RPS Strategic Plan Review

Impact Lvl 1: Children & Youth ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Education ; Metrics
Lvl 2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development C2C: Kindergarten Readiness C2C: 3rd Grade Reading C2C: 8th Grade Math C2C: HS Graduation C2C: Post-Secondary C2C: Workforce Participation

Public Pinned Report on Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan led by Rochester Public Schools

Last modified: December 01, 2025

Contents

Highlights

Dec 2 2025: Strategic Plan Review Part 1

Background
Presentation Slides
Part 1 Goals

Dec 2, 2025 RPS Board Meeting

Strategic Plan Details and Statuses

Equity

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Partnerships

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Engage Parents and Caregivers

RPS Caregiver and Parent Empowerment (CAPE) Perspectives from families and facilitators

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Elevate Deeper Learning

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Recruitment and Retention

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Transportation

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Youth Voice

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November 18, 2025 : Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness

Fall (November) 2025:

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Video Recording
Presentation Slides

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy, Metrics
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary

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Impact Lvl1: Best Practice, Business Process, Consultancy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2:

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Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy
Impact Lvl2:

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November 11, 2024 : Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024

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Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy
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September 29, 2023 : Technology Referendum for the Rochester schools

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Impact Lvl2: C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

April 25, 2023 : Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022

1. 2022 Strategic Plan and extracted sections. 2. RPS Strategic Plan Building Blocks

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Higher-Education

August 09, 2022 : Plans to Strengthen Belonging and Behavior During the 2022-2023 School Year

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Human Resource

March 28, 2022 : RPS School Board Meeting - 3/22/22

Strategic Action Plan - Focus Group and Survey Results

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

Pinned Rochester Public Schools organization and project reports

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Organization Report: December 04, 2025 : RPS Balanced Budget Model

2026 Review and 2027 Enhancements:

Phase I of the Balanced Budget Model (BBM), launched across all learning sites and select special education programs, served as both a starting point and a critical learning stage.

AI Summary of PB ePaper Article

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Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

Organization Report: November 21, 2025 : RPS 5 Year Budget Reduction Strategy

2025-11-21 RPS Reducing 2026 budget cut

RPS Board Presentation July 15, 2025

AI generated summary of budget reduction strategy

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Education, Governance/Public Policy
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : November 18, 2025 : Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness

Fall (November) 2025:

Background Information
Video Recording
Presentation Slides

Organization Report: September 27, 2025 : 2024-2025 RPS Data Analysis

Sep 2025 MCA Improvement Action Plan

2024-25 Fastbridge Data Analysis and Literacy Plan Update

PB reporting on MCA

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Health, Reading
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : August 30, 2025 : RPS 2025 Strategic Planning Updaters

Aug 2025: Superintendent Goals;

Aug 2025: Strategic Planning Study Session

Mar 2025: "Rochester Public Schools kicks off rebranding effort to gain an edge in a ‘competitive environment”

Impact Lvl1: Best Practice, Business Process, Consultancy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : August 02, 2025 : 2024-25 RPS Positive Behavior Data Review

July 15, 2025 RPS Board Updates

AI Summary of data

PB Editorial

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation, C2C: Post-Secondary

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : June 22, 2025 : 2025-2026 RPS Budget and 2026-27 Cut Projection

The Rochester School Board has officially approved a $445 million budget for the 2025–26 school year, setting the stage for a year of stability and strategic investment in local education.

RPS 2026-2027 Budget Cut Projection

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : April 11, 2025 : RPS School Age Child Care Support

RPS School Board Meeting: School Age Child Care Apr 8 2025 School Board Presentation

PB Reporting

Impact Lvl1: Caring Relationship, Children & Youth, Education, Parenthood
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : November 11, 2024 : Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024

RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

PB Reporting on Referendum Efforts and Results

Project Report of Family and Community Engagement (RPS) : October 21, 2024 : RPS Family Engagement Reports

Oct 2024 Reports

Reading Literacy Updates

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 3rd Grade Reading

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : September 29, 2023 : Technology Referendum for the Rochester schools

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Commitment, Education, Governance/Public Policy, STEM, Technology Enablement
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : September 15, 2023 : RPS Board Consider Updating District Equity Policy

RPS Board Study Session video recording; Proposed Equity Policy; PB Reporting

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : July 26, 2023 : 2022-2023 RPS Disipline Data

According to the district’s data, suspensions increased from 1,224 in 2021-22 to 1,523 in 2022-23, representing a jump of 24.4%."

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Higher-Education

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : April 25, 2023 : Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022

1. 2022 Strategic Plan and extracted sections. 2. RPS Strategic Plan Building Blocks

Project Report of RPS American Indian Education : October 06, 2022 : American Indian Education at RPS

October 10, 2022 Indigenous Peoples' Day

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Food
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : August 09, 2022 : Plans to Strengthen Belonging and Behavior During the 2022-2023 School Year

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : July 20, 2022 : Outcome and Discipline Data 2021-2022

RPS 2021-2022 Monitoring Reports

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2:

Organization Report: March 29, 2022 : Rochester Public Schools Board Self-Evaluation

2022 RPS School Board Self Evaluation Framework; Video Recording

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan : March 28, 2022 : RPS School Board Meeting - 3/22/22

Strategic Action Plan - Focus Group and Survey Results

Project Report of Family and Community Engagement (RPS) : January 12, 2022 : Family and Community Engagement (RPS) Report

January Family Engagement Video Recordings

Impact Lvl1: Caring Relationship, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : July 21, 2020 : Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) 2019 -2020

2019 and 2020 RPS Data: July 14, 2020 School Board Meeting, 2019-2020 First Semester, Achievement and Integration Plan Updates 2020

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : September 23, 2019 : Analysis of RPS referal data

Phil Wheeler analysis of RPS referral data.

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : July 17, 2019 : Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights)

2018-2019 Report presented to RPS school board and comparison with 2018 reporting.

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Higher-Education

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : August 24, 2017 : August 2017 Update of June 27 RPS Board Study of 2016-2017 discipline data

August updating the 2017-06-27 RPS Board Study of discipline data with school breakdown.

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2:

Project Report of Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) : January 05, 2016 : An openBEAM 5+1 proposal to address school disciplinary dispairty

The Rochester Public School District is taking the first steps to address a disproportionate disciplinary rate for black and Hispanic students. A community engagement session to get input and solicit involvement from community members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Riverside Elementary School. I believe that conversation is necessary but not sufficient. We need to follow up with actions. Here is a 5+1 action plan.

Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance/Public Policy
Impact Lvl2:

Sections

RPS Strategic Plan Review

Highlights

Contents

Dec 2, 2025 RPS Board Meeting