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Superintendent Irish urges board to adopt living annual operating plan tying 5-year goals to yearly KPIs
Summary
Superintendent Irish asked the Northshore School District board to adopt an annual operating plan that translates the district's five-year strategic plan into a single year of cabinet-led actions and measurable KPIs, and asked the board to consider 2–3 system-focused learning goals for its own work. Directors pressed for timing, clarity and ways to make reports usable for families.
Superintendent Irish told the Northshore School District Board of Directors on Monday that the district will develop an annual operating plan (AOP) to translate its five-year strategic plan into one year of cabinet-led, measurable actions.
"We're gonna develop just a foundational understanding of how the district's annual operating plan translates the strategic plan into actionable priorities across the departments of the schools," Irish said, framing the AOP as a bridge between long-term goals and school- and department-level action plans.
Irish described the AOP as an inward-facing, one-year playbook the cabinet will use to coordinate interdependent actions tied to key performance indicators (KPIs). She said the KPIs are the annual, formative…
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