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Asheville City Schools unveils draft strategic plan aimed at closing racial achievement gaps
Summary
Superintendent Maggie Fuhrman presented a community-developed draft strategic plan — the district's first comprehensive plan since 2015 — focused on equity, accountability, coherence and transparency, with four focus areas and quarterly KPIs; board members asked for more implementation detail and quarterly updates.
Asheville City Schools presented a draft strategic plan designed to guide district priorities over the next three to five years, Superintendent Dr. Maggie Fuhrman told the board on April 14. "Asheville has not had a strategic plan since 2015," Fuhrman said, framing the plan as a step toward repairing historical harms and improving outcomes for Black students in particular.
The draft organizes work around four focus areas — culture and climate, student outcomes, operations and finance, and staff recruitment and development — and identifies critical initiatives and measurable key performance indicators (KPIs) for each…
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