Bristol Virginia Public Schools
School Board Goals 2005-2006

• Continue quarterly meetings with the City Council

• Work with the City Council to equalize teachers' salaries

• Take active role in Bristol's sesquicentennial celebration

• Continue to develop a working relationship with the Washington County Board of Education

• Prioritize system needs in the six-year plan

• Complete the remaining track projects
   

Administration Goals

Curriculum, Instruction, and Staff Development

• Evaluate staff development practices for effectiveness

• Review fourth and fifth-grade history pacing/curriculum guides and make appropriate changes

• Examine the effectiveness of grades K-5 reading programs

• Monitor the transition of students from the elementary to the middle school and from the middle to the high school

Student Services, Special Education, and Health and Safety

• Develop a student/parent handbook for alternative programs

• Conduct a major revision of the Student Responsibilities and Rights Handbook

• Explore additional ways to improve attendance

Administration

• Assist special education teachers in assessing and obtaining their individual appropriate highly qualified status

• Design an employee handbook

• Revise the evaluation instrument for classified employees

Finance

• Identify areas most important to employees and evaluate the effectiveness of departmental interactions and procedures

• Implement the comprehensive risk management program

Technology

• Evaluate software products that will assist teachers in the creation and maintenance of course syllabi, lesson plans, and grade books

• Address network security by improving protection against intrusions, viruses, spam and spyware

Facilities

• Within budgetary and construction constraints, improve facilities for the culinary arts program

Approved by:   the Bristol Virginia School Board on July 5, 2005.