{"id":8246,"date":"2018-10-11T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T20:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2018-12-06T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T20:03:31","slug":"school-division-seeks-input-to-shape-the-divisions-future-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/school-division-seeks-input-to-shape-the-divisions-future-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"School division seeks input to shape the division\u2019s future direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Update: The closing date for the Virtual Town Hall has been extended to Jan. 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Beach City Public Schools is seeking input that will help shape the division\u2019s 2020-2025 strategic plan. Students, parents and community members are invited to weigh in by participating in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.vbschools.com\/compass\/beyond2020\/\">Virtual Town Hall<\/a> open now until Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur community spoke loud and clear in 2014 when we sought their input about the division\u2019s future direction,\u201d said VBCPS Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence. \u201cThat feedback was vital as we developed <em>Compass to 2020<\/em>, and I believe one of the reasons we have seen such success under that plan. So we, again, want to hear from a broad spectrum of our community members since this new plan will not only chart the course for teaching and learning that students will experience, but also become the cornerstone of what all Virginia Beach school staff members are working to achieve for students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To gather input, VBCPS launched a \u201cBeyond 2020\u201d website, complete with the Virtual Town Hall and links to the VBCPS Graduate Profile, a list of attributes that emerged from the previous strategic planning work in 2014 as characteristics that students need to be future ready. As part of the town hall, visitors will be asked to reflect on the graduate profile and provide insight into how the school division can best prepare students in achieving those attributes.<\/p>\n<p>After the Virtual Town Hall closes, input will be shared with a steering committee comprised of students, parents, teachers, school division staff and leaders from higher education, the military, community organizations and businesses. That committee will identify priorities and draft the next strategic framework, which will be shared for public comment before it goes to the School Board for adoption later in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the existing <em>Compass to 2020<\/em> strategic plan, which is charting the division\u2019s course from 2015-2020, visit <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.vbschools.com\/compass\/2020\/landing.asp\">vbschools.com<\/a><\/u>. That website includes digital storyboards of the progress the division made each year based on that strategic plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: The closing date for the Virtual Town Hall has been extended to Jan. 3. Virginia Beach City Public Schools is seeking input that will help shape the division\u2019s 2020-2025 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-connections","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8481,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions\/8481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}