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Board advances district strategic plan and school renewal plans to state after trustee vote
Summary
Trustees voted to advance the district strategic plan and school renewal plans update 3 (2023–2028 cycle) for submission to the South Carolina Department of Education; the motion was made by Trustee Grabowski and seconded by Dr. Temple and the board approved the action at the April 13 meeting.
The Charleston County School District board on April 13 voted to advance the district strategic plan and school renewal plans update 3 for submission to the South Carolina Department of Education.
Staff presented the update, noting the plans are required by the state and must be submitted by April 30. After discussion about report detail, public access to school plans and templates, Trustee Grabowski moved to advance the package; the motion was seconded by Dr. Temple. The chair called the vote and the motion passed.
Staff explained the district is transitioning schools into a single dynamic "One Plan" platform that allows schools to generate multiple reports (90-day plans, SRP reports, WSF linkages) and to publish updated, shareable links rather than static PDFs. Staff also said the state portal has had technical limitations this cycle, so some school-based signature pages were collected in hard copy and will be appended to the final PDFs before submission.
The action prepares the plans for state review; staff said they anticipate state-level approval this summer and that schools will continue implementation and monitoring while the state completes its review. The vote to advance was procedural and directed staff to finalize submission materials with the superintendent’s and board chair’s signatures.
