Strategic Plan

  • General Goal Statements:

    1. The District will conduct operations in a safe, efficient, and fiscally responsible manner. 
    2. The District will provide rigorous research-based curriculum, instructional best practices, and innovative materials for all students.
    3. The District will increase communication with parents and taxpayers, via community newsletters and technological media.

     
    Action Steps:

    Goal #1: The District will conduct operations in a safe, efficient, and fiscally responsible manner.

    The District will:

    • Finance future building additions by deferring bonds
    • Conduct an enrollment growth study (Kasarda)
    • Conduct a transportation study/risk management
    • Pursue funding a police resource officer for the middle schools
    • Conduct an energy study in all facilities
    • Review and update job descriptions for efficiency
    • Address capacity issues through building additions
    • Provide five year long-term financial projections
    • Monitor enrollment trends and projections
    • Develop district-wide facilities expansion plan
    • Expand storage facilities capacity
    • Investigate future student information management system options
    • Provide in-house support services vs. contracting/outsourcing



    Goal #2: The District will provide rigorous research-based curriculum, instructional best practices and innovative materials for all students.

    The District will:

    • Analyze/study technology curriculum K-8 and address staffing additions
    • Analyze bilingual program/staffing and make recommendation
    • Consider offering extended At-Risk kindergarten as part of district-wide staffing process
    • Convene middle school scheduling task force to solicit input relating to exploratories and schedule resulting in staffing additions
    • Convene Response to Intervention (RTI)/ K-8 reading/language arts district wide committee to guide implementation
    • As part of an overall district-wide expansion plan facilities will study feasibility of expanding year-round education
    • Review needs for updated curricular materials (i.e., textbooks) curriculum development, and staff development and make recommendations for adoption
    • Expand opportunities for algebra in middle schools​
    • Consider implementation of full day kindergarten
    • Consider providing support for gifted programming
    • Provide staff development for reading adoption
    • Convene committee to study K-8 mathematics program
    • Implement self-contained transitional bilingual program
    • Expand use of technological equipment /innovations in classrooms



    Goal #3: The District will increase communication with parents and taxpayers, via community newsletters and technological media.

    The District will:

    • Review and address technology staffing
    • Provide staff support to enhance all school building web sites
    • Publish and disseminate a community-wide school district annual report document
    • Communicate with parents by providing technology link to student grades, progress reporting, attendance
    • Implement Senior Exchange program
    • Hold School Board Public Forums
    • Conduct staff/parent surveys
    • Consider utilizing various social media to enhance communication