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Superintendent presents 2025'26 district goals; cabinet details cybersecurity, staffing, facilities and electric-bus planning
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Tracy Norman and cabinet members presented eight district goals and action steps for 2025'26, including cybersecurity work using CIS controls, recruitment and mentoring for staff, a remote panic-alarm rollout and a feasibility study for zero-emission buses.
Superintendent Dr. Tracy Norman presented draft district goals for the 2025'26 school year and asked cabinet members to translate the board'level goals into department-specific action steps.
Cabinet presentations detailed the primary action areas. The academic team outlined plans to continue benchmark assessments and expand K'12 curriculum alignment, establish a curriculum council to meet three times a year, review and finalize the district MTSS plan, and update the special-education plan for compliance and equitable access. The recruitment and retention plan includes a task force to analyze hiring gaps, sustained partnerships with nearby colleges to build pipelines, standardized interview protocols and expanded mentoring and professional learning.
Technology leaders described continuing a multi-year cybersecurity program guided by the Center for Internet Security framework. The district will review CIS controls 7 through 12 this year, commission an outside audit to identify gaps, and then develop an implementation and budget plan. The technology team also plans to finalize a three-year instructional technology plan for regional and state approval.
Business services reported capital-program progress: closeout activities for phase 1 and planning for phase 2, renovation work at the education center (roof and windows) with a target to move back in January, and procurement and installation of districtwide window air-conditioning units after a competitive bid. The business office said it procured approximately 167 units and installed them where electrical work allowed; a board member later referenced a different count (176) in comments. Officials flagged a discrepancy in the transcript and said staff will confirm the exact number for public records.
On transportation, the business office outlined a feasibility study and plan for the state-mandated transition to zero-emission buses; staff aim to complete the study by 2026. The district noted that electric buses and charging infrastructure represent a major capital undertaking and cited planning-level cost estimates presented at the meeting (about $450,000 per electric bus versus about $150,000 for a conventional bus).
Safety and security updates included plans to roll out a remote panic-alarm badge system for staff that communicates geolocation and is routable by building. Officials said the initial kickoff meeting is scheduled for Oct. 15 and emphasized phased testing, network and facilities work, and staff training before broader deployment; they noted law-enforcement connection options will be defined during testing and configuration.
What's next: Cabinet teams will draft department-level action steps, map budget implications for cybersecurity and bus transition work to the budget process, and return to the board with feasibility, testing and communication plans.
