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Edwardsburg administrators outline strategic-plan progress: mentoring, curriculum reviews, new communications app and facility planning
Summary
District leaders reported progress on three strategic focus areas: teaching and learning (mentoring, professional development, Young Fives), community communications (new website, mobile app and branding) and facilities/funding work tied to the recently approved bond.
Edwardsburg Public Schools administrators on June 10 presented year-end progress reports on the district strategic plan’s focus areas for teaching and learning, community connections and facilities and funding.
In teaching and learning administrators said the district established a formal mentoring program with a handbook for mentors and mentees and expanded professional development offerings including Orton-Gillingham, i-Ready and other evidence-based programs. The district also reported work on curriculum review cycles (social studies this year), continued rollout of late-start professional development days and pilots for extracurricular opportunities such as an eSports team. The Young Fives program (pre-K) remains in place and has been described as successful by administrators.
On communications and community connections, administrators said a new district website (powered by Apogee) will go live July 1 and a district mobile app for one- and two-way communication will be available in fall 2025. The district is working with Dodo Creative on a brand book to streamline logos, taglines and visual identity and plans to relaunch parent engagement tools, including reworked parent-university sessions and parent advisory committees across K–12.
Facilities and funding updates tied to the bond included work this summer on vestibules, office spaces, the parking-loop/traffic project and church building upgrades (boiler), paid in part by bond proceeds. Administrators said they continue to emphasize competitive bidding and stewardship of bond and operating dollars; they also described exploring additional revenue through facility rentals (a building scheduler is in development) and potential grant and donor opportunities for targeted projects such as athletic lighting. The district noted the Cass County Road Commission offers paving assistance for nonprofit organizations as a potential avenue to reduce paving costs.
Why it matters The updates show the district moving from planning to implementation in several areas that affect day-to-day instruction, family engagement and long-term capital projects. Communications and branding work is intended to improve family access to district information; bond-funded facility work affects building access, safety and instructional spaces.
What’s next Administrators said the website will be publicly available July 1, the mobile app will be rolled out in fall 2025 with staff training, and a building-scheduler pilot will initially be available to district staff with the possibility of public rentals in the future. Facilities staff will continue to present bond project updates to the buildings and finance subcommittee and the full board as change orders and bid openings occur.
