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Board refines draft vision statement and focuses strategic plan on achievement gaps

Asheville City Schools Board of Education · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Board members reviewed several draft vision statements and directed staff to seek stakeholder feedback; the board also received data showing areas of progress (third‑grade reading, attendance) and alert items — notably math declines and racial disparities in discipline — and requested deeper analysis of bottom‑quartile students.

The board spent substantial meeting time refining a draft vision statement and clarifying how the vision, mission and values will fit into an ongoing strategic plan. Maggie summarized four draft statements developed at a recent retreat and recommended sending a consolidated draft to stakeholders for feedback rather than adopting a final statement at this meeting.

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