Board meetings, strategic plans, and buyer signals from Shelly Watkins’s organization
Jul 23, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
Ocean Springs School District Vision
The strategic direction for Ocean Springs School District centers on a mission to teach students essential content and strategies, enabling them to apply knowledge beyond school and positively impact society. Key beliefs include valuing each student, prioritizing their best interests in decision-making, fostering active engagement through differentiated learning, and promoting physically and emotionally safe environments. The district envisions educating and inspiring all students to achieve their highest levels, emphasizing collaborative responsibility among students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community.
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The public hearing on the proposed budget for FY 2026 included a review of FY 2025, covering secondary arts, technology, facilities/transportation, baseball halo, and personnel. Looking ahead to 2026, the focus is on technology (switch refresh, copiers, Macbooks) and personnel (teacher salary scale increase, dissolving teacher units through attrition). Future budget considerations involve student devices, vehicle replacement, roof replacement, flooring refresh, HVAC, LED lighting, athletic lighting, synthetic turf replacement, classroom furniture, interior paint, and building intercom updates. Trends in ADA and net membership, IDEA child count, and per pupil expenditure were also discussed. Funding sources include local, state, and federal sources, with a total projected revenue of $84,182,994. The Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF) and ad valorem trends were reviewed. Budgeted expenditures for 2026 total $85,157,725.82, with a breakdown of budget components and percentages.
Jan 1, 2025·StrategicPlan
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Ocean Springs School District Dropout Prevention Plan 2025-2026
The Ocean Springs School District's Dropout Prevention Plan aims to provide services and supports to enhance opportunities for students to succeed in school and beyond through early intervention, counseling, and academic support. The plan focuses on identifying at-risk students, providing personal/social counseling and academic support, coordinating with outside agencies, developing parent networks, and offering staff development training. It also aims to decrease the dropout rate from 4.9% to 4.0% over the next five years by addressing the personal needs of each student, elevating the importance of teachers and learning, and accelerating innovation to meet global demands.
Nov 18, 2024·StrategicPlan
Board
Ocean Springs School District Strategic Plan 2024-2029
The Ocean Springs School District's 2024-2029 strategic plan outlines five key goals: expanding community partnerships, providing world-class facilities, achieving top national rankings, prioritizing whole-child development, and ensuring college and career readiness for all students. Strategies to achieve these goals include developing workforce development opportunities, exploring funding and grant opportunities, creating a visionary facility plan, enhancing teacher retention, increasing behavioral health support, expanding extracurricular activities, and increasing college and career exposure. Specific objectives include improving infrastructure, creating innovative learning environments, enhancing teacher compensation, increasing graduation rates, expanding early learning opportunities, improving student performance on assessments, and ensuring a secure and positive learning environment. The plan emphasizes data-driven decision-making, community engagement, and continuous improvement to achieve its ambitious goals.
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