The Lindbergh Board of Education unanimously approved the district’s 2024-29 Strategic Plan at the board’s March 12 meeting. 

Prior to passing the new plan, the board presented a draft at its Feb. 13 meeting. The draft was then shared on the district’s website and via email to students, staff, parents and community members for feedback that was collected through Feb. 27.

Over the course of those two weeks, 104 responses were received from community members, particularly from parents and staff. 

“Many people who responded said there was nothing they would change, add, or improve in the strategic plan, and several respondents were complimentary of the plan in its final form. Of the suggestions for changes or improvements, many of these responses related to detailed goals or work that would actually fall under our annual Compass goals. We are taking this feedback into consideration as we work through annual Compass Goal development,” Lindbergh Chief Communications Officer Beth Johnston said. 

Due to such responses, one student priority statement was changed. Each student strategic priority statement focuses on “an uncompromising commitment to achieve specific, measurable, observable or demonstrable results that ensure student success” and begins with “Every student will…” There are also strategic priorities for the school district and community included in the strategic plan, instead beginning with “We will …” and described as “bold resolutions that dedicate the organization’s resources and human capital toward the continuous improvement of systems, partnerships and relationships to achieve extraordinary results.” In total, there are six strategic priorities for students and seven strategic priorities for the district and community in the new strategic plan. 

“The original statement said ‘Every student will have taken an assessment to demonstrate achievement and growth, and determine postsecondary readiness, with 90% of the students attending school 90% of the time.’ The second half of this statement is very specific and reads more like a Compass goal than a broad, strategic planning statement,” Johnston said.

The statement was simply shortened to “Every student will have taken an assessment to demonstrate achievement and growth, and determine postsecondary readiness” as it is “more consistent with the rest of the document.” The goal of 90% of students attending school 90% of the time will not be scrapped, however, rather it will be worked into the annual compass goals instead. 

“We appreciate the engagement and participation of so many community members who served on our Strategic Plan Steering Committee, including parents, teachers, students, community leaders and elected officials, to name a few,” Johnston said. “This plan will guide our district’s work for the next five years, and we look forward to incorporating it into our annual development of goals to ultimately support success for each Lindbergh student, now and in the future.”