Shae' Freeman McLain

The Greene County Schools 2024-2028 Strategic Plan outlines a vision to become a high-performing school system where educators inspire, families engage, and all students thrive. The plan's mission is to educate, inspire, challenge, and support students to become college and career ready. Four strategic goal areas are detailed: Teaching and Learning (focused on increasing mastery of the curriculum, improving rigor, fostering social and emotional growth, and implementing a comprehensive literacy and numeracy plan); Culture & Climate (emphasizing community partnerships, parent engagement, and student self-advocacy); Organizational and Operational Effectiveness (addressing faculty and staff retention, facility utilization, and financial efficiency); and Supportive Environment/BOE Goals (promoting intergovernmental collaboration, expanding early childhood learning opportunities, increasing access to affordable housing, and structuring grade bands to promote unity). Measurable objectives and outcomes are defined for each goal area, with specific actions, timelines, and responsible parties identified. The plan includes detailed data tables tracking progress toward goals across multiple metrics, including graduation rates, student proficiency levels, and parent/community engagement.

The Greene County School District's 2024-2025 Dropout Prevention Plan focuses on reducing retention rates in kindergarten through second grade, supporting subgroups needing extra help to graduate, creating dropout recovery initiatives for 17-21 year olds, and improving transitions for students from juvenile detention centers. The plan includes short-term goals to increase graduation rates, decrease dropout and discipline rates, and improve attendance. Long-term goals aim to achieve specific graduation and dropout rates by 2024 and improve reading levels by third grade. The plan details district data, needs assessment outcomes, current initiatives (including school community collaboration, safe learning environments, family engagement, and career and technical education), and proposed initiatives (such as improving communication of graduation requirements, identifying at-risk students, providing training to improve classroom instruction, offering individualized instruction, and implementing a career day/recruitment program). The plan also outlines dropout recovery and student transition initiatives from juvenile detention centers.