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Forest Grove superintendent lays out year-one priorities: instruction, engagement, stewardship
Summary
Superintendent Suzanne presented four draft goals aligned to the district strategic plan—instructional alignment, literacy and numeracy gains, two-way family and staff engagement, and strategic stewardship of human and financial resources—and proposed a public monitoring schedule for the board to use in evaluation.
Superintendent Suzanne presented an overview of her first-year "discovery" work and proposed goals for 2025-26 at the Forest Grove School District retreat on Aug. 13, 2025. She told the board she has established new data monitoring routines and concluded bargaining with the licensed association, and she asked the board to align monitoring and evaluation with four priorities: advanced instructional alignment; improved literacy and numeracy outcomes; strengthened two-way communication with staff, students and families; and strategic stewardship of people and finances.
Suzanne said the goals are anchored in the district's strategic plan and stressed that some results will take multiple years. "We need to focus on outcomes, not operations," she said, describing an "instructional framework" the district will introduce to orient educators and families to…
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