MCCPS Board of Trustees

Minutes

Strategic Planning Meeting: September 8, 2022

Date and Time

Thursday September 8, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Location

Zoom Only

Committee Members Present

Carol McEnaney (remote), Erik Roberts (remote), Kerryann McInerney (remote), Nick Santoro (remote), Peter Cohen (remote), Tim Wadlow (remote)

Committee Members Absent

Jessica Xiarhos

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Nick Santoro called a meeting of the Strategic Plan Committee Committee of MCCPS Board of Trustees to order on Thursday Sep 8, 2022 at 6:34 PM.

C.

Approve minutes

Erik Roberts made a motion to approve the minutes from Strategic Plan Committee Meeting on 05-12-22.
Carol McEnaney seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Strategic Plan Committee

A.

Review and Agree on Timeline

  • Peter
    • suggested outsourcing some of the writing of the actual plan
      • task other committees to construct the part of the plan that affects their committees the most.
        • This may allow them to integrate the plan easier once it is finalized
    • just the FACTS (key areas of focus)
      • Facilities (Directed by Facilities Task Force) 
      • Academics (Directed by Academic Excellence Committee) 
        • may partner with Lift Learning
      • Community (Directed by Development & Communications Committee)
        • connects to board goals AND HOS goals, so high priority group 
    • Our work (CT of FACTS) - important that we monitor progress
      • Teamwork (Strategic Planning Committee) - shared accountability 
      • Systems (Strategic Planning Committee) - progress monitoring
  • Kerryann
    • suggests generating a unifying statement that clarifies and simplifies the set of goals within each area of focus; a vision statement to go along with the mission statement.
  • Actions
    • Peter will discuss with Facilities Task Force about writing the first draft of that area of focus. 

B.

Review emerging Themes from SWOTs

  • Nick
    • overviewed themes. 
    • conclusion was that our strengths were consistently our areas of growth
      • exhibition
      • enrichment
      • project based learning
      • community

C.

Discuss Format of the Plan

  • Actions
    • Members will research various Strategic Plan formats that we can discuss next time. 

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:24 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Nick Santoro