Board outlines 'Vision 2030' and committee plans; community listening sessions set for fall
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The Board of Education presented three board goals—Vision 2030, operationalizing committees, and communication and engagement—and said it will adopt the goals at its Oct. 7 meeting. The board proposed public listening sessions and monthly data dashboards for transparency.
Board members presented three draft goals for the 2025–26 school year and said they plan to adopt the goals at the board's Oct. 7 meeting.
The first goal, titled "Vision 2030," aims to create a long-term district vision through community engagement, feasibility studies and working groups. Board leaders said the plan will compile ideas into a Vision 2030 catalog and convene community feedback sessions this fall to select four to six initiative areas for deeper study.
"Too often we've been reactionary," the board's presentation said; trustees emphasized wanting a proactive, long-range approach and suggested Committee of the Whole work sessions to develop ideas. The board proposed KPIs, timelines and quarterly committee work, with a public engagement period planned for November and December and committee reporting in subsequent months.
The second goal calls for operationalizing standing committees (Board Operations, Special Education, Finance and Policy) by publishing annual calendars, adopting written charters, and having committees present quarterly reports to the full board.
The third goal focuses on communication and engagement, including launching at least four community listening sessions per year, translating board communications into the district's top three languages, onboarding a student board member, and starting monthly data dashboards with attendance, enrollment, budget-to-actuals and staffing metrics.
Trustees raised logistics for evening committee meetings and noted that committee work is unpaid and typically held in the evenings. The board invited public feedback and said the next step is formal adoption at the October 7 board meeting; trustees said implementation would begin with Committee of the Whole sessions later that month.