Erika Berrios

This School Comprehensive Education Plan outlines strategies for Heritage Middle School to improve student outcomes. Key strategies include implementing structured collaborative learning routines across all content areas to enhance student engagement, academic discourse, and achievement in ELA and Math, with a particular focus on identified subgroups. Additionally, the plan emphasizes implementing academic and behavioral circles to build community, strengthen student-teacher relationships, and promote student accountability. The overarching goal is to foster an equitable and inclusive environment, address disproportionality in discipline for Black/African American students and students with disabilities, and leverage student voice to improve overall academic and behavioral success.

This District Comprehensive Improvement Plan outlines four key priorities for the 2025-26 school year. These priorities include strengthening core instruction in literacy, numeracy, and writing; building and sustaining data-driven Professional Learning Communities; promoting student belonging, engagement, and social-emotional support; and ensuring equitable access to effective educators and strategic resource allocation. The plan aims to foster a collaborative culture, improve academic outcomes, create supportive learning environments, and ensure resources are aligned to student needs.

The School Comprehensive Education Plan for Newburgh Free Academy outlines strategic initiatives for the 2025-26 school year. Key instructional strategies involve expanding the use of discourse continuum and targeted academic and math vocabulary instruction across all content areas to enhance student communication, comprehension, and conceptual understanding. Additionally, a non-instructional strategy focuses on strengthening schoolwide social-emotional learning and restorative practices to foster a safe, inclusive environment, improve student behavior and attendance, and increase students' sense of belonging. The plan details implementation, progress monitoring, and performance targets to achieve these objectives.

This School Comprehensive Education Plan for the 2025-26 academic year outlines strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing student outcomes and overall school performance. The plan focuses on three key areas: refining Professional Learning Communities to strengthen instructional collaboration and data-driven practices, developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills with an emphasis on math fluency and phonics, and expanding family and community engagement to improve attendance and support student well-being. These strategies collectively aim to foster academic excellence, student motivation, and an inclusive educational environment.

The meeting included a budget workshop and an executive session concerning FERPA matters, employee employment history, collective bargaining under the Taylor law, and legal counsel advice. Key actions included authorizing the Superintendent to execute a Zero-Emission Bus Waiver Request with NYSED and approving the revised 2025-2026 District Calendar. The Board authorized the Board President to execute a retainer agreement for Tax Certiorari Services with Shaw, Perelson, May & Lambert, LLP, for $30,000. Numerous Human Resources agenda items were approved, including temporary appointments, leaves of absence, retirements, resignations, civil service changes, and the creation/abolishment of various staff positions. The Board also approved resolutions for after-school program appointments (21st Century, Empire State, ELL Saturday Academy, Her Time to Play), instructional leadership team appointments, Occupational Therapy Support, rescinding and re-approving appointments for an Elementary Literacy & Numeracy Program, approving Spring Athletic Coaching appointments, approving Neon Nights Program appointments, and approving tenure recommendations. Finance actions involved approving bills, budget transfers, procuring switchgear for Meadow Hill and Temple Hill, approving a change order for the CTE project, approving rooftop mechanical equipment procurement for NFA North, authorizing property tax refunds, and declaring surplus furniture and obsolete locks/doors. Technology actions authorized contracts for purchasing Chromebooks, desktops with monitors, laptops, Cisco Smartnet protection, and technical support, as well as purchasing 3-D printers and Cisco Switches. Curriculum actions approved conference requests and several field trips, and authorized agreements with SUNY Orange and IBM for the Newburgh Free Academy P-Tech program, along with approving new Drumming courses.