District outlines six-goal strategic plan to guide next five years
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Summary
Superintendent Dr. Siri and co-lead Dr. Tammy Boysen presented six strategic goals to guide Papillion La Vista Community Schools for the next five years, emphasizing mental health support, academic rigor, expanded advanced offerings, consistent academic pathway planning, community engagement and staff retention; action teams will hand work to implementation teams for timelines and budgets.
Papillion La Vista Community Schools leaders presented the district's proposed five-year strategic plan framework at the Feb. 23 board meeting, detailing six goals developed from summer community advisory input, stakeholder surveys, focus groups and student interviews.
Superintendent Dr. Siri said the action teams spent the past six months turning stakeholder feedback into goals and measurable objectives that will guide implementation. "We engaged stakeholders and asked them how we can make our district stronger and more excellent for the students that we serve," Siri said.
Dr. Tammy Boysen, co-lead on the strategic plan, walked trustees through each goal and its objectives: - Mental health: "PLCS will provide students equitable access to coordinated behavioral, emotional, mental health, and social supports," with four objectives focused on strengthening multi-tiered systems of support, sustaining and broadening existing resources, using data systematically, and increasing staff capacity. - Expectation of rigor: Implement high-quality instructional practice and equitable systems to raise achievement and student ownership of learning; objectives include feedback systems and staff maximization. - Expansion of advanced opportunities: Increase access to AP courses, internships, academies and dual enrollment; five objectives outlined to expand pathways and communication with families and partners. - Academic pathway documentation: Create a consistent districtwide 6–12 system for communication and planning to help students and families with course selection and postsecondary planning. - Engagement in community: Coordinate calendars, remove barriers to participation, expand language supports and increase family and community access to school activities. - Sustaining staff: Align systems for retention, recruitment, certification pathways and targeted professional growth.
Action teams completed cost-benefit analyses that were reviewed by cabinet before objectives were finalized to avoid recommending unsupportable financial requests, Boysen said. The teams will now select implementation leaders who will produce specific action plans and timelines; some action team members are expected to serve on implementation teams to ensure continuity.
Board member questions focused on how and when specific implementation products will be reported back to the board. Siri said adoption by the board of the goals and objectives will precede implementation-team work and that periodic updates will be scheduled. The district also plans to use shorter "pulse" surveys tied to goals to establish baselines and measure progress rather than relying solely on a single end-of-year survey.
Next steps: the board will be asked to take action to adopt the goals and objectives in a future meeting; implementation teams will then create timelines, budgets and metrics for the board to review.
