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Board reviews communications plan and schedules public "State of the District" presentation
Summary
Board discussed a draft communications plan focused on transparency (board recaps, quarterly community letter, dashboard) and set a public State of the District event for late April with a plan to finalize presentations in early April.
Cassidy presented a draft board communications plan that would formalize a monthly board meeting recap, a quarterly community letter (with a Courier guest column), an updated board dashboard on the district website, and a fall/spring State of the District presentation. She described guiding principles — transparency, community‑centered engagement, and speaking as a board body — and proposed metrics for measuring effectiveness (open rates, attendance, sentiment).
Board members discussed distribution channels (email to district families, Courier guest column, social media), authorship rotation for the quarterly letter, and the timing of the first guest column (March 25 deadline for the Courier). They agreed the State of the District should present mission/strategic priorities, points of pride, current enrollment/budget context and offer community Q&A or an exchange format; staff will draft slides and coordinate presenters.
Dates were debated: the board initially considered April 23 but shifted discussion toward April 28 (or April 30) to ensure sufficient preparation and to align with financial audit timing. The board set target deadlines for draft presentations (rough drafts by April 10) and agreed to finalize the event logistics and slide deck at upcoming meetings.
Next steps: communications staff will prepare draft materials for board review, schedule the State of the District for late April, and circulate the quarterly letter and Courier guest column copy to the board for approval.
