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Board reviews draft vision statement; members suggest "every student" language
Summary
District leadership presented a draft vision statement — "a district where students thrive, staff are empowered, and families are engaged partners in education" — and board members suggested revisions including phrasing to read "every student."
The district leadership team presented a draft vision statement to the Savannah R-III School District board and invited edits.
Ryan Kasmus, identified in the meeting as a district leader, read the draft: "a district where students thrive, staff are empowered, and families are engaged partners in education." He said the team sought board input on wording and emphasized the statement is near final draft stage.
Board members suggested small but substantive edits. One board member said they preferred the phrasing "where every student thrives" rather than "where students thrive." Leadership also recommended changing phrasing around staff support — for example, using "are empowered" instead of earlier wording such as "value and support" — and removing the word "proud" from the families line so it would read "families are engaged partners in education."
The board did not adopt a final text during the meeting; staff indicated they would incorporate feedback from the leadership team and return a revised draft for future consideration.
