Kimberly S. Burger

The Kelso C-7 School District budget for the 2025-26 academic year focuses on aligning resources with the district's mission, vision, and the Continuous Improvement Plan based on MSIP 6 standards. Key goals include providing a comprehensive multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) to address students' academic needs, ensuring reliable communication with stakeholders, maintaining a system for recruitment and retention of personnel, and engaging in long-range financial, facilities, and systems planning. The budget supports strategies such as career awareness opportunities, ICAP implementation, District Continuous Improvement practices, SOAR team protocol development, professional development, and enrichment strategies.

The Kelso C-7 School District Wellness Policy is a formal document designed to foster the optimal development of every student by creating positive, safe, and health-promoting learning environments. It outlines goals and procedures to ensure healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. Key components include providing access to healthy foods, delivering quality nutrition education, offering physical activity opportunities, promoting nutrition and physical activity, supporting staff wellness, and engaging the community. The policy establishes an infrastructure for its management, oversight, and monitoring to encourage lifelong healthy habits among students and staff.

This Literacy Plan for Kelso C-7 outlines a comprehensive approach to provide intensive reading instruction to all students. It focuses on implementing evidence-based phonics and guided reading programs, recruiting and employing quality teachers with expertise in reading, and providing ongoing professional development. The plan also emphasizes utilizing data from assessments to monitor student growth, collaborating with educational support organizations, and fostering strong school-to-home connections to support literacy development and address reading deficiencies.