Community Forums

As part of our ongoing commitment to the pursuit of an extraordinary school experience, our Community Forums provide a valuable space for open dialogue and collaboration regarding our Strategic Plan, Destination 2028! These 2-3 hour sessions bring together community members to share their insights and provide feedback to help shape the Priority Actions for each school year.

Meeting Recaps:

Community Forum Meeting 2

On September 9, 2024, approximately 100 parents, teachers, staff, and community members gathered at Ocean Air School for the second Destination 2028! Design Team Meeting of the 2024-25 school year. The session was once again facilitated by educational consultants from the Learner-Centered Collaborative.

During the meeting, the Design Team reviewed input from the May 21, 2024, session, where participants shared "wows," "wonders," and “ideas.” The feedback from that initial meeting was synthesized, and the proposed priority actions for the 2024-25 school year were revised accordingly.

At the September meeting, participants revisited the themes identified during the May session and worked together to ensure no critical areas were missing. For each of the proposed priority actions, groups utilized an impact-effort matrix to assess and prioritize actions by considering both their potential impact and the effort required for implementation. The session concluded with a gallery walk, where participants reviewed the proposed priority actions and highlighted the ones they believed should be prioritized.

DMUSD would like to thank everyone involved for providing such valuable input into co-designing the district’s priority actions for the 2024-25 school year.

Community Forum Meeting 1

On May 21, 2024 parents, teachers, staff, and community members gathered at Ocean Air School to participate in the first of our Destination 2028! Strategic Design Team Meetings for 2024, led by educational consultants, Learner-Centered Collaborative. After reviewing the first year of DMUSD's strategic plan implementation, participants had an opportunity to reflect on the District’s four Levers and the corresponding 5-year Objectives, identifying and sharing bright spots, questions, and ideas.

The Design Team’s perspectives and insights play an important role to guide our next steps. The Learner-Centered Collaborative will review all of the group’s input to help shape our roadmap for the 2024–2025 school year. The team will meet again in early September.