The Racine Unified School District governance committee on Tuesday outlined a short outreach campaign to gather community input on its district “results” policies, choosing targeted meetings with existing advisory and affinity groups rather than broad public forums.

The committee’s chair asked Stacy Tapp to lead the effort and said Dr. Steech recommended working “with groups that already have an established connection with the district” — examples offered included academy steering committees, RAYMAC, PTAs and parent ambassadors. The chair emphasized that the process will be board‑led, not district‑led, and that the board will ask members to attend sessions as representatives.

Board members debated which groups to prioritize. Several members urged that feedback should come from people who work with graduates — local businesses, colleges and recent graduates — while others recommended parent ambassadors and PTAs for broad family representation. Missus Barbian argued the goal is to secure community “buy in” by soliciting meaningful review from people who have invested time with the district.

Stacy Tapp described a short, readable handout and suggested tailoring meeting formats to the time groups can give. She recommended focused, facilitated conversations or preworked online summaries rather than unstructured public comment, noting that unfocused forums can devolve into airing grievances and produce feedback that is difficult to use.

The committee agreed on a preliminary list of targeted contacts: the academies of Racine steering committee, superintendent advisory council, student advisory council, parent ambassadors, and one consolidated community meeting that could invite groups such as the NAACP, Phi Delta Kappa and the Racine Interfaith Coalition. The board also discussed a legislative breakfast to solicit feedback from area legislators and their staff.

On timing, the chair said the goal is to complete community feedback and return findings by mid‑March, allowing staff time to convert themes into indicators and interpretations for subsequent board consideration. “We’re gonna shoot to have all of these done and the feedback back by mid March,” the chair said.

The committee did not vote on policy changes tonight; staff will fix drafting errors (including duplicate indicator numbering and dated referendum references) and return the revised materials for inclusion on the consent agenda at the business meeting, if the board concurs.

Next steps: staff will schedule the nominated outreach sessions, circulate draft questions to board members for edits, and send dates to board members so they can commit to attending sessions where possible.