33 | ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | ANNUAL REPORT 2023–2024 ANNUAL REPORT 2023–2024
LOOKING AHEAD
Peter Light SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
As we look ahead to the 2024–25 School Year, we are planning some key initiatives that we want the community to know about. Here are just a few.
The School Committee is establishing a fiscal sustainability steering committee. This committee will be composed of stakeholders from both communities and will work with the administration and a consultant to look for opportunities to stabilize the school budget, grow in a way that is sustainable for the communities, and prioritize student needs. Our schools will be focused on partnering with families to improve student attendance. Since the pandemic, we have followed the state-wide trend of high levels of chronic absenteeism (missing more than 10 percent of the school year). We want to partner with families to help our students attend school more regularly. We will be implementing a new bullying prevention and social-emotional learning curriculum in all of our schools. This is part of our broader effort to focus on students’ social-emotional needs and increase their sense of belonging in our schools. We will be working with the community to help develop a Districtwide Vision of a Graduate. A Vision of a Graduate is a set of knowledge, skills, and dispositions that a community believes its graduates should possess upon receiving their high school diploma. This vision then helps us to make important strategic and curricular decisions about student learning. We are excited about the 2024–25 school year and continuing to improve our students for the benefit of our students!
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