Bryan Cornish

This document serves as a planning guide for Arkansas school districts to develop their "AR App," a consolidated strategic plan for the 2025-2026 school year. It aims to streamline planning processes and align resources to enhance student growth. Key strategic areas for these district plans include improving academic outcomes, ensuring safe and healthy school environments, and developing a quality educational workforce. The overarching vision is to provide best-in-class learning experiences for all students, prepare them for postsecondary success, support educators, and offer high-quality school options, ultimately preparing every student for graduation and life beyond.

The Warren School District's Comprehensive Counseling Program Guide for 2025-2026 outlines the district's vision and mission for providing a safe, positive environment for students to develop social, emotional, personal, and career skills. It details program goals to improve attendance and reduce discipline referrals, along with action plans for each school level. The guide includes counselor roles, activities, and services, emphasizing academic, career, and social-emotional support, bullying and suicide prevention, and strategies for student success.

The ARP ESSER LEA Plan outlines Warren School District's strategies for using funds to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on creating safe and healthy learning environments through systemic procedures, facility improvements, and transportation solutions. The plan also addresses lost instructional time by implementing evidence-based interventions such as in-school acceleration, tutoring programs, and summer learning. Additionally, it supports educator and staff stability through technology and additional pay.

The Warren Middle School Improvement Plan for 2025-2026 focuses on creating a school community culture that values reading, implementing a cycle of continuous improvement, and ensuring all students learn at high levels. Key goals include increasing the number of students performing on grade level in reading and mathematics by 3% by May 2026, as measured by ATLAS. The plan emphasizes aligned Tier 1 instruction, a safe and respectful learning environment, and tailored intervention and extension programs. It also integrates literacy skills in content areas and provides professional development and resources to support instruction.

The Thomas C. Brunson Elementary School Improvement Plan for 2025-2026 is designed to empower students to achieve their full potential through high levels of learning. The plan focuses on increasing the percentage of students reading and performing math on grade level by 3% as measured by the ATLAS assessments. It involves delivering effective instruction, aligning classroom observations with professional development, engaging instructional teams in developing standards-aligned units, providing tiered support systems, and educating parents to support their child's learning.