H.M.O.N.G. Project

The HMong Motivated On Going Needs Goals Project (H.M.O.N.G. Project) is a needs assessment for the HMong community of SPPS. The H.M.O.N.G. Project was born out of many inequitable experiences that HMong students, HMong families, and HMong staff in SPPS were subjected to. The H.M.O.N.G. Project intends to shape and influence the future of education and experience for HMong students, families, and staff.

The H.M.O.N.G. Project Purpose

The H.M.O.N.G. Project seeks to gather information to establish a Mission and Vision in alignment with SPPS’s own to serve the HMong community by surveying and engaging with three sectors of the HMong community in SPPS: students, staff and families.

• The mission will provide goals for the Board of Education to monitor and for administration to carry out.
• The vision will provide guardrails for administration to conduct their work in a way that adheres to the cultural capital of the HMong community in SPPS.

The H.M.O.N.G. Project seeks to establish:

• Improving HMong student outcomes
• Improving HMong parent engagement
• Improving HMong support for staff

Timeline

At the conclusion of phase five, The H.M.O.N.G. Project will present its finding to the Board of Education. The Board of Education will vote on The H.M.O.N.G. Project via resolution at a board meeting no later than February 2026.

Phase 1: March 4-April 22, 2025

Finalize H.M.O.N.G. Project scope and timeline.

Phase 2: April 23-July 15, 2025

Finalize H.M.O.N.G. Project Workgroup assembling and design preliminary H.M.O.N.G. project planning.

Phase 3: July 16-September 23, 2025

Finalize preliminary H.M.O.N.G. project planning and begin planning for implementation.

Phase 4: September 24-December 16, 2025

Implement survey and focus groups and begin compiling information.

Phase 5: December 17, 2025-February 17, 2026

Present findings from needs assessment to the Board of Education. Turn findings into goals in a resolution and have the Board vote.

Focus Groups

Focus Group Registration Links

• Parent Focus Group Registration
• Staff Focus Group Registration 

Survey Links

• Students (see student emails)

• Staff Survey

• Parent Survey

H.M.O.N.G. Project Core Group Members

Contact Information

Kaying Thao
Administrator to the Board of Education
kaying.thao@spps.org | 651-587-9014