In 2005, Warren County School System implemented its first long-range
plan as a system. The plan guided the school improvement efforts during
the past two years which led to SACs system accreditation. Each year, the
stakeholders reviewed the plans, charted progress, and identified additions,
revisions and deletions. As the stakeholders are now evaluating the option
of applying for charter status, the opinion is that major revisions need to be
made in the strategic plan to better focus areas that directly affect student
achievement. Other areas that support student achievement will be
evaluated annually and will be aligned with the strategic actions. The plan
was developed by completing the following steps:

1. The system mission, vision, and beliefs were refined.

2. Each school held an advisory team that developed a framework for
a possible charter school.

3. A system wide team of administrators representing the central
office and each school and BOE members reviewed a draft
revision of the strategic plan and made recommendations for the
future draft to be submitted to representative stakeholders for
input.

4. Input was utilized in the third revision and submitted again to the
Steering Committee for revision/approval and BOE approval was
received.

5. The final plan was reviewed during the system wide meeting at the
beginning of the year.

6. Balanced scorecards will be developed to monitor the plan.

7. The plan will be implemented and monitored throughout the year
by the Steering Committee.

8. The plan will be reviewed annually.

•   All students can learn.
•   All staff will participate in professional learning opportunities on a regular
    basis and work collaboratively with others in order to grow professionally.
•   A variety of instructional practices and technological tools must be employed in
    the teaching/learning/assessment process.
•   Different learning styles and the varied needs of the students must be considered when planning and implementing curriculum.
•   Teachers will help students feel safe, supportive, and respected.
•   Parents must be encouraged to participate in their child's education through regular communication.
•   Teachers must inspire and encourage all students to learn and to take responsibility for their learning.
•   Success requires the establishment and communication of clear goals.
•   Students will be involved in the self-assessment of their learning.

The mission of the Warren County School System is to promote academic success for students.

W   Warren
A    Always
V    Values
E    Education

•   Teachers, staff, parents, students and community members will value students and
    share in the responsibility for providing a supportive learning environment within our schools.
•   Teachers will be lifelong learners to support the chief priority of our school- student learning.
•   Students will be taught using multiple instructional strategies targeting unique learning styles.
•   A variety of assessments of and for learning will be used to demonstrate mastery
    of content and deficient areas.
•   A viable, challenging, prioritized, aligned and paced curriculum will be provided
    for all content areas and courses at each grade level.
•   The school system will be the catalyst in Warren County to promote acceptance,
    respect, and understanding by embracing and celebrating the cultural diversity within the school and community to promote school   and community unity.
•   The students will graduate as productive citizens.