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Superintendent Whitney presents strategic-plan 'tune up' to align goals, measures and operations
Summary
Superintendent Whitney presented a revised strategic-plan framework to align Pasco’s existing 'outrageous outcomes' with a research-based public-education framework; trustees discussed turning building-block language into measurable evaluation goals and requested continued refinement and staff alignment before a June approval.
Superintendent Whitney told the Pasco School Board at the retreat that the district is aligning its existing five 'outrageous outcomes' with a research-based framework (AASA’s Public School Promise) and adding a Pasco-specific building block for 'student-ready operations' that brings operational departments into the strategic-plan measures. 'This is me at PSD focused, aligned, and unstoppable is kind of the catchphrase that we've been using,' Whitney said, describing the organizing aim for the plan.
Whitney said the update will preserve the five aspirational outcomes while adding 'building block' principles (prioritizing student learning, new basics/CTE, attracting and retaining staff, family and community engagement, and student-ready operations) and pairing each principle with measurable key actions and benchmarks. She reported that staff have already done alignment work with outside audits (an AIR review of MTSS) and a 2023–24 listening tour and that leadership council and the employee advisory council will vet drafts before a June board approval.
Board members and consultant Alsbury discussed how to phrase 'key actions' to make them usable as evaluation targets. Alsbury recommended teasing the descriptive building-block text into a set of concrete, measurable goals for evaluation and warned against treating actions (for example, 'implement PLCs') as goals in themselves. Directors stressed that the board should choose a limited set of evaluation targets rather than an expansive checklist so the evaluation remains meaningful and manageable.
Whitney said staff will integrate benchmarks and link measures to existing assessments (IRLA, STAR, etc.) and operational metrics (transportation on-time pickups, nutrition service standards, fund-balance benchmarks). She said the district will present a draft alignment for board approval in June, with implementation and feedback continuing into the following year.
Board discussion closed with agreement to provide feedback to staff and the consultant and to plan a July debrief of the full evaluation cycle.
