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Skokie SD 68 updates board on strategic‑plan development with Studer Education; measurable goals due in March
Summary
Superintendent Brenz briefed the board on a multi‑year strategic plan developed with Studer Education, identifying five goal areas and early survey results (78% support for curriculum design focus); the plan will return to the board in May for approval after committee goal‑setting in March.
Superintendent Brenz told the board the district has partnered with Studer Education on a multi‑year strategic plan designed to translate community feedback into measurable goals.
Brenz summarized five goal areas — cultural responsiveness, equity and inclusion; social‑emotional learning and the whole child; teaching and learning; facilities and safety; and community engagement — and said Studer will remain engaged through implementation, not just planning. He described several pieces of data gathered so far: an equity audit that visited roughly 72 classrooms, conducted 103 interviews, reviewed about 150 documents and received about 250 survey responses from parents, teachers and administrators.
"Seventy‑eight percent of the survey respondents felt [a focus on curriculum design] would be a good use of our attention," Brenz said, and he noted similarly high support (77–78%) for leader training and an equity‑centered vision. The superintendent said the district will finalize measurable goals at the March strategic‑plan committee meeting and return a draft to the community and the board for approval in May.
Board members and committee participants emphasized the need to boost outreach — noting low focus‑group turnout — and suggested multiple modalities for gathering input (digital, print, in‑person) to reach families across 70 languages represented in the district.
