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Board narrows direction for three district goal focus areas; calls for clearer, student-centered language
Summary
Superintendent Jason Johnson asked the board to select three headline focus areas to guide development of three-year district goals. The board broadly supported the proposed areas but suggested simpler, student-centered phrasing and inclusion of cultural relevance and pathways.
Superintendent Jason Johnson presented a proposed structure for El Segundo Unified's next three-year goals and asked the board on Feb. 11 to select three top-line focus areas to guide a draft survey and fuller goal development process.
Johnson proposed three headline focus areas: "Excellence," "Community of Well-being" and "Legacy of Sustainability and Innovation." He said each focus would contain three goals and each goal would include three objectives, producing a 3x3 structure (nine goals and 27 objectives) to be refined through staff work, public feedback and workshops before final board approval in July.
Johnson described examples under each focus area: for Excellence, priorities such as math articulation, high-school pathways and early childhood programs; for Community of Well-being, items including social-emotional supports, MTSS, special education and staff retention; and for Legacy, topics such as facilities maintenance, environmental stewardship and long-term financial sustainability.
Board members broadly supported the proposed structure but recommended changes to the language and emphasis. Vice President Tracy Miller Czarnecki urged the inclusion of "cultural relevance" within the goals so the district's work would reflect diverse student backgrounds. Another board member suggested a more concise, student-centered headline—"student-driven excellence"—to encapsulate the Excellence focus and better communicate the purpose to families.
Several members also recommended explicitly incorporating "pathways" (academic, athletic and extracurricular) into the framing because the district's pathway programs span TK through 12 and are a core element of student experience. Johnson said staff will incorporate the board's feedback and return with a draft survey for community input on Feb. 25; the board will consider survey language and distribution before staff synthesizes results into draft goals for summer approval.
