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2025-26 School Improvement Day schedule available
The KSDE Accreditation and Design team has released the 2025-26 School Improvement Day schedule and is available on the KESA webpage. While the dates are expected to closely align with - if not exactly match - this year's schedule, the Accreditation and Design team will confirm any changes as needed.
Registration links for the School Improvement Days are currently being developed. The schedule will be made available again once the links are finalized.
Contact Rue Huereca-Retana, Rue.Huereca-Retana@ksde.gov, with questions.
School Improvement Day cancellation protocol outlined
What to do if a school system cannot attend a School Improvement Day:
If a system cannot attend its assigned School Improvement Day for weather, emergency or any unforeseen circumstance, the system must notify their regional executive or cohort lead as soon as possible to create a plan or reschedule.
Accreditation and Design regional executives contact information:
West - Amber Miller - amber.miller@ksde.gov; (620) 765-7490
Central - Mindy Bruce – mindy.bruce@ksde.gov; (316) 304-6493
East- Jean Rush - jean.rush@ksde.gov - (785) 691-7038
Suburban & Private - Myron Melton - myron.melton@ksde.gov; (785) 760-0298
Urban & Special Purpose - Jay Scott - jay.scott@ksde.gov; (785) 230-4575
The regional executive will reassign the affected system(s) to another School Improvement Day in their region and communicate to the system(s) and service center their alternate School Improvement Day.
As long as there are at least two systems attending a School Improvement Day and the service center can host, the School Improvement Day may take place.
If the host service center is closed for weather, emergency, or any unforeseen circumstance and cannot host the School Improvement Day, the service center will email systems, facilitators, and KSDE (all those registered) as soon as possible. KSDE and the service center will then work together to reschedule the School Improvement Day.
Districts should contact their regional executive or Rue.Huereca-Retana@ksde.gov with questions.
KESA Application Helpdesk
The Accreditation and Design team is continuing to develop resources to assist school systems with KESA 2.0, and in developing and implementing action plans.
The following are resources to help systems in accessing the KESA Authenticated Application, utilizing the action plan blank template (drafting the plan), and editing and submitting the plan.
Gaining access to the KESA Authenticated Application:
Completing the action plan blank template:
Editing and submitting the action plan
Rue Huereca-Retana, RHuereca-Retana@ksde.org or 785-296-3379, is at the KESA helpdesk to answer any questions regarding KESA 2.0.
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