Goals and Guardrails for the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
Goals and Guardrails for the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
The School Board is charged with representing the vision and values of the Seattle community for Seattle Public Schools’ students. The vision for what Seattle students should know and be able to do after their time at SPS is represented in Goals adopted by the Board. The values for how the system should accomplish those Goals are represented in Guardrails adopted by the Board. These Goals and Guardrails guide the work of the district in pursuit of our mission – eliminating opportunity gaps to provide excellence in education, so every student graduates prepared for college, career, and community.
On January 22, 2025 the Board approved the Goals and Guardrails for 2025-2030.
Goals:
- The percentage of students in second grade that meet or exceed key grade-level standards for foundational literacy skills will increase from [TBD – spring 2025 data for baseline] in June 2025 to [+ 10 percentage points] in June 2030.
- The percentage of sixth graders prepared to succeed in grade-level math coursework in 7th grade, as measured by the 6th grade SBA, will increase from [TBD – spring 2025 SBA data for baseline] in June 2025 to [+10 percentage points] in June 2030.
- The percentage of students that graduate having completed Washington State graduation requirements consistent with their individual High School & Beyond Plan and having completed one of the following:
- Dual credit work in ELA, World Language, the Arts, Social Studies, STEM, or CTE OR a formal work-based learning experience,
- FAFSA/WASFA applications, or
- Applications to one or more college, work-based program, or other postsecondary program will increase from [TBD baseline to be established using spring 2025 data] in June 2025 to [TBD pending collection of baseline data] in June 2030.
Guardrails:
- The Superintendent will not allow a student’s school assignment, family income, race or ethnicity, need, or identity to determine access to high standards, rigorous programming, high-quality teaching, and supports.
- The Superintendent will not allow the existence of any learning environments that do not promote physical and emotional safety.
- The Superintendent will not allow adult behaviors in school buildings and classrooms that are misaligned with the anti-racist values of Seattle Public Schools, including the use of curricula, materials, and practices that are inconsistent with those values.
- The Superintendent will not make major decisions or bring major recommendations to the Board without first implementing an engagement strategy that includes students, parents, teachers, and community members.
- The Superintendent will not allow people, time, money, and other resources to be allocated in a manner inconsistent with student need.