STAKEHOLDER MEETING/APRIL 28TH MINUTES
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Board Strategic Planning Results

Gave background review of how we collected the data

From that data, what were the major themes found from all three stakeholder groups: staff, parents, students?

What actions/steps do we need to take?

FOUR BOLD STEPS FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN

ACCESS TO LEARNING/How can we push our learning on different levels?

Technology plan, virtual learning, and dual enrollment

Work day

IBD, international diploma

Expansion of curriculum

Dorms and Transportation/based on new facility

Needs Assessment (what kinds of things are out there and/or needed for our students to be successful? What do students who enroll in HTH need in order to learn?)

Peer Mentoring

PARTNERING/COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS

Funding Sources

Sharing Stories, and telling who we are and what we want to become

Community Service Mentors

Contextual Learning Opportunities

State University Relations

Political Connections

Charter School Minded People

Communication Process

Development of Parent organization

Adopt a Class with a business partner

FACILITY

Benchmarking facilities

Funding from grants

Money Board

Funding for Dirt

Facility meeting stakeholder needs

Location, Location

Design that increases access to learning

Ability to expand

Pre-K support services

Community School

IMAGE/PERCEPTION (MARKETING PLAN)

Name change

Develop a visual image

Write/Film “Highland Story”

Advertising

Role of Alumni

Education on the model; define in understandable nomenclature

Research other’s marketing plans

Systemic orientation program

Role of technology

Marketing plan supports hiring process

Building relationships with other charter schools nationally

Define excellence from student perspective

The board’s role is to help make connections and to support the relationship between the school and the community. Committee work will do the heavy lifting when working on the above bold steps, but these are the steps that the board will focus on for the next five years.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

May 11th Senior Meeting: ALL seniors planning to graduate in 2011 need to attend this meeting.It will be held during lunch from 12:20-12:40. Parents are invited, but mail will be sent home in the mail.

Summer School: Registration forms are available at the front office

Last Week of School Assembly/BBQ: May 20th 10:30 Families are Invited

Revision Cycle: The Staff be working on revisions for standards/rubrics to be ready
For the 2010-2011 school year