Board Retreat and Strategic Planning
Following up on Charlie's thread to the new (waiting for Board approval) five-year Strategic Plan , here's what I heard from the Board retreat where the Board and senior staff discussed it. For some reason, only the goals are at the communications page on this issue but there are links to the v ision/mission/core beliefs from the Intro item on the Board agenda page. To note: that Saturday, June 1st, saw a packed room of staff (most of whom stayed from 10 am to 2 p.m. - a big commitment of time) and Board members. Everyone came prepared to work and was in good spirits. There was a feeling of a shared unity to this work. Once again the Alliance person sat at the table with Board and staff. One funny aside is that I downloaded the agenda from the district's website. It had only the district logo but when you got to the meeting, the agenda had both the district's and the Alliance's. Just in case anyone thought the Alliance was just a helper at t...