APSB Strategic Planning Meeting 5.21.26

The Ascension Public Schools held a strategic planning meeting on May 21, 2026, focused on the reconfiguration of a K-8 school into separate primary and middle schools. The discussion covered instructional, operational, and administrative implications, including the need for separate school site numbers, budget allocations for new administrative positions, and adjustments to transportation and safety protocols. The board reviewed plans for maintaining existing student information systems and E-rate considerations, as well as the logistics of moving middle school students to a new building. The meeting also addressed branding and identity for the new middle school. A motion to approve the reconfiguration plan was made and unanimously passed, signaling the board's commitment to proceed with the structural and budgetary changes necessary for the school split.