MonaLisa Hawk

The document details how Clayton County Public Schools' Strategic Plan aligns with the Georgia Vision Project recommendations. Its strategic goals encompass increasing academic achievement, ensuring safe learning environments, fostering stakeholder engagement, providing high-quality support services, and recruiting and retaining effective staff. These align with broader areas such as continuous improvement, early learning, teaching and learning, human and organizational capital, governance, positive culture, and financial resources. The plan aims to prepare all students to live and compete successfully in a global society, empowering them to achieve academic and personal goals.

The Board reviewed the Purchasing Executive Summary, which included requests for the renewal of contracts for lawn care and maintenance services, large kitchen equipment for nutrition programs, school crossing guard services, and book jobber services. The board also considered a sole source contract for the purchase of additional Evolv weapon detection devices, the procurement of iMac devices to support technical education pathways, the renewal of contracts for Windows certified devices, and the continuation of the integrated student information system. The meeting further provided informational reports on various consumable and non-consumable purchases made under the threshold for direct board approval.

This document outlines the strategic planning process for CCPS for the period of 2026-2031. It details a multi-stage approach involving training and capacity building for various stakeholders, comprehensive community engagement, development of a strategic map by a planning team, and initiative development by an action team. The process aims to facilitate data-based decision-making and enhance the district's focus on improved student achievement and operational effectiveness.

The board meeting focused on human resources updates, specifically addressing strategic goals for staff recruitment, development, and retention. The discussion included a review of resignations by position, an analysis of teacher vacancies across various subject areas, and findings from employee exit surveys regarding reasons for separation.

This action plan outlines strategic objectives across five key goal areas. It focuses on enhancing student achievement and readiness through evidence-based instructional practices and college/career/military preparedness. The plan also addresses the recruitment, development, and retention of a quality workforce, fostering a safe, healthy, and supportive community for students and staff, improving family and stakeholder communication and engagement, and maintaining effective and efficient operational systems with fiscal responsibility.