The Board Holds Committee Meetings Focused Mainly on Goals and Guardrails
This fall, the Board established a Goals and Guardrails Committee to track progress on our goals for public education in Philadelphia. During these meetings, Board Members had more time to engage with data, track progress towards improving student achievement and discuss areas they would like to explore further. For instance, Board Members said they are interested in further breaking data down by learning networks and student demographic groups.
“Goals and Guardrails sits at the center of the work we do as the governing body for the School District of Philadelphia,” said Board of Education Vice President Mallory Fix-Lopez. “As a Board, it is critical that we ensure that all stakeholders and community members are active participants in this process as we strive toward student success in key areas of reading, math, and college and career readiness.”
This summer, the Board also approved amended indicators for Goals and Guardrails to align with key takeaways from monitoring during the past two years. Find the details here.
The Board originally adopted Goals and Guardrails in December 2020 as a five-year plan to raise student achievement. Goals & Guardrails has provided a framework that looks at governance through the lens of racial equity and has allowed the Board to set clear expectations for student success, monitor progress towards those expectations and to adopt budgets and policies that provide support based on student needs.
“I am incredibly encouraged by how far we have come as a Board since adopting Goals and Guardrails and believe the updates to the plan and progress monitoring are moving in a positive direction as we continue to put student achievement at the forefront of all we do as a Board,” said Board Vice President Fix-Lopez.
The Board invites the public to attend our monthly meetings to hear the progress monitoring discussions as the Board and School District community work together to achieve success. Access Board meeting information here.