MNBA reports growth in intervention programs, summer credit recovery and direct-admit college supports

School leaders and teachers reported that the district’s supplemental intervention efforts and college-access supports have expanded across grade levels.

Jennifer Statham, a sixth-grade teacher, described the Success Lab intervention and said her class made “a 62% improvement in individual class grades from semester 1 to quarter 3,” citing data she collected. Teachers and administrators said Success Lab will expand next year to place at least one teacher at each middle-grade level for part of the day.

The board also heard that summer credit recovery has grown from a small pilot (about 20 students) to around 174 students who showed interest in the district’s summer offering. Staff said 15 teachers volunteered to teach credit recovery sections this summer, enabling the district to offer make-up opportunities across core subjects and health/PE.

High school staff reported the district joined a direct admissions program through the Office of Higher Education that removes application barriers for qualifying seniors; staff said 32 students used direct admissions resources this year and that grant funding will support an indigenous advocate/American Indian education coordinator position funded by a grant tied to student counts.

Board members praised the work and asked for ongoing updates as the programs scale.