Duval board weighs strategic-plan refresh, updates superintendent evaluation process and forms subcommittee

The Duval County School Board met in January 2025 to review its 2021 strategic plan, discuss limits in the current superintendent evaluation instrument and set next steps for a refreshed plan and evaluation process.

Board members and staff said changes in state assessments, district reorganizations and other policy shifts have made some of the strategic-plan measures adopted in 2021 no longer directly measurable, prompting the board to consider rebaselining targets and updating its evaluation instrument.

Why it matters: the board’s strategic plan carries goals and measurable interim targets through 2026 and the superintendent’s annual formal evaluation is explicitly tied to that plan under existing board policy. Board members said they want an evaluation process that is timely, meaningful and usable even while the strategic plan is refreshed.

What the board reviewed - The strategic plan adopted in spring 2021 set four academic goals and five operational guiding principles, with annual interim measures aimed at April 2026 targets. Staff told the board that several original interim measures can no longer be calculated because district assessments and state testing regimes have changed (for example, FSA has been replaced in practice by FAST and BEST assessments). The presentation…