The plan was developed in partnership with staff, families, and students to ensure that many voices were represented. This began with in-depth interviews and a capacity review in April of 2022 where we gathered input from staff, community members, families and students across the district to better understand their priorities. As part of this work, we also reviewed available documents, data, and conducted a self-assessment with the district’s cabinet members.

Then, we established a Strategy Advisory Group that included district staff, union representatives, school leaders, community members and students to work on identifying a set of priority goals for the coming years.

Once goals were identified, district leaders were appointed as the “goal leads” and charged with leading a team to identify metrics and targets, as well as strategies for achieving our goals. These teams incorporated the feedback and ideas from several participant groups in the development of their strategies.