Claire Elizabeth Smith

This document outlines the Affton School District's commitment to ensuring a strong future by maintaining strong schools and a strong community, despite financial challenges. It reaffirms the district's mission to prepare competent, capable citizens through rigorous and customized learning, supported by a vision focused on innovative teaching, character development, and equipping students with 21st-century skills through programs like Project Lead the Way and CAPS. To address declining assessed valuation and increasing enrollment, the district is proposing Propositions I and N to secure funding for teacher retention, program protection, deficit elimination, transportation, property value maintenance, and facility improvements to support modern learning environments. Both propositions are presented as essential for the long-term financial health and continued excellence of the school district.

This document outlines the Affton School District's vision, mission, and core values, demonstrating a unified commitment to student success. The district aims to empower every student to become a confident, compassionate, lifelong learner prepared to thrive as a responsible citizen through opportunities for innovative learning, future readiness, and emotional growth. Guiding principles include continuous improvement, creativity, customized learning, inclusiveness, integrity, and fostering strong relationships.

The board workshop agenda included a call to order, a consent agenda session, and a designated time for updates and the workshop agenda itself before adjournment.

The board workshop focused on a review and discussion regarding finance and tax rate matters.

This Comprehensive School Improvement Plan for the Affton School District serves as a roadmap for continuous improvement. It is structured around five strategic focus areas: Innovative Teaching & Learning, Highly Qualified Staff, Resource Management, Community Engagement, and Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement. The plan's overarching goals are to maintain the highest level of accreditation and to produce highly capable, curious, and confident learners, thereby preparing all students to become confident and capable citizens for the challenges of a global society.