Goal 4.1

District education priorities responsive to the needs of the family, community, and business customers

Identify the essential needs of the family, community, and business customers.

Conduct surveys to assess perception and needs.

Actively seek and encourage feedback from parents, students, and the community.

Hold public hearings on issues that have potentially significant impact.

Improve systems of communication to provide timely and efficient interaction within the school system, between schools and parents, and between schools and the community.

Continue to update and enhance district Web site.

Develop and update communication and marketing plan.

Develop and enhance multiple methods for delivery of information.

Investigate the possibility of building parent e-mail addresses into the Student Information Management System (SIMS) database.

Implement an external system that communicates school and district needs to the community.

Provide staff development to community partners that addresses the needs of our district and suggests methods to encourage community support.

Develop a core group of individuals that can serve as a speakers’ group to programs for community groups. Publish a community involvement handbook.

Develop educational programs in response to family, community, and business needs.

Use results of community input to guide programmatic decisions.

Goal 4.2

A comprehensive and aligned system of support for the academic success and general well-being of children

Establish and enhance systems of support, both internally and externally, for the advancement of students’ physical, academic, psychological, and social development.

Create a manual of available services and lists of support resources for students.

Provide training for faculty and staff to learn how to work effectively with other agencies.

Encourage the faith community to form partnerships with schools.

Establish systems of support for families to enable them to advance the academic achievement of their children.

Conduct parent seminars on how to navigate the school system.

Goal 4.3

A system to build the capacity of our district to create, respond to, and sustain meaningful partnerships

Develop and enhance partnerships between schools and community agencies, faith-based organizations, and businesses, for the support of students and the community.

Create a district role with the responsibility of building and sustaining partnerships within the community.

Investigate the possibility of expanding the Education Foundation for Orange County Schools into a Public Education Network.

Build relationship with the Chamber of Commerce.

Establish a multi-agency grant task force.

Explore fundraisers, such as Walk for Education, that involve the community.

Investigate the possibility of creating a student/parent/school/community-run business, similar to the PTA Thrift Shop.

Increase the number of Career and Technical Education internships with local businesses.

Implement senior projects, using community members as resources and as senior board representatives.