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MOUNDS VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL BOARD PROCESS FOR SETTING SHORT AND LONG-TERM GOALS (This "working document" was approved at the 8-22-83 School Board meeting.) 1 I. Background A. District #621 is committed to the philosophy and overall goal (direction) of providing each K-12 student with a quality education. Indeed, the District's reputation, traditions, and vision for the future clearly are based on excel- lence in teaching and learning. B. Additionally, the School District believes that learning is a life-long endeavor and that a quality public school system must do everything possible to assist all residents, regardless of age, to accomplish personal educational goals. II. The Reason for a Goal -Setting Process A. To maintain excellence in all School District programs and services, it is necessary from time to time for the School Board to review what the community's needs are (students, parents, staff members — everyone) and then to adopt short and long-term goals to meet these needs. B. The specific objectives (plans) needed to carry out the goals are developed and coordinated closely with the District's annual budget -setting process which begins in November. III. The School Board Task A. By November 1993 the School Board, after a needs analysis, will adopt short and long-term goals for District #621. IV. The Goal -Setting Process and Timeline in General A. August 22, 1983: School Board approves a plan for assessing needs and establishes a timeline for meeting the November deadline. B. September -October, 1983: I. Gather information using multiple approaches 2. Administration analyzes information and categorizes the issues 3. School Board seeks citizen input at informational meetings(Turtle Lake, September 26; and Chippewa, October 24) C. November 1983: I. School Board work session scheduled for early in the month. a. Review information as analyzed and synthesized by administration b. Consider administration's work on the implications of data c. Develop tentative goal statements and set preliminary priorities ■'.