Dear Members of the DPS Community,
I am honored to share the 2023-24 Annual District Report. This report highlights the incredible achievements of our students and is a result of the tireless dedication of our incredible teachers, leaders, staff, students, parents and community members in pursuit of our mission of Every Learner Thrives.
This report serves as the second annual update to DPS Thrives: A Strategic Roadmap to the Denver Public Schools Experience. We are committed to achieving the goals and progress measures outlined in the report to ensure we are getting better at getting better and making meaningful progress toward our ultimate goal of accelerating the trajectory of our marginalized students.
Throughout the 2023-24 school year, we worked diligently to bring more alignment and coherence across the organization. We did that through directly aligning the Strategic Roadmap goals with the Ends Statements put forth to us by the Board of Education. The Ends Statements represent big picture, ambitious visions of what the Board of Education expects the district to achieve long-term. Each year, I develop Reasonable Interpretations to inform the Board of the progress we commit to achieving that school year in alignment with their Ends Statements. The 2024-25 Reasonable Interpretations will be submitted to and acknowledged by the Board of Education in October.
In order to be truly transparent, we have made some essential changes in this year’s report. We have included disaggregated data for all student groups across all measures. We have also articulated ambitious targets for what we aim to achieve next year and beyond.
In order to accomplish these ambitious goals, we are laser-focused on our Strategic Roadmap goals and the key initiatives that we believe will truly improve the Student, Adult and System Experiences. This report outlines significant accomplishments and celebrations from the 2023-24 school year as well as the goals for continuing the trajectory in the 2024-25 school year in service of Every Learner Thrives.
This annual report captures our collective vision for our students, team members and community. Thank you for your continued support and collaboration as we get better at getting better, accelerate the trajectory of our most marginalized communities and ensure Every Learner Thrives.
In collaboration,
Dr. Alex Marrero
Denver Public Schools Superintendent
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