Case Study: Hope Public Schools achieves district-wide school culture transformation with Kickboard

Hope Public Schools - Customer Case Study

Hope Public Schools, a 6-school district in Southwestern Arkansas serving 2,349 students and labeled “Academically Distressed,” engaged Kickboard to support a district-wide turnaround focused on school culture and climate. Superintendent Bobby Hart and the board identified culture as a lever for academic improvement and brought in Kickboard’s real-time culture data platform and a Kickboard School Culture Coach to help set a unified vision, analyze baseline data, and build capacity across campuses.

Kickboard worked with district and campus leaders to set culture goals, track leading indicators (like positivity ratios) in real time, implement monthly Culture PLCs, and coach teams on data-driven interventions. As a result, Hope achieved a sustained 3:1 positivity ratio district-wide, one middle school cut office referrals by 34% and another by 70%, and principals report a stronger focus on teaching and learning — outcomes driven by Kickboard’s data tools and coaching.

Hope Public Schools

Bobby Hart

Superintendent