Long View School District unveils 2026–2033 strategic plan built around student voice

Dr. Tammy Campbell, the consultant who led Long View School District’s strategic planning process, presented the district’s new strategic plan on May 11, saying it will guide district work from 2026 through 2033.

The plan centers students and sets four goal areas — safe, connected and thriving schools; foundational excellence for elementary grades; academic momentum in middle school; and college- and career-ready high schools — alongside four district foundations for implementation such as high-quality teaching and learning and family and community engagement. Campbell said the plan was co-constructed with a broad “core planning” team of staff, families and students and emphasized practices that district and school leaders can use to monitor progress.

“Every student, every day — learning today, leading tomorrow,” Campbell said, noting that the promise statement was chosen by a community vote that the presentation counted as 2,659 participants. She told the board the plan will narrow school goals so buildings focus on two priorities each (a common schoolwide goal and a grade-band academic goal), enabling cross-school collaboration and clearer district supports.

Board members and plan leads described deep participation: Campbell said roughly 60–70 community members and dozens of students participated in core planning, while goal-area teams ranged from about 15 to 105 participants depending on the phase. Two students who helped shape the plan said the process made them feel “important” and part of decisions that affect their school experience.

Board members asked for and were urged to adopt a calendar of regular updates tied to the plan’s goal areas. Campbell recommended quarterly reporting that rotates which goal area is highlighted so the board receives updates and monitoring evidence throughout the year. The board’s governance role will focus on progress monitoring and celebrating successes, she said.

The district will publish a public-facing glossy summary of the plan and an internal version for staff that details implementation practices and expected monitoring cycles. The board did not take a vote on formal adoption during the presentation; the consultant and district leaders said rollout, monitoring schedules, and an internal implementation guide will follow.

The presentation also emphasized the district’s intent to use student surveys and implementation evidence to measure progress and to phase practices over the first two years rather than launch all changes simultaneously. Officials said the strategic plan aims to sustain coherent work even as individual school leaders change.

The board’s next steps include receiving the finalized internal implementation document, scheduling periodic progress reports tied to specific goal areas, and public communication of the glossy summary that will be released to families and the community.