Saturday, March 3, 2012

Chesterfield Public Schools Update Strategic Plan?

A nice article in the Chesterfield Observer describes the ongoing strategic plan process of the CCPS. Perhaps the article is too nice. It remains to be seen whether the new members of the school board can or will bring about an end the long standing behavior of the school board to treat itself as an island, unresponsive and unmindful of the county's broader needs.

School Board member Carrie Coyner and BOS member Dorothy Jaeckle are described as supporting coordination of school renovations with revitalization efforts. Since it seems that a school has be almost falling down around students and teachers before it will be renovated, it will be interesting to see whether Coyner and Jaekle will get their way. (Whether renoviations would be less costly and even less frequent if a rational maintenance program were in place is a topic for another post.)

People will go to where the good schools are. If Chesterfield County is to succeed in revitalization of areas like the Jeff Davis corridor and around the Hopkins Road-Chippenham Parkway interchange, then the school system has to cooperate fully in the process. Whether that happens depends upon the School Board, particularly all of its new members.

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