Pender County Schools presents draft five‑year strategic plan; steering committee process emphasized
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Summary
District staff presented a draft strategic plan developed over a year with broad community engagement; the plan sets vision, mission, core values and prioritized goals and is scheduled for board approval in May with implementation planning to follow.
District leaders presented the draft Pender County Schools strategic plan, summarizing a yearlong steering committee and community engagement process and a proposed timeline for board approval and implementation.
Staff detailed the process: a steering committee of educators, parents, community members and principals, multiple focus groups (parents, students, teachers, classified staff, faith and business leaders), surveys and outcome data analyses produced draft goals. Staff reported 703 hours of community and stakeholder engagement across the process and said a virtual town hall and survey produced 115 responses with roughly 90% of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing that the priorities were important.
The draft vision: "Empowering each student to discover and pursue their path to success." The draft mission: "PCS will provide learning experiences that equip every student to achieve their potential and enrich their community." Core values are listed as excellence, integrity, innovation and connection. Priority goal areas are academic excellence, investing in staff, investing in infrastructure and investing in community. Staff said each school will develop local benchmarks and that annual progress reporting will avoid waiting five years for results.
Ending: staff recommended the board consider the draft for a May 13 approval vote and said implementation planning and monitoring would roll out in May–July with school‑level benchmarks to follow. The board asked members to review and provide feedback individually as desired; no formal vote was held at this Committee meeting.