How does Lindbergh approach inclusion, equity and diversity work?

Our district is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming, equitable and inclusive environment where all students feel they belong. This is an important part of providing all students with a high-quality, personalized educational experience that reflects and celebrates our diverse student population.

What is educational equity?

Equity in education is the effort to ensure that all students have the supports they need to reach their full potential as students, citizens and human beings.

How does Lindbergh commit to building trusting relationships with families and supporting every student’s success?

Supporting our students’ success is a team effort that is fostered through supportive relationships between families, teachers and staff. At Lindbergh Schools, we commit to:

• Providing staff with meaningful resources and equipping them to use those resources to have age-appropriate conversations about inclusion, acceptance and belonging.
• Ensuring that students hear multiple perspectives and voices with regard to historical events, in order to provide an accurate, comprehensive account.
• Communicating frequently and transparently with families about student instruction, to support strong home-school relationships.
• Having open, honest conversations among staff to raise awareness about inclusion, equity, race and culture.
• Building a school community where all students belong.

How do Lindbergh’s strategic plan and districtwide success measures incorporate inclusion, equity and diversity as important components of student success?

Taking good care of our students is the first step toward helping them learn to the highest level possible. This is what our community told us in 2018, and it drives our strategic plan and our work.

Creating a culture of belonging is directly connected to the top five success measures that were defined by our Lindbergh community in 2018, and include:

• High-quality teachers
• Social and emotional well-being of students and staff
• Student mastery of the 4 C’s (critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity)
• Personalized learning for staff and students
• Student satisfaction

In addition, Lindbergh parents, teachers and students have been collaborating since 2018 to develop the Lindbergh Life Success Skills, which are the skills we want our students to be equipped with when they leave our care and enter the real world.

Working to create a culture of belonging also aligns with Missouri state standards and expectations for student learning.