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East Chicago school board begins strategic-planning work session on mission, vision and core values
Summary
The School City of East Chicago Board of Trustees held a work session focused on launching a districtwide strategic plan, reviewing the district's mission and vision statements, and developing core values; facilitators and trustees emphasized stakeholder engagement, accountability and career pathways for students.
The School City of East Chicago Board of Trustees met in a work session to begin a strategic planning process that will include stakeholder sessions the following day and produce draft mission/vision options and core values for the board to consider.
Dr. Greg Hutchings of consulting partner Revolutionary Ed led the session and opened with a group icebreaker before reviewing the planning timeline and data sources, which he said included the superintendent's hundred-day plan and state report card information. Dr. Hutchings told trustees the board should “be guiding the strategic plan.”
Why it matters: the board said the work session will shape the strategic plan that in turn will guide district goals, accountability and actions that affect students, staff and families across the district.
Trustees reviewed the district’s current mission and vision statements aloud during the meeting. The board read the mission as: “The School City of East…
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