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Technology advisory committee presents provisional plan; board approves work to flesh out full three‑year strategy
Summary
A provisional technology plan outlining five goals — professional learning, digital equity, evaluation of learning technology, innovation/CTE pipeline, and balanced technology use — was presented and the board accepted the plan as a basis for stakeholder engagement during 2025–26.
The Arlington School District's Technology Advisory Committee presented a provisional technology plan to the board on July 14 and the board voted to accept the provisional plan as the committee prepares a full three‑year plan next year.
The presenter (identified in the packet as technology advisory staff) said the expired district plan from 2023–24 required updating but that recent operational priorities delayed work this year. The committee met five times during the past school year and produced a provisional document with five key goals: enhance professional learning for staff; advance digital equity so all students have appropriate devices and accessible digital tools; evaluate digital learning programs (including the 1:1 device program and digital citizenship); inspire innovation and create a CTE/STEAM pipeline; and promote balanced, ethical technology use for student well‑being.
The provisional plan lists progress indicators for each goal and proposes that 2025–26 be a fact‑finding year to gather stakeholder input and add detail. The presenter described the plan as intentionally skeletal: "for the 2526 school year will be a fact finding year. So we'll be working with stakeholder groups much more in‑depth, to add some meat to these bones," (paraphrase: presenter indicated the plan is provisional and will be expanded).
Board members asked about examples of innovation and connections between elementary STEAM activities and middle/high school CTE programs; staff suggested robotics and coding activities already in some libraries as examples and described the desire for greater cohesion k–12. The board approved a motion to accept the provisional plan and directed staff to return with a completed three‑year plan after stakeholder engagement.
Ending: The technology advisory committee will continue stakeholder outreach during 2025–26 and present a full three‑year technology plan to the board next year.
