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Rochester superintendent unveils RPS 2030 outline; board presses for milestones, costs and equity measures
Summary
Superintendent Kent Pel presented a detailed RPS 2030 strategic-plan outline emphasizing six systems (MTSS, advising, family engagement, skip system, PLCs, professional growth) and multiple change projects (instructional framework, math expansion, career pathways, tutoring, transitions, well-being, operations, AI), and told the board implementation plans and cost analyses will follow this summer.
Superintendent Kent Pel presented an outline of a proposed RPS 2030 strategic plan on May 5, proposing four guiding principles (coherence, outcomes focus, research-based practice and execution) and two linked work streams: six continuous systems to build in every school and a set of discrete change projects to be phased and funded.
What was proposed: The six systems are a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), a student-advising system, parent/caregiver engagement, an upgraded skip (school-improvement) process, professional learning communities (PLCs), and a professional growth and evaluation system. Change projects would include adopting an instructional framework (the Danielson model), expanding MTSS to math, developing career pathways, reviewing and adopting curriculum (math and social studies priorities named), scaling high-dosage tutoring, strengthening transitions between levels, and a new emphasis on student well-being and learning environments. Pel also proposed an AI strategy placeholder and a donor-advised fund to support learning beyond the school day.
Board response and next steps: Board members broadly supported the framework but pressed for clarity about affordability, staging and accountability. Directors asked the administration to present by September a tighter set of implementation milestones, named owners for each project, and realistic cost and staffing estimates; Superintendent Pel said some items will be de-prioritized if funding cannot be found and that the administration will return this summer with implementation plans and fall drafts for board review, aiming for a final vote in October 2026.
Why it matters: The outline aims to align curriculum, staffing, and school improvement work across the district and to make evidence-based practices (including MTSS and an instructional framework) the baseline for every school. Several board members asked for explicit equity measures embedded in each priority and for regular checkpoints the board can use to track progress.
Where it goes from here: The board will consider approving the development of implementation plans at an upcoming meeting; staff will map timing, owners and resource needs over the summer and return to the board with a draft strategic plan in September.
