2008-09 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

During the 2008-09 school year, the Boise School District will take an extensive look at where we are as a school district and where we want to place our energies in the future. Specifically, the District will participate in a revision of our Strategic Plan that will also integrate four program audits: Curriculum, Special Education, GATE (Gifted & Talented Education), and Athletic/Activity Facilities.

“These steps will help us make an excellent school district even better,” explained Dr. Stan Olson, Superintendent. “This is an opportunity to better serve the educational needs of our increasingly diverse student population, and the needs of our community at-large.”

The strategic planning process will engage members of our internal and external stakeholders and allow for opportunities for a variety of input throughout the process. From parents/guardians, students, certified and classified staff members, and community members, the strategic planning process is designed to reflect our community’s vision about its public school system, and become the preeminent blueprint for the future direction of the District.

This page is designed to inform and educate you about our strategic planning process. It will be continually updated as we move forward with this important strategic planning process. The goal is to create and seek Board of Trustee approval for a new strategic plan (BSD 2015) by the end of this school year.

Further information:

• Group Memory - February 17, 2009
• Creating the Future School Teams - December 4 & 5, 2008
• Compiled Focus Areas, Goals & Strategies by Quadrant Group Memory - December 4 & 5, 2008
  • Boise
  • Borah
  • Capital
  • Timberline
• the timeline for the strategic planning process;
• a BSD Fact Book that provides the foundation upon which future discussions about the District and its strategic planning process will take place,
• Boise School District’s current (2005-2008) Strategic Plan

Strategic Planning Surveys

The Boise School District’s process to update its Strategic Plan involves collecting data from a wide variety of stakeholders. Surveys were conducted to collect this data. The questions on the surveys included a SWOT analysis, commonly used during a strategic planning process. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. An analysis of the SWOT data will be done by the Strategic Planning Team in December 2008. A summary of the analysis will be posted on this web site in January 2009.

All comments collected on the surveys were compiled anonymously. Over a 3 week period in October and November, 2008 approximately 3,000 surveys and 21,000 comments were received.