GISD strategic planning meetings next week

Graham ISD, in partnership with N2 Learning, is helping shape the future of the district by setting goals through a new strategic plan, with two meetings scheduled for next week. 

Two special meetings of the GISD Board of Trustees will be held at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 26 at the Graham Learning Center to discuss the strategic plan with the committee for the district. No action will be taken during the two meetings.

The Graham ISD Board of Trustees met Wednesday, Jan. 15 and accepted a budget amendment of up to $30,000 for the creation of the strategic plan with N2 Learning. Superintendent Mary Johnston said the process will pave the way for the future of the district.

“We have been working with N2 Learning, and asked them to create a plan for us. Basically all the pieces of a strategic plan include beliefs, vision, mission, objective, strategies and action planning to be implemented over a three-to-five year period,” she said. “...The same group did the strategic planning with Graham ISD in 2018 so it's time to refresh and update.”

Part of the process will include N2 Learning facilitating a team of eight training to develop and review the district’s beliefs and vision and determine a framework for the plan. 

“The board workshop and the strategic planning process will be three full days over the course of the spring, as well as action team planning between the second full day and the third full day,” Johnston said. “Part of this agreement includes a board team of eight training that will directly impact and feed into the strategic plan. So it's team building, but with the primary focus to gauge and gather your opinions and thoughts with regard to the next steps for our amazing district.”

The GISD Strategic Planning Team including school board members, administrators, teachers, students and community members. 

“It's 50 to 60 people… that will really be invested in the next steps for our school district,” Johnston said. “…There are many types of groups out there that do this, but N2 Learning is one of the best, and we want the best because we want to have a plan that's actionable and our campuses are a part of and is really, at the end of the day, good for kids.”