School District's 5-Year Plan To Be Adopted Tonight

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education has been working with the community for nearly a year now to decide what goals should be set for its schools over the next five years.

Tonight, the five-year strategic plan will be adopted.

The draft of the plan states that by June 2014, the district would like to still be doing most of what it already does, but also incorporate the following:

• An implemented plan for technology’s use in the curriculum, owned by an accountable coordinator, keeping pace with technology’s advance and supported by necessary infrastructure;
• Increased instruction in the middle schools to pave the way for greater success at the high school level and beyond;
• Instruction in at least one non-European world language;
•  Service learning in the curriculum at all levels;
• Students with a global perspective;
• Enough space, maintained on a priority basis, with reduced consumption;
• Revenues generated through a variety of resources by a team of volunteers headed by a coordinator, preferably also a volunteer, but reporting to an accountable district employee. The team will also develop shared services initiatives.

A full power-point presentation on the plan can be found here.