District staff present draft strategic plan priorities and promise action plan with KPIs before July

District staff presented the board with a draft five‑year strategic plan on March 10 that centers on four priorities — academic excellence, a thriving student body, a thriving workforce, and family and community engagement — and described next steps to convert the high‑level goals into a specific action plan with interim benchmarks.

The presenters said the plan’s intent is to keep the district’s mission while clarifying the expected graduate outcomes and aligning resources and operational systems to support the goals. ‘‘The teams that have been organizing the strategic plan…have really chunked these into three different areas,’’ a staff presenter said while walking trustees through practices to sustain, expand and renew.

Why it matters: Trustees asked for concrete measures and timelines; staff said the board will receive a more detailed ‘‘action plan’’ and a cadence of accountability over the spring so the board can approve the five‑year goals at its next meeting and have measurable KPIs beginning July 1.

Details and board questions - Content: Staff outlined examples of actions under each priority (e.g., investing in external program reviews to evaluate return on investment; increasing staff training and de‑escalation strategies district‑wide; using facilities as neighborhood hubs to support family engagement).

- Timing and metrics: Asked by a trustee when the district will provide a detailed action plan and monitoring tools, staff replied the teams will work through the spring months and present a timeline and back‑mapping of five‑year goals to annual benchmarks so the board will have interim measures for items such as attendance and proficiency.

- Cost and operations: Staff said finance and operations will ‘‘thread across all of these pillars’’ and presented examples of tradeoffs and budgetary implications, including transportation strategies to support co‑curricular access and investments in staff training that could reduce long‑term workers’ compensation costs.

Board feedback Trustees praised the draft while urging specificity. One trustee said the attached memo already outlines KPIs for proficiency in reading and math and requested progress measures tied to specific percent improvements. Another trustee asked for contingency planning — what actions the district would take under different state funding outcomes. Staff said that contingency work was part of the planning process.

What’s next: Staff said they will finalize KPI choices, produce a year‑one action plan, and return with a dashboard to track progress; the board will review the final five‑year goals and the action plan at the March 17 meeting and see regular updates during the plan’s first year.

Sources and evidence: staff presentation of the draft strategic plan; board questions and discussion during the strategic plan update.