Brunswick School Board 

2024 Board Goals (Vote approved: August 14, 2024) 

Pass a FY25 School Budget that is aligned with the BSD 2023-2028 Strategic Plan and addresses identified student, staff, and facility needs. 

Continue to work within Brunswick School Board committees to align decision-making with the BSD 2023-2028 Strategic Plan Vision, Mission, Core Values, Equity Statement, and Strategic Priorities: Teaching and Learning; Staff Recruitment, Retention, and Development, and Student and Family Engagement. The board will consider ways to formalize the alignment by making it part of the discussion around each board action. 

Support efforts to communicate and model the BSD 2023-2028 Strategic Plan to the community, including establishing a regular schedule of updates from BSD administration about progress toward achieving Strategic Plan Goals, Action Steps, and Benchmarks.
 
Align ongoing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) work with changing demographics of the student population in Brunswick schools. Board will support development of action steps for BSD use of the DEIB Screening Tool. 

Continue and expand efforts to elevate student voices from all schools, including expanded support for the School Board Student Liaison program, through more extensive recruitment and onboarding efforts, regular planning times, board mentorship, and supporting student-led board liaison engagement within all schools. 

Support BSD in efforts to expand strategies to address chronic absenteeism and truancy, and increase student engagement and graduation rates. 

Support and expand efforts to support social and emotional health and well-being of BSD students and staff. 

In continued support for the current professional development calendar for BSD staff, the Board will support efforts to work collaboratively with the BSD Administration to review PD effectiveness and assess success and future needs. 

Support BSD Administration in working with early childhood care providers and the State Department of Education to further develop partnerships to support and expand the BSD early childhood education programming.

Continue and expand efforts to promote efficient and effective boardsmanship. Topics include agenda-setting and efficiency of meetings, processes and procedures, and working through board and committee leadership in collaboration with BSD administration, Town Council and other leaders. 

Work with BSD administration to expand and integrate use of data in board discussions and decision-making.

Archived School Board Goals:
2020 School Board Goals