Davis School District outlines strategic-plan timeline, seeks additional community feedback
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Superintendent Linford presented a strategic-plan timeline the board will workshop and refine, saying the plan should be the district’s 'North Star' and reporting outreach that included community councils and student leaders; the board will continue iterative writing and focused feedback before final vote expected in May.
Superintendent Thomas Linford told the Davis School District Board of Education that the district’s strategic-plan process will move into a series of writing-group workshops and focused feedback rounds before a final board approval targeted for early May.
Linford framed the plan as the district’s guiding document, saying, "I know that it's the North Star of DSD," and described a multi-step timeline that includes board writing groups, a double workshop on March 3 for writing-group reports, subsequent revisions, and a focused-feedback period in April before a final board action planned around May 5.
Linford said the outreach so far included hundreds of participants: "community council members, 420," and "student leaders, a 177," and he said parent and community turnout at the engagement night produced additional feedback the district will process; he noted some of the parent/community counts were read from slides and were not entirely clear in the transcript. He asked the board to expect writing-group assignments and staff support for drafting.
Board members asked clarifying questions about which external groups will serve as test audiences for final feedback; Linford said the district plans to seek input from established partners including PTA, teachers’ groups, school community councils and the Belonging Council, and that the board could revise the list of reviewers. President Gerard emphasized quality over speed, saying the board will move as quickly as feasible while prioritizing a high-quality product.
Next steps the superintendent outlined include two weeks of writing, a reporting workshop, two additional weeks for revisions, and a study-session final drafting with the intent to solicit focused feedback in April and bring a final product to the board in early May. The board did not take formal action on the plan at this meeting.