School committee approves superintendent’s 2025–27 goals

The Walpole School Committee voted Thursday to approve superintendent goals for 2025–27 that emphasize literacy, instructional leadership, teacher leadership development and facilities planning.

The vote matters because the goals will guide district priorities for curriculum, personnel development and capital planning over the next two school years.

The superintendent presented five broad goals: strengthening foundational literacy in early grades and research-based writing in grades 2–5; developing instructional leadership and conducting an athletic-department program review; designing a teacher-leadership program to launch next year; advancing facilities and operations work focused on the high-school project and assessing pre-K–5 facilities; and pursuing professional growth including participation in the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and training on student learning and behavioral health.

The goals also tie to district strategic planning work and school-improvement plans, the superintendent said. A motion to approve the goals was moved by a committee member identified in the record as Mr. Reed and seconded by Bill Buckley; the committee recorded a 5–0–0 vote in favor.