Strategic Plan - Community Mailer

Strategic Plan—2015 through 2018:
Targeting Excellence
Superintendent’s Message — February 2015
Thank you to the more than 100 individuals who participated in one or more of our district strategic planning
sessions during the opening months of the 2014-15 school year. After four community-wide evenings
of conversation, further work by a subset of individuals who acted as a steering committee, and then final edits
by the members of our Board of Education, a new strategic plan for the district was formally approved by the
board at their December 17, 2014, meeting.
This new strategic plan is entitled Targeting Excellence. The plan goes into effect immediately and will be used
to guide our decisions and actions over the course of the next three school years. The details of the plan are
included inside this document.
We look forward to this plan propelling our district to greater heights and advancing our position as a Leader in
Personalizing Education. See the back page of this document for a new way to be involved in the ongoing
development and the oversight of the work associated with realizing the details of this strategic plan. Consider
becoming a member of one of the Implementation teams.
Sincerely,
Joseph Jones, III
The Board of Education extends thanks to the many who helped to create this new strategic plan.
Steven R. Abbott*
Acquanetta Allen*
Andrew Bender
Kate Bourquin
Thomas Braddock
Gwen Brown
Josalyn Burt
Cynthia Cammarota
Anita Campbell
Sara Campbell
Julie Capodanno*
Melissa Catando*
Anthony Chiesa
Amber Clark
Dan Clark
Rick Clark
Donna Cohen
Barbara Collins
Ben Cotton
Carol Cotton
Charles Cotton
Nate Cotton
Fatimah Daley
Bonnie Dann
Kathleen Dianora-Duffy
Pamela Duckworth*
Olga El
Naifa Elcholi
Janice Esters
Anne Evans
Linda Ferkle
Gina Friedman
Vicki Fulgham
Maria Gassner
Catherine George-Kaiser
Jennifer Gilman
Mary Ellen Gould
Ellen Grimes
Frank Gwalthney
Sincere Hargrove
Anjelai Hayes*
Kiara Hicks*
Diane Hill*
Eric B. Hill
Rick Hock
Sheri Hock
Stacy Hoffman*
Janiyah Holloway
Araiah Holmes
Camille Introcaso
Samar Isawa
Somer Isawa
Nora Iwanaga*
Joe Jarrett
Lynn Jennings Dennen
Brianna Johnston
Jahlil Jones
Joseph Jones*
Eder Joseph*
Morgan Kersey
Albert Kilpatrick
Susan Kudless
Maria Lario
Jennifer Lawson
Kathleen Madison-Shute
Anthony Mangeri
Kathy Mangeri*
Leticia Marks
John Martin
Madeleine Maule
Dora Maule
Debra McDermott
Shannon McGovern
Liz Mcilvaine
Nicole McKenna
Madeline Mills
Stephanie Mistichelli
Mary Moody
Dontae Moore
Mary Ellen Moore
Edward Murphy*
Vincent Myers
Cynthia Norton
Thomas (TJ) Overpeck
Tracey Parker
Chrissy Pierce*
Alicia Ramirez
Tobey Realley
Latrisha Robinson
Patricia Robinson
Selena Rodriguez
Jackie Rosario
Jennah Ruff
Nancy Runzer
Abigail Saeger*
Jonathan Schollenberger
Dawn Seigel
Mark Seigel
Michael Sennett*
Grant Shivers
Keara Shute*
Robyn Sole
Kathryn Stalter-Allen
Beth Stanek*
Amy Swanson
Chaele Swanson
Heather Tierney
John Travis*
Peggy Ulmer*
Jason Vivadelli*
Earl Watkins
Nee'Asia Watkins
Eliza White
Monique Wilson
*Steering Committee Member
What's Next?
Implementation Teams. We will be seeking individuals to join Implementation Teams. This is a new component of our strategic
planning process. There will be an Implementation Team for each of the five “strands” of the new plan:
Strand I:
Strand II:
Strand III:
Strand IV:
Strand V:
Student Success
English as a Second Language & Community
Careers
Technology
Public Relations & Finance
It is expected that these groups may meet as frequently as monthly, and the suggested start time for the meetings will be
3:30 p.m. Individual teams may alter the frequency and time of the meetings if there is agreement among all team members.
Please let the secretary to the superintendent, Stacy Hoffman (shoffman@woodburysch.com), know if you are interested
in joining one of the teams. Identify the team that you are interested in joining – or indicate that you do not have a preference.
We expect the Implementation Teams to begin their work in late February. More information will be provided, when available,
to those who express an interest. Please let us know by Friday, February 20, if you would like to participate.
Woodbury City Board of Education
Kathy Mangeri—President
Steven R. Abbott—Vice President
Anthony Chiesa
Joseph Coldren
Eric Hill
Elizabeth Mcilvaine
William J. Toole, III
Peggy Ulmer
Eliza White
Anjelai Hayes—Student Representative
Joseph Jones, III—Superintendent
Kara L. Huber —School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
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