Yamhill Carlton board reviews 2024 2028 strategic plan to shape annual board goals

The Yamhill Carlton SD 1 board began the meeting by pulling up the district strategic plan and monitoring tools so the board could align annual goals with the five-year plan. Chair (S1) opened the discussion, saying the board should "review the district goals and our district monitoring tools" before finalizing board goals.

Staff member (S2) summarized the strategic-plan structure and performance targets across four areas: social-emotional learning (SEL), climate and culture, student performance (including 3rd-grade reading and 8th-grade math), and facilities and safety. S2 said the district has completed many training and assessment artifacts but noted some data-reporting gaps: "Oregon Data Suite wasn't able to produce the report... they were able to produce the data. It just wasn't very usable in the format they got it." The board discussed whether district goals should simply mirror the strategic-plan goals or be narrower, measurable priorities for the year.

Board members agreed on a narrower approach to keep annual goals actionable. Committee member (S3) said the board could "focus on certain things each year so that they're not focusing on it all," while several trustees urged that any board goal selected must be measurable and linked to a monitoring template. S2 agreed to work with Oregon Data Suite and district staff to prepare a template so principals can present quarterly, comprehensive progress-monitoring reports.

The meeting concluded on this item with consensus that the strategic plan will guide board priorities and that the board will adopt a small set of measurable board goals for the coming year, with specific quarterly reporting requirements for building principals.