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Board adopts revised strategic vision after staff-led 'world café' workshop
Summary
After a staff-led world-café exercise to generate concise talking points for five strategic 'big rocks,' the Manitowoc School District board adopted a revised strategic vision and asked staff to compile and share the synthesized results with stakeholders.
The Manitowoc School District board adopted a revised strategic vision after a participatory workshop led by staff member Stacy.
Stacy guided board members through a world-café format: participants rotated among five poster stations tied to the district's strategic 'big rocks,' reviewed prior draft language, added or starred talking points, and produced two to three elevator-speech bullet points per station. "If I had to sum this up in an elevator ride, what would be the big picture statements I would share about what we're doing in Manitowoc?" Stacy asked participants as they wrote talking points.
Staff said they would compile the assembled notes into a single document and circulate a cleaned-up version to stakeholders so the district can use concise, consistent messaging rather than asking people to read a long strategic plan. The superintendent and several board members praised the exercise as helpful and said it will aid communication with families and the community.
The board then moved to adopt the revised strategic vision. After the workshop and brief consideration, the board voted to approve the revised document.
Next steps: staff will synthesize the workshop output into a shareable summary and distribute it to stakeholders along with plans for a district-wide logo refresh that included a community survey of more than 750 participants.
