Last January, the school board decided that it was time to evaluate our board goals again. The board put aside the current goals and worked within the community to define the essence of learning and examine the most important aspects of education. We brought together a prominent group of stakeholders, including community members, parents, students, teachers, district administrators, and more. Together, we created an authentic, natural process to wrestle with these essential questions.

The process itself was phenomenal. To see all parts of the community come together to capture what encapsulates education was inspiring.

The result was even more exciting.

We created three visionary, overarching goals to help us move the entire district forward as a whole...