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Superintendent outlines Roadmap '27 progress as board reviews bond projects and equity work
Summary
Superintendent Owens presented a year-end report summarizing Roadmap '27 strategic-plan implementation, equity professional learning for all staff, completed bond and capital projects, and a tentative bargaining agreement with OSEA. Board members focused questions on implementation challenges, staff fatigue and student engagement.
Superintendent Owens delivered a year‑end report to the Centennial School District board on May 22, detailing the district’s first-year implementation of Roadmap '27, steps taken after an equity audit, and completion of several capital projects funded by the 2020 bond and other sources.
Owens said Roadmap '27 establishes four year priorities and 12 strategic priorities; the district concentrated year‑one work on culturally responsive instruction, professional learning and evidence‑based cycles of inquiry. The superintendent highlighted classroom observation tools, trimester data summits and the reinstituted district equity leadership team, which includes a board liaison (Vice Chair Pam Shields) and will include students and caregivers in coming months. Owens told the board that Centennial is using Engaging Equity (a collaboration of WestEd and the Oregon Department of Education) to lead staff professional development and said Centennial is among the first districts in the state to engage its entire workforce in equity-related training ahead of a September 2025 statewide requirement.
The report also summarized completed and ongoing capital work: tier 2 roofing at Centennial High School, lighting and HVAC improvements, a $3 million seismic project at Pleasant Valley, a $4 million high‑school athletic-complex upgrade and a $1 million cafeteria renovation at CHS. Owens noted that despite inflation and supply-chain issues, project promises were kept; some facility improvements were paid using board reserves rather than bond proceeds. The report included nearly $3.5 million of ESSER‑funded remediation and ventilation improvements, with additional classroom improvements planned this summer.
On labor relations, Owens said bargaining teams achieved a tentative agreement with OSEA in a scheduling process that concluded the day of the meeting; ratification by OSEA membership and board approval remain to be completed. Directors asked about surprises from the strategic plan process, how to balance focused strategies with a broader instructional framework, and what the board could do to support the administration amid organizational change.
Board members and school leaders described student‑voice initiatives and building-level collaboration that led to selected improvements at the high school and other sites. Several directors raised concerns about staff fatigue and sustaining long-term change; principals and cabinet members described ongoing adjustments driven by data and the need to pace implementation within a four‑year timeline.
The superintendent closed by outlining next steps, including continued focus on school-level planning for 2024–25 and further work to translate strategic priorities into classroom-level practices.
