The LMSD Comprehensive Plan: How we can improve reporting, goals, and transparency in LMSD.
- Andrea Pack
- Sep 18
- 2 min read
This is the LMSD Comprehensive Plan report that is a requirement to be sent and approved by the State of PA and is intended to direct the goals for the 2025-2028 school years. The Board approved this on March 17th, 2025.
We have some significant concerns with this report and believe that if elected to the School Board in November, we could make an immediate impact on improving reports like these to ensure ALL children are receiving equally rigorous education across every LMSD school.
Besides being poorly written and poorly edited, the report leaves out some critically important data that guardians would want to know. The report states that in 2023, only 4 out of 6 elementary schools met state growth metrics for reading and math. That means-2 schools DID NOT meet these expectations. The report does not specify which schools and does not offer any meaningful data on why these specific elementary schools would have been behind district expectations and goals. In planning for the next 3 years, there are no timelines, measurables, or goal owners for reporting, and therefore, there is no way to measure if these interventions are working in real time.
To be transparent, the two schools in question are Belmont Hills and Penn Wynne. We obtained this information from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
We need leaders on the School Board who will be TRANSPARENT with families, guardians, and taxpayers about what is working and what is not, and why. We need leaders who will insist on REAL measurable interventions and goals with firm timelines for reporting. We need leaders who will READ every report before voting on it and sending it to the state.
We- Talia Nissim, Deena Pack, and Omer Dekel- will be those leaders. We commit to reading every policy, report, or measure prior to voting on it to ensure understanding and compliance are maintained. We will be upfront, honest, and open with stakeholders and set real goals that can be measured in quarterly reporting that is available to every stakeholder. In short, we commit to representing all students' right to the best education, no matter what school they attend. Vote for competence, transparency, and academic rigor. Vote for your children.
Vote for Nissim, Pack, and Dekel on November 4th.