Support our District Achievement Goals
The Blueprint + Our Community = Student Success.
The success of our nearly 76,000 students is dependent on more than schools, educators, and curricula. We need your dedication, support, and focus to build the new generation of students that are the focus of City Schools’ Blueprint for Success strategic plan.
Beginning in 2022, the Board of School Commissioners and the City Schools administration have set ambitious yet attainable five-year goals in literacy, college and career readiness, student wholeness, and mathematics. To reach those targets, the school system has deployed its resources, human capital, and planning to propel our growth.
The goals are guided by the School Board’s priorities, City Schools’ Blueprint for Success strategic plan, and its Reconnect, Restore, Reimagine post-COVID plan.
We need you to exceed those goals!
This page will give you ideas to support this critical work and transform our school system - and the lives of students – for the better.
Four goals that support the Blueprint by the 2026-27 school year
80% Increase the student wholeness composite score | 40% Increase the % of students proficient on the MCAP ELA/Literacy assessment | 76% Increase the 4-year graduation rate | 25% Increase the % of students proficient on the MCAP Grade 3-8 and Algebra I assessment |
Let's work together: Literacy
What City Schools is doing
More schools are hosting morning meetings or advisory activities that promote empathy, understanding and active listening
Expanding our Expanded School Behavioral Health to add more licensed professional counselors and social workers.
Leading classroom sessions that employ strategies such as mindfulness.
Conduct parent workshops during PTA meetings to address anxiety, stress and depression.
Every school will ensure a welcoming, inviting atmosphere for all students and families.
Let's work together: Student Wholeness
What City Schools is doing
More schools are hosting morning meetings or advisory activities that promote empathy, understanding and active listening
Expanding our Expanded School Behavioral Health to add more licensed professional counselors and social workers.
Leading classroom sessions that employ strategies such as mindfulness.
Conduct parent workshops during PTA meetings to address anxiety, stress and depression.
Every school will ensure a welcoming, inviting atmosphere for all students and families.
Let's work together: College and Career Readiness
More schools are hosting morning meetings or advisory activities that promote empathy, understanding and active listening
Expanding our Expanded School Behavioral Health to add more licensed professional counselors and social workers.
Leading classroom sessions that employ strategies such as mindfulness.
Conduct parent workshops during PTA meetings to address anxiety, stress and depression.
Every school will ensure a welcoming, inviting atmosphere for all students and families..
Tell us how you can help
The work needed to achieve these goals is ongoing. Tell us what you think and what we can do better. Complete our 3-minute survey today.
Check back starting in June to learn how we'll blend what we learn into this effort.