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Dear Parents, Students, Faculty & Staff:
Duval County has recently
created an updated strategic plan that we are calling
“Strategic Plan Version 2.0,”. This updated plan builds upon the successes
of our original plan, as well as increases our emphasis
on areas for improvement. The updated plan is an
evolution of the original plan and leverages a lot of
the positive work which has already started.
Over the course of the summer
2010 district staff, along with focus groups of
teachers, principals, SAC, PTA, PTSA and students,
worked to revise and update the plan which now covers
2010/11 through 2013/14. The six major Goals of
the original plan have remained the same:
Goal 1.
Increase Academic Achievement for All Students
Goal 2.
Significantly Increase the Graduation Rate
Goal 3.
Employ the Best Teachers and Principals
Goal 4.
Establish Safe, Secure and Respectful Schools
Goal 5.
Engage Family and Community Support
Goal 6.
Deliver High Quality Support for Schools
What we have changed are some
of the objectives where, in some cases, we have exceeded
our long term targets, or in other cases where we felt a
revised objective would be more beneficial. The
final version
attached here has been reviewed
and approved by the School
Board.
Now that the
revised plan
has been approved we will implement the
strategies outlined in this document with consistency
and clarity across all of our schools, providing extra
support for students, teachers and staff in our most
challenged schools. We are committed to success,
and it is our intent to make clear and measurable
progress every year toward our objectives. Keep in mind,
this is a long-term strategy and we expect that it will
take several years to completely achieve all of our
goals. In the meantime, we will continue to make
improvements that will have immediate, measurable and
significant positive impacts on the quality of public
education in Jacksonville.
This will be hard work and we
will have to make adjustments along the way, but our
focus will remain on the objectives of the plan and we
are confident that we will reach our goals.
Through the commitment of our
students, the dedication of our teachers and with the
support of the public we strongly believe that together
we will be successful.
Please join us as we continue
our journey of teaching, learning and achieving in Duval
County.
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Ed
Pratt-Dannals
Superintendent |
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