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Hendry County Schools unveil draft strategic plan, set academic targets and seek community feedback
Summary
District leaders presented a draft 2025–2028 strategic plan at a LaBelle town hall, adding safety as a new goal, setting proficiency targets for ELA and math and launching a district advisory council to collect parent and community input.
Hendry County Schools leaders presented a draft strategic plan and academic targets at a town-hall meeting in LaBelle, asking parents and community members to review the proposal and provide feedback through town halls and a new district advisory council.
The draft plan, described by Deputy Superintendent Dr. Staley, adds safety and security as a sixth district goal and sets measurable targets for student proficiency: increase ELA proficiency from 44% in 2023–24 to 54% by 2027–28 and raise math proficiency from 47% to 57% over the same period. The plan also includes targets for survey-based measures of school climate and for a 10% annual reduction in incidents reported to the state school-environment safety incident reporting system (CESSOR).
“People need to feel safe to be able…
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