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CCSD 59 superintendent previews strategic‑plan rollout, Unit 1 curriculum and summer school results
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Gallini told the CCSD 59 board the district spent the summer aligning campus action plans to a refreshed strategic plan, will deliver Unit 1 curriculum materials to teachers by July 10, and reported summer‑school enrollment near 890 with staffing plans to support interventions and special‑education IEP goals.
Dr. Gallini told the Community Consolidated School District 59 board on July 8 that district leaders spent the summer aligning administrative teams and school leaders to a refreshed strategic plan and preparing for a strong start to the 2026–27 school year. "I am confident [this year] is going to be one of our best ever," Dr. Gallini said.
He said the district is asking principals to convert the strategic plan into campus action plans focused on discrete, operational actions rather than broad goals and that leaders will submit drafts for district feedback before staff return. Dr. Gallini said administrators participated in leadership retreats this summer so that campus plans "map back to the strategic plan" and are immediately actionable on day one.
On curriculum, Dr. Gallini said unit‑one instructional materials will be in teachers' hands by close of business July 10, a deadline the administration made a priority to reduce planning burdens at the start of the year. "We will give them feedback, and we will work through the final action plan so that it is ready to launch" before staff return, he said.
The superintendent also reviewed summer‑school programming: Forest View and Holmes ran a combined Summer Leap program offering accelerated math and dual‑language options, plus band and orchestra; the two sites together enrolled "just under 900, 890 students," a slight increase year over year. He reported 57 teachers and 11 Educational Support Professionals (breakdown: 28 at Forest View, 29 at Holmes) staffed those programs, and Juliet Lowe's extended‑year program served 104 students with special‑education IEP goals.
Dr. Gallini praised principals Jill Doles (Forest View), Phil Depa (Holmes) and Leah Marvucic (Juliet Lowe) for leading the summer sites and said district teams will hold debrief meetings to improve next year's programming. He emphasized that the campus action plans are intended to be living documents shared with teachers and staff, not compliance checklists.
The board and administration said they will continue refining the strategic plan’s operational steps during upcoming principal retreats and indicated the materials, staffing and planning work aims to put classroom teachers in position to begin instruction immediately when school opens.
Ending: The district will finalize campus action plans and curriculum rollouts before the August board meeting and will return to the board with additional implementation details as the school year approaches.
