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CHPS Strategic Plan - Vision 2030

The district is grateful for the broad engagement of all members of the community, including students, families, staff and residents throughout the process and providing frequent updates to the school board and public to ensure transparency.    

This webpage is the home for all strategic planning activities, reports. If you have any questions about the process, please contact Superintendent Zena Stenvik


Columbia Heights Public Schools completed the process of creating a new strategic plan. In order to include all voices of our diverse school district community in this plan, there was a range of engagement activities beginning in January 2024 including focus groups, surveys, idea boards, and facilitated workshops, taking place in January and February. The numerous focus groups included students, parents and families, teachers and staff, community partners and district residents. Focus group participants engaged in a facilitated discussion about the current state of our district and what the district should focus on as it plans for the future, so that all of our students are prepared for their next step.

Timeline

January 2024

  • Conducted engagement activities focused on soliciting insight about the future of Columbia Heights Public Schools from students, staff, parents/families and community members. The goal of this phase was to provide a wide variety of engagement activities to allow all voices to share their input.
  • Engagements included focus groups, community consensus workshop, open insight collection and a virtual conversation. 

February-March 2024

  • All engagement data was analyzed and compiled into a report that was shared with the Board of Education at the March 19, 2024 Work Session.
  • A Community Core Planning Team, composed of a diverse representation of district stakeholders, reviewed the engagement report as well as other district data. They also participated in a two-day workshop that resulted in a set of draft strategic priorities.
  • A District Design Team, composed of district and school leaders, reviewed the draft priorities and got them ready for public input.
  • Community members provided comments and feedback on the draft strategic priorities.

April 2024

  • The Core Planning Team and Design Team reconvened to review community input and refined strategic priorities as appropriate. 

May-June 2024

  • At the May 21, 2024 the Board of Education was presented updates to the Strategic Plan.
  • Members of the Core Planning Team and district leaders presented the Strategic Plan to the Board of Education on June 11, 2024 for discussion and made adjustments based on BOE input.
  • At the June 25, 2024 Board of Education Meeting the Strategic Plan was approved.

June-August 2024

  • The Board of Education directed district leaders to create annual implementation plans, including prioritized actions and key performance indicators (metrics).

September-October 2024

  • The CHPS Board of Education was presented the Strategic Plan metrics at the reviewed and approved the Strategic Plan metrics at the October 15, 2024 Work Session.