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Everett Public Schools presents 22 initiatives after yearlong strategic plan refresh
Summary
District strategy lead Larry Fleenstein told the board that 10,499 stakeholders responded to a refresh process that trimmed 37 proposed initiatives to 22 across six themes; the board is expected to vote on adoption at a future meeting.
Larry Fleenstein, the district lead for strategic planning, presented a yearlong refresh of Everett Public Schools’ strategic plan at the June 9 board meeting, laying out 22 initiatives intended to guide the district’s work for the next five years.
Fleenstein told the board the planning process combined survey data, a “thought exchange,” and a series of stakeholder workshops. “In total 10,499 people responded to the survey. I was hoping for one more. We could have rounded that number, but we'll have to go with 10,499,” he said, summarizing the scale of community input. The staff identified six strategic themes that will frame the initiatives: student thriving, effective instruction, equitable access, accountability and processes, community engagement, and human capital (recruitment and retention).
The process began with an open survey and follow-up workshops with academic and operational leaders. Fleenstein said the work produced about 37 proposed initiatives that were prioritized through administrator and family-engagement advisory council feedback; senior staff then refined and reduced them to 22 that will now be finalized for board consideration. He described the effort as a 12-month exercise in data collection, stakeholder validation and feasibility review.
The initiatives include district-level emphasis on data-informed tiered interventions to address chronic absenteeism, expanded pathways for rigorous learning (including advanced coursework and career pathways), strengthened supports for multilingual learners and students with disabilities, and renewed focus on PBIS and restorative practices for behavior supports. Fleenstein said each initiative will have an assigned owner, measurable outcomes and progress-monitoring measures as part of the launch year.
Board members and student representatives praised the public engagement and the attention to implementation detail. A director noted workshops and progress-monitoring measures already developed in board workshops this year; Fleenstein said the board would be asked to formally approve the initiatives at an upcoming meeting.
Next steps: staff will finalize initiative wording, assign owners and present the package for board approval at a subsequent board meeting. The presentation and data summary will remain available on the district’s public strategic-planning materials online.
