member said the cabinet noticed that subgroup was not improving and would look at it. 23:46
    • April Saboe asked that the results be broken down by domain, race and gender, and David Harmanos asked about the scale, which a staff member said ran from strongly agree to strongly disagree. 26:05
  3. Character Strong pilot presentation 41:02
    • A staff member said the program was piloted with 35 classroom teachers in grades K-6, about 700 students, over an 8-week implementation. 48:51
    • A staff member said students used vocabulary from the program, such as persevere, without being prompted. 1:05:37
    • A staff member said the plan calls for 10 minutes in the morning 4 days a week and one 30-minute session per week for K-5, a 45-minute session 1 day per week for 6th grade, and professional development on August 19th. 1:06:53

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Video: posted by the district as “School Board Work Session 6-1-2026”