The UMS Track Coach introduced the Track and Field team to the Board. 15 students from UMS qualified for State during the 2026 Track and Field Season. While at the state meet, they earned the following accomplishments:

• The 7th Grade 4A Team earned 3rd Place overall at state
• Crystal Bolton: 200m State Champion and new state record holder
• Kai Johnson, Ameeyah Johnson, Crystal Bolton, and Gemma Douglas: 4×100 State Champions and new state record holders
• Zuri Williams: 8th Place in Shot Put
• Amaya Douglas: 5th Place in Shot Put and 6th Place in Discus
• Gemma Douglas received 6th Place in Long Jump
• SMR 1600 Relay received 3rd Place: Kai Johnson, Crystal Bolton, Izeriah Jackson, and Clara Kieffer

BLDD architects discussed the results of Urbana High School’s Feasibility and Design Program Study and talked about possible future improvements and updates needed at UHS to enhance opportunities and programming for students and staff.

A preliminary discussion included:

• Secured entry: Having more staff/building admin positioned closer to the front door and allow for a more secure entrance
• Moving some of our Career and Technical Education programs to a new building: Agriculture, industrial technology/engineering, and automotive technology.
• Reconfigured space in the high school (where automotive and welding is currently located) for Family and Consumer Science – Interior design and sewing, pre-k, and culinary arts.
• Parking would be added and the flow of traffic would be reconfigured to ensure safety of walkers.

Cost:

These numbers have been increased to better reflect estimated 2028 costs, since we are not building right now.

• The new 22,000 square foot building would be roughly $11.5 million
• The parking area/drive reorganization $2.5 million
• Renovation of current spaces: $12.6 million
• Total: $26.6 million

Once we have a general design and program outline, we would be able to use a $250,000 grant given to use from the state on site work and parking, as long as it benefits our CTE programs in the future. The grant money has to be used this year or it gets reallocated.

Administrators from Urbana Early Childhood, Urbana Sixth Grade Center, Urbana Middle School and Urbana High School presented the progress on this year’s school improvement plan goals. Each school had a goal around Literacy, Math, Attendance, and Culture and Climate.

The Principals will come back at the beginning of the school year to present their school improvement plan for the 2026-27 school year.

The Board was given an end-of-the-year overview of DIBELS and MAP Benchmark assessment data.

DIBELS: The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) is used to identify students who are at risk for future reading difficulties. This is a one-on-one screener; 5-6 minutes per screener per student. Screeners assess phonological awareness, phonics, fluency vocabulary, comprehension. This is given three times a year in grades K-5.

MAP: A computer adaptive assessment used to measure a student’s achievement level and growth over time.

• Achievement: How well a student has learned skills in a subject compared to similar students nationwide
• Growth: A measure of a student’s progress over the year.

Summary of the data:

The overarching pattern is one of systemic growth paired with persistent performance gaps. The district’s teaching and intervention strategies are successfully helping more students meet growth expectations year-over-year; however, achievement gaps between student demographic groups is still a great concern and focus for the district.

The Board was given a preview of the new website, which will allow for:

• Improved navigation
• Accessibility enhancements to meet Federal ADA requirements
• Consistent school sites
• Integration with ParentSquare to allow for consistent communication across platforms
• A mobile friendly platform (which we don’t currently have)

The new websites will launch later this summer.

The Board approved a calendar change for the 2026-27 school calendar, due to a recent legislative change.

November 3, 2026 will now be a regular attendance day. This change will allow us to shift winter break to the following:

• Thursday, December 17: Will be the last day for students before winter break
• Friday, December 18: Teacher institute day
• December 21-January 1: Winter Break

The Board of Education approved a tentative budget for 2026-27 (fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027). This budget is tentative and will be changed once contract negotiations are finalized and salaries and benefits can be updated appropriately.

The Board will approve a final budget in September.

The Board approved the tentative Adult Education budget.

June 16 Superintendent Report

• DPW Neighborhood Walk and Community School kick-off: August 6
• USD 2nd Annual Back to School Night: August 14 at 5:30 p.m.

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