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Decatur board gets Roadmap 2030 update as district weighs building reconfiguration and academic priorities
Summary
District staff presented the Roadmap 2030 strategic-planning update, showing steady enrollment decline projections, scenarios for reconfiguring grade spans and magnets, and a set of "high-leverage" academic strategies the district would pair with facility changes.
Interim Chief Strategy Officer Jay Marino summarized Roadmap 2030 progress on Feb. 25 and told the Decatur Public Schools Board of Education the committee is moving from planning into recommending specific configurations and aligned instructional strategies.
Marino presented ten-year enrollment trends and projection scenarios showing an annual decline of roughly 1.4 to 1.6 percent and described how that trajectory drives a facility and program review. He said the district has ample square footage today but unequal facility quality and that the district needs a master facility plan and a strategic plan that align to a small set of measurable goals.
"We're not rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic," Marino said, arguing that the process is intended to make structural changes aligned to instruction, not cosmetic fixes.…
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