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District outlines Phase 2 growth‑plan project management, posts centralized tracker
Summary
Project manager and district staff described a single‑page spreadsheet and biweekly coordination meetings to manage school moves, staffing, transportation and other operational steps for the Phase 2 growth plan.
District staff presented a one‑stop project‑management approach to implement Phase 2 of the Cincinnati Public Schools growth plan and told the board they have been meeting every two weeks since Jan. 8 to track tasks, questions and key dates.
Project manager John Burkhart (introduced by the superintendent) showed a central spreadsheet that lists all schools, current and projected grades, a pathway matrix for corridors, and tabs for staffing, transportation, student dining, purchasing, technology, facilities and other functional needs. Each entry is color coded (green/yellow/red) to indicate whether a question or task is complete, in progress or outstanding.
Burkhart said the district is treating the document as a “room where it happens,” pulling principals, department directors and school leadership teams into standing, school‑by‑school review sessions to answer operational questions and finalize a master move schedule. The tracker includes enrollment projections, tentative move dates and a key‑dates calendar that will be updated through March and April.
Board members asked for clarification about color meanings and how corridor-level decisions will affect staff under collective‑bargaining agreement language. The administration explained the color codes map to actions such as consolidation, merger or restructure and said the tracker will note which CBA rules govern each staffing transition.
Board members also raised enrollment projection concerns for particular corridors and schools (for example, questions about Evanston’s projected feeder patterns and whether families will make the choices modeled in the pathway matrix). The district said it will continue outreach and suggested stronger family engagement and updated transportation modeling to validate enrollment and routing assumptions.
Administration officials said the goal is to have operational details in place by Aug. 1 so moves and staffing align with the start of the next school year.
