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RSU 14 leaders outline district goals, plan ThoughtExchange for strategic plan input
Summary
Superintendent Howell and district staff presented three district goals for 2025'26 (instructional framework implementation, staff engagement, reduced chronic absenteeism) and said the district will use ThoughtExchange and district communications to gather community, staff and student input ahead of a strategic plan process.
Superintendent Howell and district administrators presented the RSU 14 district goals for the 2025'26 year at the Aug. 27 school board meeting and described a plan to use an online platform, ThoughtExchange, to collect community, staff and student input for the district's next strategic plan.
Howell and curriculum staff said the district set three goal areas: (1) instructional framework implementation, with a target that "all schools and programs in the district will demonstrate measurable implementation of that framework" by June 2026 and an objective of 3'5% growth in math and literacy where measurable; (2) staff engagement, with each school implementing at least three measurable staff engagement initiatives; and (3) increasing student attendance by reducing chronic absenteeism to a district target of 95 percent…
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