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Shaping 4J's Future: Strategic Planning Process
The Eugene School District is undertaking a strategic planning process
called Shaping 4J's Future. This process focuses on several unanswered
questions about how and where the district will provide instructional
programs to best serve our students, in light of declining enrollment
and changing student demographics and needs. Our choices will guide
school size and grade configuration, location of schools and programs,
and related decisions over the next 5-7 years.
Shaping 4J's Future will build upon ongoing instructional planning and
previous district plans. Our instructional goals and guiding principles
continue to be:
- increasing achievement for all students,
- closing the achievement gap, and
- providing equal opportunities for all students to succeed.
For more information, contact the Communications Office at (541) 687-3309.
Planning process (Aug. 2006 - Feb. 2008)
Identify trends and issues
Phase 1
August 2006 - February 2007
Product: Trends and Issues Report
School Board: Review report & provide direction for Phase 2.
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Activities
Gather Data
Enrollment trends, school building capacity, staff turnover, etc.
Analyze Instructional Issues
- Best practice research
- Focus groups: Staff identify options & priorities for addressing a specific issue
Collect Feedback on Draft Report
Publish draft report & collect feedback via the 4J website
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Develop possibilities for the future
Phase 2
February - June 2007
Describe different alternatives for the district's future that respond to the issues that emerged in Phase 1.
Product: Report Describing Future Possibilities
School Board: Review report & provide direction for Phase 3
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Activities
Develop Alternatives
Integrate instructional options & priorities that emerged in Phase 1 into alternative directions for the future
Analyze Feasibility of Future Alternatives
Assess costs, impacts & feasibility of the alternatives
Collect Feedback on Draft Report
Publish draft report & collect feedback via the 4J web site
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Assess community preferences for future possibilities
Phase 3
Fall 2007
Present the possibilities to our community & get input on community preferences.
Product: Report to School Board
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Activities
Public involvement
Activities will be planned in summer 2007, with direction from the School Board
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Adopt school board action
Spring 2008
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Present superintendent recommendations
February 2008
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Planning in 4J
Shaping Eugene's Future will build upon ongoing instructional planning and previous district plans.
Board instructional goals
- Increase achievement for all students
- Close the achievement gap
- Provide equal opportunities for all students to succeed
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Ongoing instructional planning
District instructional initiatives, including:
- literacy & math
- data-driven decision-making
- improved testing environments
- cultural competence
- integration of regular & special education
- high school program configuration
Curriculum planning &
integration
504 services to students with disabilities
TAG services
Library/media center services
Physical education & nutrition education
Arts
School improvement plans & other initiatives within each school
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Previous district plans
- Schools of the Future 2000
- School Closure & Consolidation 2001
- Strategic Facilities Long-Range Plan 2002
- Access & Options 2004
Many of the recommendations from these plans have already been
implemented. Some recommendations are still to be addressed during
Shaping 4J's Future including:
- placement of special education programs
- location of alternative elementary schools that are now co-located with neighborhood schools
- potential boundary changes
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Shaping 4J's future
- Special Education: What is the right model for special education in 4J? What are the implications?
- Title 1: What is the right model for Title 1 in 4J? What are the implications?
- English Language Learners: What is the right model for ELL in 4J? What are the implications?
- Pre-Kindergarten
and Full Day Kindergartens: Are 4J elementary schools going to house
and support full day kindergartens and/or pre-kindergarten programs?
What are the implications?
- High School Sizes: What
size high schools, including alternative schools, is the district
willing to accommodate? What are the implications?
- Elementary
and Middle School Size: What size elementary and middle schools,
including alternative schools, is the district willing to accommodate?
What are the implications?
- Technology: How will
technology support district operations and instruction (regular
instruction and such programs as special education and ELL)? What are
the implications?
- Grade Configurations: Should 4J
consider implementing alternative grade configurations (e.g., K-8 or
primary schools), and, if so, which ones? What are the implications?
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Last updated on June 18, 2008 - 04:56
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