Whitehall City School District

This document outlines Whitehall City Schools' strategic focus on ensuring every student graduates prepared for college, career, and life through career-connected learning. The approach involves building student awareness and readiness over time, with distinct stages for elementary (awareness), middle (exploration), and high school (planning). The plan aims to prepare students for high-skill, high-wage, high-demand careers in fields such as Engineering & Automation, Business & Entrepreneurship, Life & Biosciences, Health & Patient Care, Digital Media & Design, and Logistics & Mobility, fostering graduates who are relationship-driven, resourceful innovators, resilient problem-solvers, and ready achievers.

This document outlines Ohio's Model Curriculum for Grade 5 Mathematics, providing comprehensive guidance for educators by clarifying standards, establishing a foundation for aligned assessments, and assisting in effective instructional implementation. It encompasses detailed Expectations for Learning, Content Elaborations, and Instructional Supports across key mathematical domains such as Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Numbers and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations-Fractions, Measurement and Data, and Geometry.

This document outlines the development of the Whitehall City Schools' next five-year Strategic Plan, which will guide the District's actions and decisions through 2029. The plan serves as an organizational roadmap, detailing the District's goals, objectives, measures, initiatives, and action plans, and identifying how progress will be measured. The process involves collaboration with District Leadership, a steering committee, focus groups, and community surveys.

The board meeting agenda included treasurer's action items such as the approval of the monthly financial packet and authorization for the purchase of competitive retail natural gas services. Significant resolutions were proposed regarding the rescission of previous agreements for safety and security projects, the selection of a preferred sole source vendor for those projects, and the appointment of additional legal counsel. Furthermore, the meeting addressed transportation resolutions, approval of the course of study guide, personnel actions involving certified salary corrections, classified resignations and supplemental employment, as well as an executive session to discuss public employee employment and pending legal matters.

This document outlines an update on Whitehall City Schools' performance and priorities, serving as a community engagement effort to gather feedback for establishing a clearly defined long-term mission, vision, and strategic plan. Key focus areas include School Improvement, Early Literacy, Graduation & CCWMR (College, Career, Workforce, & Military Readiness), Safe & Efficient Operations, Financial Stability, and Culture & Climate. The intended outcome is to develop a long-term "Vision 2030" that ensures innovation drives success and achievement, and clearly defines requirements and commitments for students and staff.