Enid Public Schools leaders presented an updated Partners in Education (PIE) strategic plan Wednesday that lays out purpose, goals and implementation steps meant to increase volunteer engagement and coordinate school-level needs assessments.

The update, introduced by Superintendent Doctor Darrow and school principals, says PIE’s purpose is to "create a collaborative, mutually beneficial relationship between Enid Public Schools and the Enid community" and lists four goals: enhance student learning, support educators, strengthen community–school relationships and leverage community resources.

Board members heard details of four program guidelines: recruiting and onboarding volunteers (including background checks), defining partner roles and responsibilities, enumerating partnership activities such as mentoring and tutoring, and ensuring safety and compliance with student confidentiality rules including FERPA. Administrators said those guidelines formalize practices already in place and make them more strategic.

The plan calls for a building-by-building needs assessment on staffing, facility improvements and federal program allocations. Staffing reviews will begin in February–March and involve HR and federal-programs staff; facility needs will be assessed before the summer work season; and federal-program allocations will be set once the state releases the federal grant budget.

To capture volunteer contributions, the district has placed QR codes at each school entrance this year so volunteers can log hours on arrival. Administrators said the QR system already shows more than 150 volunteer-hour entries districtwide and will serve as a baseline for future tracking. The district set an aspirational goal of 1.5 volunteer hours per student per year and described a plan to track parent–teacher conference attendance as a second baseline measurement.

Principals and the athletic director described a concurrent audit of community partners: school-level lists of business and nonprofit partners and athletics-related volunteer supports. The district’s short-term target is for every school to have at least seven active partners by the end of the school year.

Board members did not take formal action on the PIE framework during the meeting. Administrators said the next steps are implementation at school sites, continued collection of volunteer hours and ongoing needs-assessment work with principals.

The presentation was led in the superintendent’s report and included principals and central-office staff who walked the board through attachments that summarize the PIE goals, guidelines and building assessment process.