Over the past year, Alva Public Schools has been working toward the completion of a strategic plan for the district. The Continuous Strategic Plan is a four-step process with the final step, "Achieve", completed on Monday, June 24. The strategic plan has four goal areas: curriculum and instruction, culture and community, personnel, and resources.

During the Achieve phase, site teams met in the morning to look at the four goal areas to determine how they would implement the district plan at their site. The site teams discussed ways to monitor their plan to ensure the completion of action steps.

In the afternoon, chairs and co-chairs made up of community members and teachers for each goal area met to review the action steps to be completed this year. The chairs and co-chairs, in collaboration with school board representation and administrators, then reviewed the accountability plan to be used to ensure the strategic plan remains at the forefront of the district's decision making process.

In the coming weeks, more information will be released for access to the continuous strategic improvement plan, the accountability plan, and a communication plan with opportunities to attend presentations from the principals and teachers on the implementation of the strategic plan at their site.

"On behalf of the board of education, I want to thank this community for their support through this process, and their commitment to educational excellence of our students," said Supt. Tim Argo.