During our opening staff workshop days in 2024, we launched our strategic plan. This was the result of a two year process to ensure that voices from across our four communities helped identify our core values and themes. We engaged in a number of virtual listening sessions with each stakeholder group - high school students, staff, families/guardians, and community members. Each session had a trained facilitator and the recorded results are discussed in the listening report. From the report, a draft plan was devised and shared back with all of the interested participants for feedback and then revision. A second draft was then developed and the members of the school board reviewed it, provided critical feedback, and a final draft was written. The school board approved the strategic plan in September of 2024. 

A wide variety of individuals participated in the facilitated conversations that helped us uncover our shared interests and hopes for the future. The steering committee chose four participant groups to ensure that focus group data came from a balanced set of perspectives in terms of role in the district community: students, educators, parents, and community members. In all we had 26 focus groups with over 130 participants.

There were between six and seven focus groups per participant group and between four and seven individuals in each focus group. Focus groups met during the day and in the evening, in person at schools, the central office, the Boys & Girls Club, and on Zoom to ensure ease of participation for different groups.

The report is a result of the listening sessions, drawing together themes and recommendations while also illusrating any significant differences across stakeholder groups. This report was the centerpiece of the strategic planning process.