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Portsmouth School Committee adopts 2025-2030 strategic plan focused on academics, staff wellness and student well-being
Summary
After a months-long community engagement process, the School Committee unanimously adopted a five-year strategic plan that sets mission, vision and measurable priorities for academics, staff development, student well-being, family engagement and facilities modernization.
Portsmouth — The Portsmouth School Committee unanimously adopted a new district strategic plan Tuesday that will guide the Portsmouth School Department from fall 2025 through June 2030.
The plan, developed with consultant District Management Group and extensive community input, defines the mission as “to prepare, support and develop all students to achieve academic and personal success” and sets five priority areas: academics and academic rigor, staff wellness and professional development, student well-being and belonging, family engagement, and facilities modernization and maintenance.
The consultant, Tess Nicholson Powers, told the committee the plan incorporates both academic measures (literacy and numeracy goals, special-education supports) and non-academic measures such as student and staff survey feedback. The committee plans to collect baseline data in spring 2025 and set numerical targets once that data is available; implementation will begin in fall 2025.
The committee chair said the plan is designed to be actionable and to inform budget and capital decisions over the next five years. The final, illustrated version of the plan will be posted to the district website with implementation updates and reporting links.
