The Alignment Collaborative for Education conducted its second update to School Board U-46 on March 19, 2018, highlighting progress on its 2018 Operational Plan along with updates from the three A-Teams: Educational Pathways, Early Education and Trauma Informed Care. Peter Sikorski, Get Fresh Produce, and Bill Wright, The Overture Group, also provided updates from the Governing Board on new initiatives to include industry roundtables, implementation of a work-based learning survey with area companies as part of a partnership with the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce and the National Campaign for Grade Level Reading initiative complimenting Alignment’s work in early education.