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Sep 2, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
Douglas School District 51-1 Strategic Direction
The strategic plan for Douglas School District 51-1 focuses on student success through academic achievement, positive behavior, and consistent attendance, supported by clear goals and continuous improvement. It emphasizes creating a welcoming and safe learning environment that values diversity, developing adaptability through professional development, and using data for informed decisions. The plan also aims to ensure fiscal responsibility, promote family and community engagement, enhance crisis response, and develop a robust mental health and wellness plan for all stakeholders.
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This strategic plan addresses the significant impact of the B-21 mission beddown at Ellsworth Air Force Base on the Douglas School District, projecting unprecedented student growth of over 1,500 students from FY25 to FY41. The primary objective is to secure $62 million in collaborative funding from federal, state, and district sources for a new elementary school (Elementary School #1) to alleviate facility overcrowding. The plan emphasizes fostering robust partnerships to ensure that the district can accommodate the exponential increase in military-connected students and maintain a high quality of education and community amenities.
Feb 1, 2024·StrategicPlan
Board
Douglas School District Enrollment Analysis 2024-2029
This document presents an enrollment analysis for Douglas School District, projecting an increase in student enrollment to over 3,000 by the 2028/29 school year, with anticipated capacity challenges in elementary and middle schools. The analysis identifies key drivers of enrollment growth, including local birth rates, student migration trends, significant residential development potential (over 7,500 units), and the impact of the Ellsworth AFB expansion. It also details student yield rates from various housing types and recommends continuous monitoring of these indicators to inform future planning and decision-making at the classroom level.
Jan 1, 2023·StrategicPlan
Board
Douglas School District Strategic Plan 2023-2025
The Douglas School District's 2023-2025 Strategic Plan focuses on four key areas: Identity, Adaptability, Ownership, and Community and Wellbeing. The plan aims to redefine and enable student success by reshaping the district's identity to reflect its diverse community, creating an adaptable organization capable of responding to challenges and implementing necessary changes, fostering a sense of ownership among stakeholders for student success, and building strong community partnerships to support the well-being of all. The plan includes strategies to honor the district's legacy while creating new traditions, build a welcoming and safe learning environment, develop a comprehensive professional development plan, utilize data-driven decision-making, establish clear expectations, pursue student success through goal setting and continuous improvement, ensure fiscal responsibility, develop a robust mental health plan, foster family engagement and community involvement, and continually evaluate and improve the crisis response plan.
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