Governance Structure

1. The Board is accountable to the owners and serves as their trustee.
2. The Board knows what its job is and is responsible for its own performance.
3. The Board plans its own work and faithfully concentrates on its governance role.
4. The Board is active, but not intrusive.
5. Board members recognize the value of acting as a unit, even when unanimity is elusive.
6. The Board effectively monitors both the Organization’s and its own performance.
7. The Board controls the organization through policy.
8. The Board owns the vision for Organizational Performance.
9. The Board considers the performance of the Organization and the performance of the Superintendent to be identical.

1. Governance Culture – Board Member Code of Conduct and Self-Evaluation
2. Board Superintendent Relationship – Superintendent is the Board’s single employee and is accountable for the District’s results
3. Operational Expectations – focus on support departments such as finance, personnel, communications, operations
4. Student Results – academics, personal development and success

Students will achieve at least one year's academic gain each year, with students performing below expectations progressing at a greater rate, in the following disciplines:

• 1.1 Literacy
• 1.2 Math

Students will gain personal development and success, while contributing to the common good, when learning about the value of:

Relationships 
Students will: 

• build connections with a diverse population of people 
• work collaboratively with others in school and work environments 

Personal Responsibility
Students will: 

• utilize personal management skills to prioritize time and balance in life 
• have strong self-awareness and be able to self-advocate  

Empathy
Students will: 

• show compassion and respect towards others 
• understand perspectives of other cultures and people 

Integrity 
Students will: 

• be driven by strong ethics and truthfulness 
• interact with others by being an upstanding citizen 

Initiative 
Students will: 

• utilize self-management skills to work independently 
• set goals and be self-motivated in life  

Critical Thinking 
Students will: 

• utilize problem-solving processes to be creative and innovative 
• have strong reasoning and decision-making abilities 

Graduate college and career-ready students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to personally succeed and contribute to the common good.