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Board approves Cambrian Group contract for district strategic plan
Summary
The Excelsior Springs School District Board voted 7–0 to hire the Cambrian Group to facilitate a five-year strategic planning process that will include an internal facilitator, 20–30 person district committee, and community action teams.
The Excelsior Springs School District Board approved a contract with the Cambrian Group for strategic-planning services, voting 7'to'00 after a brief discussion about community representation and follow-up accountability.
The presenter described the Cambrian Group engagement as a multi-phase process: external facilitator training for an internal facilitator team, a district strategic planning committee of roughly 20'to'30 people, subsequent action teams to build implementation steps, and two board members participating in the district committee. The plan is to complete the planning sessions and present proposed district objectives to the board in December or January.
Board members raised concerns about selection and diversity of community participants and emphasized that the district must avoid plans that are not actively implemented. The presenter said the Cambrian model aims for a roughly 50/50 split of school representatives and community participants and stressed that the external facilitator should not be driving a board member's plan.
A motion to approve the Cambrian Group strategic-planning services contract was moved, seconded and approved unanimously.
