The Overton County School Board is planning to review and potentially overhaul the district’s strategic plan at its fall retreat.
Director of Schools Kim Dillon asked the board Tuesday night if they should continue on the current plan, which was last revised in 2023, or create a new one. Board Member Mike Hayes said the decision is up to the board.
“We’ll review it in October at the retreat,” Hayes said. “That’s what we do there, after we see the test data, or the scores, we’ll see what we want to do.”
The Overton County Schools Strategic Plan covers a variety of areas, including academic progress reporting, technology, fiscal operation, and facilities maintenance.
Historically, the retreat has been in October. Due to several scheduling conflicts, including Fall Break and upcoming meetings, the Board decided to schedule their retreat for late September.
Dillon said the only thing needed to schedule a retreat is the arrival of test scores.
“[Test score arrival is] going to be early this year, it looks like the end of August,” Dillon said. “So September or October is good, either one.”
Last year, the School Board did not have a retreat, therefore there were no revisions to the plan.
“We normally do one every year, but we didn’t last year,” Hayes said. “Two years ago was the last time we did one, and updated our five year plan. But we need to do it every year”
The latest amendment to the facilities maintenance section states the Director of Schools must have a facilities dashboard, which tracks current and planned capital projects within the district. It is also supposed to include priorities for future projects.
The special education and academic progress reporting portion of the plan was last amended to require the Director of Schools to track several academic success measures. In addition, the Director is given the responsibility to handle any issues with the special education program.
The plan’s fiscal responsibility section’s last change calls on the Director of Schools to study and update the board on any changes to the TISA formula and communicate new information. The technology services section was not amended in 2023 with the rest of the plan.
In other business, the School Board approved a handful of new policies on second reading at Tuesday’s meeting. Among these policies were the Wireless Device policy and Student Board member policy, as required by law.
The Board approved memorandums of understanding with the county government. One included the Livingston Police Department, and the other included the Overton County Sheriff’s office. These cover school resource officers.
The Board approved the removal of the student clubs and organizations policy on second reading.
