District proposes $325,000 EduCLIMBER purchase to integrate student data

District leaders asked the board to approve a three‑year purchase of EduCLIMBER, an MTSS and data‑integration platform, at an approximate cost of $325,000. Dr. Brown said the system would consolidate multiple existing data systems (attendance, behavior, grades, Renaissance, Pear, Panorama SEL and others), reduce time staff spend compiling data and include Sabers, a mental‑health screener, as part of the package.

"It's a streamlined platform that integrates whole-child data," Dr. Brown said, noting the goal is to increase accuracy and timeliness of student information and to enable dashboards and alerts when students meet intervention thresholds. Board members asked whether purchasing EduCLIMBER would allow the district to retire other systems and what recurring costs would remain; the administration said some legacy systems would be absorbed but not all, and promised a follow‑up list of systems that would be discontinued and implementation details.

Several board members emphasized that additional data tools will only be useful if data collection is consistent and input quality is improved. "Your data output is only as good as your data input," Miss Ramirez said, and asked that an implementation plan include family training and supports so parents can benefit from dashboards. The administration said principals and the ASAP team had reviewed EduCLIMBER in the fall and that an implementation plan and benchmarks will be provided prior to any vote.

No final procurement vote was recorded in this session; staff said they will return with a more detailed implementation plan and a list of which systems would be dropped if EduCLIMBER is adopted.