Superintendent Maggie opened her report by saying the board set two goals for the year: strengthening leadership development across principals and cabinet and fostering a culture of transparency. She described a principal book study and leadership training, and said the district is using a gap analysis and a targeted-universal framework to identify priority initiatives and equity gaps.

Maggie outlined the strategic-plan timeline: the board is in Phase 3 (core values and mission work completed), teams are in Phase 4 building action plans and objectives, and the district aims to bring a draft strategic plan to the board for review in April with potential action in May or June. She said the district is mapping existing initiatives to identify high-impact work and to streamline efforts that are low impact and costly to implement.

Maggie also said staff are enhancing stakeholder engagement (educator advisories, PTO visits, neighborhood meetings) and will schedule outreach to collect student input on a draft vision statement. She reiterated the district27s marketing theme: "You can get it all in Asheville City Schools."