Anya Cain

This strategic plan outlines Brooks County Middle School's objective to increase overall student proficiency in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies by at least 3 percentage points on the Georgia Milestones Assessment System by the end of the 2025-2026 school year. The plan addresses identified challenges such as insufficient teacher knowledge of curriculum, limited use of data, low student performance, and low reading levels. Key strategies include ongoing professional development, content-specific collaborative planning, differentiated instruction, utilization of student performance data, access to current technology, and consistent implementation of programs to improve student and teacher attendance, retention, and culture, such as PBIS, RCA Houses, and Leader in Me.

This document outlines strategic goals for the Brooks County School District and Brooks County Middle School for the 2025-2026 academic year, focusing on increasing student proficiency in core academic areas. It details Brooks County Middle School's Title I plan for shared student achievement, emphasizing robust family and parent engagement. Key strategies include providing equitable opportunities for family participation, ensuring bilingual communication, offering staff training on parent communication, fostering community partnerships, and providing resources and workshops to support student learning at school and home.

This document outlines the Brooks County Middle School's School Improvement Plan, supported by federal Title I Part A funds. The plan's central objective for the 2025-2026 academic year is to significantly increase overall content mastery in Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies, as measured by the Georgia Milestones Assessment System. Key strategic initiatives include implementing the "Leader in Me" program, optimizing curriculum resources, extending content area class time, deploying content-specific co-teachers, and establishing a daily advisement system for continuous progress monitoring.

This application outlines Brooks County Schools' plan for utilizing American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act ESSER III funds. The plan focuses on addressing learning loss, enhancing student engagement, and ensuring continuity of services. It details evidence-based interventions such as high-frequency tutoring, summer programming, and virtual learning, alongside strategies for implementing preventive and mitigating measures against COVID-19. Key priorities include community engagement, use of funds for prevention, and continuous monitoring of cases, with a financial allocation plan for these activities and evaluation planned through the 2023-2024 school year.

This Federal Programs Handbook serves as a procedural guide for Brooks County Schools, detailing the administration and oversight of federal programs for Fiscal Year 2026. It focuses on ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations, managing program expenditures, monitoring personnel, and implementing various federal initiatives such as Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, and IDEA. The intended outcomes include promoting operational uniformity, fiscal responsibility, and the effective delivery of services to enhance student academic achievement, provide well-rounded education, and improve learning conditions for all students, particularly those in vulnerable populations.