Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 10:07 AM CST
Your School : New strategic plan in development for Goodman-Armstrong Creek Schools
In the past few months, the Goodman-Armstrong Creek School and a group of volunteers, including county board members and staff from Marinette County, have been meeting to discuss a revisions of the strategic plan for the school.
The planning committee includes the school administrator, Jeff Reeder; school board members, Michelle Kessel and Dave Majewski; Marinette County Board members, Rus Bousley, Gerald King and Shirley Kaufman; County Administrator, Steve Corbeille; Goodman Town Board member, Bill Stankevich; and Armstrong Creek Town Board member, Joe Janczewski. Members of the public included Lynn Stankevich, Nancy Garrelts, Tom Kessel, Marge Leja, Bree Rittenhouse, Stanley Frydrych and Sandy Stankevich. Dr. Robert Kellogg, the CESA 8 Administrator, facilitated the meetings.
The school had developed a five year strategic plan in the mid 1990's and are in the process of updating and finding new things to plan for the next five years. In the past the goals were to:
a. Be recognized regionally as an outstanding school district for student achievement and citizenship
b. Develop an assessment plan for administration, staff, students, parents and alumni needs and performance
c. Develop a plan for programs and facilities that address health, academic and recreational needs
d. Pursue becoming a state-recognized Community Education School District
e. Develop a public relations plan to increase understanding, involvement and communications with community members and alumni
f. Develop a plan that will engage and involve community members in education
g. Develop a written school-to-work plan to meet the mutual needs and interests of students, local and regional employers, entrepreneurs and teachers in all academic areas
Many of these goals were reached including being recognized as an outstanding district in student achievement.
The new plan incorporated many of the goals and objectives of the old plan. The beliefs under the new plan are:
1. All students can learn and succeed; a quality education provides all students, regardless of their needs, abilities and interests, the tools to reach their highest potential, be learners for life and achieve long-term success
2. The Goodman-Armstrong Creek School is the center of our communities. The school and communities working together can use the towns' strengths and family values as part of the educational system to promote a philosophy that spells success for all citizens
3. Quality teachers are a valuable resource and essential for the long-term success of our students
4. One of our strongest assets is our small school learning environment
5. Economic development and community growth are essential for a prosperous school system
One of the issues facing the Goodman-Armstrong Creek School is declining enrollment. This is an issue with most schools in Northeast Wisconsin, but being a small school to begin with and student numbers declining, it makes it difficult to provide many of the electives that larger schools have. The school uses interactive TV courses for some of its programs and is also talking to area schools to share educational programs similar to the sharing they do in sports with Niagara and Pembine. The school is financially sound and has been for many years, but in order to stay that way the district had to cut some programs.
One of the ideas is to work with town boards, county boards and state officials to look at economic development and bring more industry into the area, which will provide more jobs and therefore more people with students for the school system.
The goal is to have a new plan approved by the school board either by late winter or early spring.
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