Below are progress updates on Goal 5 of the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan

March 6, 2023 • Strategy 5 Update

The Strategy 5 committee has started touring district facilities to learn more about the instructional spaces and needs for our students/district. The group toured Derby High School on December 6 and Derby North Middle School / Wineteer on January 12. All buildings and other facilities will be toured over the course of this school year. The focus of the visits center around the success of past bond work, continued upgrades that are scheduled through capital outlay, and identifying the needs of other areas.

Areas of concern at DHS include the needs for more space in culinary, parking lot needs repairs, orchestra/band space, lighting, continue lighting upgrades in the office area. Wineteer commented on their current project plans for HVAC, but other areas are good. DNMS had no big concerns with the building facilities, they are ready for growth and have plans for additional students. The DNMS parking lot is in need of repairs in the near future.

November 28, 2022 • Strategy 5 Update

On November 3, 27 members of the Strategy 5 committee met for the first time. We spent time doing introductions and did a deep review of what our committee will be doing and how success will be measured. We formed a small subcommittee to begin getting baseline data for current partnerships that are available to our students, and how many students are currently involved with one of these partnerships. The group also spent time sharing what made them want to be a part of this committee and what projects they are hopeful will come out in the master plan. This year we have decided to visit all of our district buildings (schools and support buildings) so the group has an understanding of the different schools - what makes them unique and what types of things might be needed at them. We plan to make monthly trips until all the buildings have been visited. Visits are being scheduled now.