June 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Workshop

Rationale:  In February of 2020, the Omaha Public Schools launched a new Strategic Plan of Action, powered by Foresight. Our Strategic Plan of Action includes a process for updates/reporting to the Board of Education and the community. This culmination workshop will include updates to goals outlined in the Strategic Plan of Action. The following six goals will be reviewed:  

Strategic Priority 1: Academics   

• Annually, each school will have 4% more Kindergarten through third grade students that will read on grade level as measured on standardized district assessments.
• Each year, every high school will increase the percentage of 9th-12th grade students identified as on-track for graduation by 5%. 
• Student groups in each middle school will meet or exceed growth goals in math and reading by 3% annually.

Strategic Priority 2: Staff   

• By June of 2025, a pipeline of teachers will be developed so that 95% of teaching positions are filled in each school by August 1 of each year with highly qualified candidates.

Strategic Priority 3: Financial Accountability  

• By June of 2023, all major initiatives included in the Strategic Plan of Action will have an associated evaluation plan that allows leaders at all levels of the organization to actively maintain a continuous improvement cycle. 

Strategic Priority 4: Ethic of Care  

• Each year, all schools and programs in the Omaha Public Schools will demonstrate an increase of up to 2% in the percentage of students missing fewer than nine days and demonstrate a reduction of the percentage of students identified as chronically absent.

Rationale:  The Board Officers will present information on the purpose and process of the Committee of the Whole for the 2025-2026 school year.