RISD Board Approves Elementary School Consolidation Plan
Five elementary campuses will be consolidated and repurposed.
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Board of Trustees
Trustees Continue Budget Planning, Get HR, Academic Updates
RISD trustees continued 2024-25 operating budget planning discussions, hearing presentations about RISD’s adoption of a staffing model and also projected increased operating costs for next year.
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Keeping Tabs on Spring Break News and Information
Superintendent Branum shares a few reflections on the spring semester.
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Board Approves 2025-26 Calendar, Hears Compensation Update
That school year will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, and conclude on May 22, 2026.
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Keeping Tabs on Project RightSize
RISD will host a series of listening tour meetings for community members to ask questions and offer feedback.
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Annual Demographic Update
Moderate enrollment decline is expected over the next five years.
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January is School Board Appreciation Month
Working together as one team, trustees set RISD policies and priorities, and the superintendent and staff put those into action.
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Trustees Receive Community Budget Recommendations
The community budget steering committee concluded six months of work with recommendations to RISD trustees to address a projected shortfall.
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Trustees Adopt District, Campus Improvement Plans
At the Oct. 12 board meeting, RISD trustees adopted the 2023-24 District Improvement Plan that Superintendent Branum explained aligns and supports the annual continuous improvement process for the district. The district’s North Star Goal of every student, teacher, and leader meeting or exceeding their academic growth goals, trustee goals for student performance, and elements of the recently completed 2023-28 strategic planning
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Adopted Tax Rate at Lowest Level in 33 Years
The adopted M&O tax rate is down more than seventeen cents from the prior year and at the lowest rate in 39 years.
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Trustees Sworn In – Board Reorganizes
After being re-elected to terms on the RISD Board of Trustees in May, both Debbie Rentería and Eric Eager were sworn in to three-year terms at the June 8 meeting.
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Board Canvasses Election, Incumbents Win Another Three-Year Term
Trustee Eager received nearly 57% of the votes cast districtwide for at large place 6, and Trustee Rentería received about 65% of votes in district 3.
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