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District 64 board adopts four‑year strategic plan emphasizing student growth and facilities
Summary
The Park Ridge‑Niles School District 64 board approved a four‑year strategic plan that sets a mission, vision, values and five goal areas—student learning, student culture/behavior, educator excellence, resource allocation/maintenance and community engagement—and plans public scorecards and progress monitoring.
The Park Ridge‑Niles School District 64 Board of Education voted May 21 to adopt a four‑year strategic plan that sets mission, vision and values and outlines strategic priorities across five goal areas.
Superintendent Ben Collins presented the plan as a draft of the district’s priorities and said the district would work on an execution plan over the summer with an intended public launch when staff and students return in the fall. The plan’s mission statement—"Together we learn, grow, connect and care"—accompanies a vision that aims to empower students to discover their voice, reach their full potential and make a positive impact.
Collins said the plan identifies student‑learning priorities (a rigorous curriculum and an instructional framework), a districtwide MTSS tiered support system, a portrait of a learner and specialized programs for students with disabilities. For student culture and behavior the plan emphasizes CHAMPS expectations, a continuum for escalated behaviors, and a new model‑classroom framework. On educator excellence it sets priorities for a portrait of an educator, onboarding and training, and mentoring for non‑tenured certified staff. Resource allocation emphasizes a long‑term facilities plan, routine maintenance and fund‑balance targets; Collins noted Cook County tax timing affects fund‑balance forecasting.
Board members asked for clearer acronym definitions and some wording adjustments for public materials. A motion to approve the four‑year strategic plan passed by roll call. Collins said the district will develop scorecards for public progress monitoring, continue community engagement sessions and present an execution plan in August or the fall for board review.
The board also discussed aligning the strategic plan cycle with board election cycles and noted that some districts treat the plan as a continuous multi‑year framework with periodic refreshes rather than a one‑time fixed document.
