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Blaine County district recommends five‑year strategic plans instead of single‑year improvements
Summary
Blaine County School District leaders described a five‑year strategic plan process they say improves alignment and community accountability and urged districts to keep plans 'living' rather than shelved documents.
Laura Stone, board chair of Blaine County School District 61, and Superintendent Jim Fouty told the House Committee on Education on Feb. 18 that a five‑year strategic plan has helped the district align board agendas, leadership meetings and community priorities.
Nut graf: The district described a process that gathered more than 700 survey responses, multiple community roundtables (including Spanish‑language meetings), and seven community meetings held over several weeks to write a five‑year plan that is then reviewed annually and broken into one‑year implementation goals.
Stone said every agenda item for board…
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