2024 - 2027
A safe, supportive, and inspiring learning community where our students grow to be creative and independent thinkers, compassionate and kind individuals, responsible and empowered citizens, and curious life-long learners
To ensure a vibrant, inclusive, and respectful educational community in which we:
Foster a safe, nurturing, and welcoming environment
Provide all students with equitable opportunities for deep and meaningful learning through multiple pathways
Empower all students to develop and apply their unique strengths, passions, and curiosities
Partner with our community to meet our goals while optimizing the effective and efficient use of our resources
Collaboration
Integrity
Empathy
Perseverance
Inclusivity
Responsibility
Objective I
Deeper Learning
IA - Evaluate, select, and implement high-quality, standards-based curriculum
IB - Develop a district-wide focus on critical thinking and deeper learning, providing the necessary professional development for administration and district staff, tailored to grade levels and subject areas
IC - Expand student access to relevant, authentic, real-world learning opportunities
Objective II
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
IIA - Develop structures for tiered systems of support across grade levels
IIB - Develop data infrastructure and training for professionals to better identify student needs to inform instruction and interventions
IIC - Adjust school schedules to accommodate teacher preparation periods, common planning time, and resources for tiered systems of support
Objective III
District-Wide Systems & Structures
IIIA - Standardize effective communication with students, parents, and greater community
IIIB - Enhance budget development process and improve fiscal and facilities management
IIIC - Establish consistent expectations and practices around educator evaluation to ensure all staff receive constructive and actionable feedback
IIID - Focus human resource efforts to broaded and deepen recruitment, advancement, and professional growth of staff, faculty, and administrators
Objective IV
Culture, Belonging, and Wellness
IVA - Establish a culture that prioritizes social emotional learning as a shared responsibility where each stakeholder understands their role in cultivating the development of these skills in students.
IVB - Create classroom environments where educators adopt and promote best practices where all students have equitable opportunities to participate in programming which promotes and improves student experiences and increases learning.
IVC - Through the use of culturally-competent educational practices and the promotion of student voice, build safe and healthy school communities that foster success
IVD - Administrators and faculty receive training in and implement strategies to prevent and respond to bias incidents in schools
IVE - Development of District-Wide Health and Wellness Frameworks and Implementation
Thank you to all who helped the district develop the 2024-2027 Strategic Plan!
Carolyn Beaumier - Teacher
Jana Brennan - School Committee Member
Joan DeAngelis - Central Office Administrator
Melissa Dervishian - Counselor
Max Eisl - Parent
Erik Githmark - Principal
Kumara Govardhan - School Committee Member
Maleah Gustafson - School Committee Member
Sherrie Haber - School Committee Member
Laura Kirshenbaum - School Committee Member
Tara Koziak - Assistant Principal
Jon Krol - Central Office Administrator
Jennifer Lee - Teacher
Linda Long-Bellil - School Committee Member
Emily Loughlin - Teacher
Elizabeth Marble - Parent
Amy McGeary - Nurse Leader
Fatou Njie-Jallow - Parent
Sajesh Padmanabhan - Parent
Mike Pratt - Principal
Jim Reilly - Central Office Administrator
Lauren Salmon-Garrett - School Committee Member
Linda Sasso - Teacher
Barry Sclar - Central Office Administrator
Erin Stelmach - Teacher
Ace Thompson - Principal
Joy Wilde - Principal