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Westwood School Committee unveils four focal areas for new strategic plan
Summary
On June 12 the Westwood School Committee reviewed the first public outline of a proposed multi‑year strategic plan that the district’s strategic planning team developed to advance the district’s previously adopted portrait of a Westwood graduate.
On June 12 the Westwood School Committee reviewed the first public outline of a proposed multi-year strategic plan that the district’s strategic planning team developed to advance the district’s previously adopted portrait of a Westwood graduate.
Superintendent Tim Puawar presented four focal areas the team drafted — student voice and agency; authentic, relevant learning experiences; rigorous, high‑quality core instruction; and robust learning environments — and described a process to convert those broad focal areas into strategic priorities and specific action steps over the summer and into the fall.
The district said the strategic priorities will be vetted by the administrative council at a full‑day meeting next week and then returned to the committee for additional review before action steps are finalized later in the summer. "The focal areas really came from the strategic planning team. The action steps are the nuts and bolts," Puawar said during the presentation.
Committee members who participated in the planning process praised the team’s outreach and the inclusion of students on the committee. Committee member Joanna French said the process “pulled a lot of information out of the planning team in a way that I think was really helpful” and highlighted that students felt heard. Members noted that not every item is yet finalized and that some strategic priorities will be refined during upcoming administrative and committee reviews.
Superintendent Puawar said the district will begin drafting action steps next week and aims to finalize them in late summer. He also flagged that some specific priorities are likely to include implementing recommendations from a district master facility study and examining assessment and curriculum review processes so action steps align with the Portrait of a Graduate.
The committee listed the participants on the strategic planning team and emphasized that the next stages of work will include additional public and staff engagement before any formal adoption of priorities and actions.
