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Kennewick leaders focus study session on mission alignment, safety and graduation as primary performance targets
Summary
At a district study session, Superintendent Lance asked leaders to prioritize two core mission components—providing a safe learning environment and graduating students well prepared—and guided board members through exercises to align performance indicators to those goals.
Lance, superintendent of the Kennewick School District, led a board study session to review performance indicators and targets and urged district leaders to center their work on two fundamental mission components: providing a safe environment and ensuring students graduate well prepared.
The session mattered because the district serves about 19,000 students and the board must choose which indicators will guide decisions about instruction, safety and systemwide change. Lance said the board and cabinet should treat the mission as an anchor when selecting indicators rather than treating metrics as disconnected numbers.
Lance opened the session by describing leadership work with school leaders and the cabinet, including a short book study emphasizing a shift from a "command-and-control" approach to one that builds trust and inspiration.…
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