The WCSD Board of Trustees has engaged in some very meaningful conversations about their legislative agenda in the months past and has unanimously agreed to adopt their 2013 Legislative Platform .
This document is focused around the most important policy discussions that are anticipated this session. It is closely aligned with our strategic plan, Envision WCSD 2015- Investing in Our Future, and is designed to reflect the values system of WCSD, which strives to improve academic outcomes for all our students. This will serve as the guide for the positions we will take on proposed pieces of legislation.
It is grouped in subject areas that address funding (both capital and operating) as well as our continued support of early literacy, family engagement, and college and career readiness. Additionally, it focuses on human capital and the need for an evaluation system and robust professional development as well as the desire to have as much decision-making power as close to the local level as possible.
We believe we’ve addressed and weighed in on many of the expected “hot topics” like social promotion, expansion of full-day kindergarten, as well as the improvement of the high school proficiency exam.
It is impossible to address every piece of legislation that may affect the district so we have a process in place for the board, or its legislative subcommittee, to consider any proposal that isn’t addressed in the board platform.
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