Committee weighs how to present strategic-priorities dashboard; members push links to student engagement work

Staff (Jen, representing Executive Director Butler) presented a draft strategic-priorities dashboard the committee plans to place on the board website. The dashboard lists initiatives, a budget field, partners engaged and a narrative update for each priority.

Representative Goule urged marking the committee's 'elevate student voice' initiative as completed while continuing engagement; he recommended linking to the SACE report and youth civic leadership summit materials so the public can see the evidence behind that status. Several members agreed that initiative status and partner engagement metrics are more useful to the public than a large 'budget spent' block, which some said distracts from outcomes.

Staff said the current artifact is a slide intended for the website; interactivity and hover-over details depend on website capacity. Director Butler has committed to producing new iterations based on committee feedback and returning to the committee with updated materials.

Committee members also identified policy areas to prioritize next year—coupling bullying with a broader discipline-policy review, addressing vaping and other substance-use responses, and assessing school-based mental-health programs. Members asked staff to prepare memos or briefs on current policy and next-step options for 2026 goals.

Next steps: staff will iterate the dashboard, include links to reports and materials, and circulate a work-plan tracker; committee members may provide additional feedback by email.