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SPECIAL REPORT: BYRAM HILLS MISSION
Goals for 2003-04 and Beyond
Following up on its annual planning retreat, the Board
discussed and brought to conclusion its goals for
the 2003-04 school year. (A
complete copy of these goals is attached.) Five-year
planning provides a context for the 2003-04 goals,
in an effort to be sure that ongoing priorities are
appropriately addressed, and that a long-range view
is held clearly in mind.
The headlines of the Board goals are:
- Primary Board Goal: Successful Management of Continuing
Enrollment Growth—Includes planning and seeking
approval for classroom and core space facilities
for five-year needs.
- Board Goal: State and Federal Policy—Efforts
to influence policy and regulation on assessment
(testing), funding, and mandate relief.
In This Issue..
| Special
Report: Byram Hills Mission |
1&2 |
|
Business Agenda |
2 |
| Coming
Attractions |
2 |
| Board
Action Summary |
3 |
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- Board/Administrative Goals: Ongoing Priorities
in Curriculum, Staffing, and Core Values– Includes
K-12 curriculum mapping, K12 mathematics evaluation,
more performance assessments, and attention to individual
learning needs; three themes in core values and
character education (service and kindness, sportsmanship,
anti-bullying and pro-social skills); staff recruitment
and retention.
Some of these goals show continuity with last year's
efforts; others are new. The Board noted continuity
in its goal on enrollment growth, even while moving
from last year's attention to athletics and physical
education facilities to this year's focus on classroom
and core space. New on the list was the Board goal
on State and Federal policy, prompted by a perceived
need for more advocacy for fair and balanced testing,
for equitable funding, and for reductions in unnecessary
mandates.
The Board/Administrative Goals also build on last
year's work. The K-12 curriculum goal should bring
the completion of K12 curriculum mapping. The core
values and character education goal draws three themes
from last year's surveys and discussions, and asks
the whole community to support these themes. The staff
recruitment and retention goal emphasizes the need
for more recruitment outreach in a competitive market,
not least of all to
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