The district has convened a Community Advisory Committee of 20 diverse and representative local leaders, who meet once a month for 12 months to advise and support district leadership on the design and implementation of the strategic plan. Click to find out more about the Community Advisory Committee Members.

The Committee members are connected to the Pine Bluff community in countless ways. See our infographic to find out if there is a committee member in a group you belong to!

The Committee’s work and the planning process overall is spearheaded by PBSD leadership and facilitated by WestEd, a nonpartisan, nonprofit agency that has decades of experience partnering with school districts across the country on similar strategic planning efforts. WestEd subcontracted with Augenblick, Paliach, and Associates (APA) for resource planning and labor market analysis.

Beyond the committee members, the Pine Bluff community-at-large has multiple opportunities to provide input and feedback into the vision, priorities, goals, and action plans of the strategic plan, primarily through surveys, focus groups, and community forums. This input will be used to inform a final strategic plan which will be shared with the public.

In January 2022, over 500 community members participated in an electronic survey about what they have experienced in PBSD schools and what they hope for the future. This information was used to help shape the vision, values, and goals of the strategic plan.

In May 2022, our partners at WestEd conducted focus groups with community members to gain perspective on which strategies would work best in the context.