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It’s been an incredibly busy and productive first 30 days, and I’m excited to share some of the progress we’ve made together on the 100-day plan I released in July. As I shared with you last month, my goals for these first 100 days are centered around listening, building trust, and developing relationships in order to learn and plan. 

During this first month, I’ve held nearly 60 meetings with key stakeholders—including families, teachers, administrators, and community leaders. These conversations have been essential in fostering and strengthening relationships, and I’m grateful for the warm welcome and honest feedback from everyone involved. With August just beginning, I have another 60+ stakeholder meetings coming up in the next 30 days. As August progresses, I look forward to having more opportunities to see and engage with our students, and I can’t wait to hear more about what they think as well as how they think about issues important to them.

Over the last 30 days I’ve held nearly 130 meetings with staff, families, administrators, community leaders, and I’ve also had the opportunity to connect with more students through back-to-school events  and of course the first few days of school. This time is vital to uphold my entry plan goal: to listen, build trust, and to develop relationships in order to learn and plan.

On September 16th and September 19, we’ll be holding Superintendent Roundtables in Monona and Cottage Grove. These conversations will put the MG student experience at the center as we dig in on what our community values and aspirations are for the kids in our schools.