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Davis Unified outlines strategic plan progress, workforce‑housing feasibility with Rivercrest and UCLA CityLab
Summary
Superintendent Best reported the district is midway through its 2023–2028 strategic plan, highlighted four student goals and four supporting pillars, and said a workforce‑housing feasibility study with Rivercrest and UCLA CityLab is underway with public materials expected early next year.
The Davis Unified School District told the joint City–District 2x2 on Nov. 19 that it is roughly halfway through its 2023–2028 strategic plan and that a workforce‑housing feasibility study is underway with external partners.
"We're about halfway through this strategic plan, between 2023 and 2028," the district representative said, outlining four student goals — student well‑being and belonging; equitable access and opportunity; student engagement and continuous academic growth; and preparing confident graduates — and four supporting pillars including culturally responsive teaching, partnerships and systemic supports.
On workforce housing, the district said it is in a feasibility phase and has partnered with the firm now called Rivercrest (formerly Brookwood Partners) and UCLA's CityLab to test financial models and funding approaches. The district expects public materials and outreach on the feasibility results "around the first of the year and a little later." Trustees and staff also described ongoing outreach about declining enrollment: three community meetings drew about 300 in person and roughly 100 virtual participants, with staff compiling feedback and planning another round of outreach in spring; trustees said a board decision on boundary/closure options is expected in 2027.
The district framed the longer outreach window (18–24 months) as intentional, saying the extra time reduces the risk of abrupt school closures that can leave families scrambling over the summer.
Next steps: the district will deliver a mid‑year report to the board next month, continue outreach and return revised concepts for further public review in spring.
