Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Strategic Plan topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Consultant previews Riverside Local draft strategic plan; board presses for simpler goals and measurable targets
Summary
Consultant Dorene Osman presented community engagement findings and a draft set of goals and objectives to the Riverside Local Board of Education; trustees praised the outreach but urged clearer, measurable KPIs and a shorter set of priority actions before final approval.
Dorene Osman of the Impact Group presented the Riverside Local Board of Education with the results of months of community engagement and a draft strategic plan at the board’s June work session. Osman said the outreach included 23 focus groups, five one-on-one interviews with municipal leaders, and more than 600 survey responses, and that those responses guided the plan’s priorities.
“The engagement process included students, staff, parents and community members — and it shows,” Osman said. She summarized headline findings: community confidence in the district’s direction (about 61% of parent respondents said the district is headed the right way), top concerns about aging facilities and state funding, and strong interest in student well‑being, personalized learning and extracurricular opportunities.
Board members broadly welcomed the themes but pressed for a shorter, clearer plan that includes measurable baselines and year‑one priorities. Trustees said the draft reads as a dense work plan rather than an actionable five‑year strategy and asked administrators to convert objectives into specific key performance indicators (KPIs) and an implementation timeline. Dr. Thompson and other administrators explained that the board approves goals and objectives while the administrative team develops baselines, recommended actions and monitoring tools for later reporting.
Osman asked trustees for written feedback by July 10 so staff and the consultant team can refine the goals before the board’s next review. The presentation concluded with a reminder that the work session was for feedback only — there were no votes that night on the plan itself.
Next steps: administrators will map each objective to baselines and action steps, and return the refined draft for further board review. The board set a feedback deadline of July 10 and signaled a preference for a shorter one‑page high‑level statement with supporting detail available for administrators to use in their implementation work.
