Hope Public Schools are focusing on positive climate and culture as a part of the district-wide strategy for improvement
Hope Public Schools are focusing on positive climate and culture as a part of the district-wide strategy for improvement
9 Pages1 © 2018 Kickboard. All rights reserved. www.hpsdistrict.org DISTRICT-WIDE School Culture Transformation SUMMARY Hope Public Schools, in Southwestern Arkansas, is in the midst of a district turnaround. The community had been wrestling with the image of their public schools, which had been labeled “Academically Distressed” by the Arkansas Department of Education. Additional data indicated that Hope students were not learning at rates comparable to their more affluent peers in neighboring districts. Bobby Hart, the district superintendent, and his school board began to create the district’s strategic improvement plan by identifying focus areas and setting a clear, compelling vision for classrooms across the district in each area. After Hart and the board analyzed data from a va
