Mr. Gavin, superintendent, told the Rockville Center Board of Education on July 30 that the district is moving from adoption to implementation of a three‑year strategic plan and outlined specific Year‑1 work.

The plan, Mr. Gavin said, centers on three priorities: enhancing student outcomes and opportunities; financial and budgetary oversight; and expanding community partnerships. "Both of those initiatives, both the expanded extended essay support and the senior college workshops are a direct result from the feedback from our board of education," he said.

Why it matters: the plan organizes many existing efforts into a coordinated, multi‑year sequence of curriculum reviews, professional development and partnership building intended to align classroom practice with district goals and state expectations. Board members said a clear implementation structure will help sustain programs amid funding uncertainties.

Implementation details and deliverables
Mr. Gavin described deliverables due this year: a five‑year curriculum review cycle with specific K‑12 recommendations for science and writing; revised Global 9‑10 and sixth‑grade social studies curricula; implementation of a two‑year Theory of Knowledge (TOK) schedule; and revisions to the MYP community project to align with the Seal of Civic Readiness.

He said the district will also examine the IB Career‑related Programme as a potential addition and form an exploratory committee to evaluate cost and next steps. "There might be something for us to take a look at that and that might be something as we determine what programs we wanna continue to look at," he said.

Partnerships, alumni and career pathways
Mr. Gavin outlined plans to create a semiannual alumni newsletter, establish a LinkedIn presence, and expand career‑day programming across grade bands so students encounter career options before high school. "We wanna feature some of our alumni ... here's somebody that's doing well in their field," he said.

Board members welcomed the alumni outreach but repeatedly asked for a specific operational home and staffing to run the effort. One public commenter, Jeff Greenfield, urged a designated lead for alumni relations and asked who would run the program; he called for a coordinator rather than leaving the work diffuse.

UPK, summer programs and facilities
Mr. Gavin reported that the universal prekindergarten (UPK) expansion at the Village Recreation Center is ahead of schedule: new classrooms are painted, wired and ready for furniture, he said, and the rec will serve 72 students next year; 42 students were registered at a JCC site with a month to go. He also thanked custodial and maintenance staff and said two major parking lot projects will begin next week.

Board feedback and next steps
Board members asked the administration to broaden engagement beyond the PTA to reach families who are not PTA participants, to involve teachers in implementation decisions and to create family‑focused engagement strategies. One board member asked that the district explicitly add family engagement to the community‑partnership work.

Mr. Gavin said administrators built a reporting calendar of regular updates to the board (July, September, January, February, May) and that staff will continue follow‑up work in professional development days and faculty meetings. He invited further questions and asked the board for implementation guidance.

Ending
No formal board vote on the strategic plan occurred at the July 30 meeting; the session functioned as a Year‑1 status update and planning discussion and the administration will return with implementation reports on the board's presentation calendar.