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Superintendent outlines fiscal forecasting tool, literacy goals and strategic-plan timeline
Summary
Superintendent presented a new six-year general-fund forecasting tool and three district goals (fiscal fitness, K–5 literacy programs, renewing the strategic plan) and asked board members for feedback as budget and long-range facilities work proceed.
The superintendent (speaker 3) unveiled a multi-year forecasting tool developed with staff (Tom) intended to project general‑fund outcomes over five to six years and model scenarios such as PERS rate changes. "Tom has this amazing tool… it will actually predict out six years," the superintendent said, framing the tool as a way to inform long-range facilities planning and bargaining decisions.
The superintendent also listed strategic priorities: maintaining a healthy ending fund balance (the board exceeded its prior target), implementing supplemental early‑literacy curricula (pilots of STAR early literacy and UFLI/95% frameworks), and engaging Willamette ESD to lead a renewed strategic plan process with an 18‑person stakeholder team. On curriculum, the superintendent noted ODE granted a one‑year extension for adopting a required health curriculum at grades 9–12 because approved products meeting all ODE parameters were costly—"the textbooks for just health for grades 9 to 12 were, I think nearly over $100,000"—and the district will attempt a lower-cost solution or waiver. Board members praised the forecasting tool and asked to see it in small-group demonstrations ahead of budget deliberations.
