Ames Community School District

2011-2012 BOARD GOALS
Approved by the Board November 7, 20111

• Facilities Goal
  The Board will develop a long-range, District-Wide master facilities plan by January 2012, which leads to a referendum by June 2012.
  
  Strategies and Related Actions:
  • Vet the proposed master plan with the parents, staff, and community.
  • Obtain input from parents, staff, and community members who voted in the 2011
  referendum to help shape a new referendum.
  • Plan and execute the liquidation of excess property.
  • Consider how the long-range plan referendums can be financed.
  
  Budget Goal
  The Board will sustain a balanced budget that is strategic, adequate, sustainable and predictable; supports the District mission, gives priority to academics, and maintains the unspent authorized budget within levels set in Board policy.
  
  Strategies and Related Actions:
  • Develop a collaborative framework between administrators and the Board to inform budget priorities for decision-making.
  
  Academic Goal
  The Board will encourage and support academic growth of all children at all learning levels through supporting classroom instruction according to the District Education Plan and/or Literacy Framework.
  
  Strategies and Related Actions:
  • Encourage and support the completion of beginning-of-year math formative
  assessments in all grades and courses by the end of June 2012.
  • Staff will review district, state, and national level data in concert with teachers and instructional coaches sharing how these data are used in PLCs to work with students.
  • Encourage and support student attendance and reduce tardiness to ensure students have the time and access to instruction.