Overview

• Fields scheduled an Oct. 9 special board meeting to address outstanding teacher certifications and student transfers.
• He outlined a three-phase turnaround, beginning with a 10-day push to finalize his handpicked team and tackle immediate backlogs.
• Core priorities he identified include literacy, career pathways, and teacher recruitment and retention.
• His team will review pending lawsuits and evaluate vendor contracts, including PragerU, to determine whether to continue or terminate them.
• He set a budget timeline with a draft targeted for Oct. 15 and a board presentation on Oct. 23 under a legislative extension, and he said open records processing will resume.