Board Goals & Guardrails
On December 14, 2022, the Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education approved the Goals and Guardrails framework that outlined key priorities and values for the administration to align its short and long term strategies. The CPS Board of Education engaged over a period of time with district administration and the community. This effort included hosting over 20 focus groups, gathering and analyzing data via a community-wide online survey from a broad crosssection of stakeholders, rigorous analysis of past district data, and spirited discussions and debates during board meetings.
Our Goals
- Goals are specific, measurable, ambitious, realistic and time-bound.
- Goals represent what the CPS Board of Education and the community believe are the most important priorities for student learning over the next 3-5 years.
Our Guardrails
The CPS Board of Education developed Guardrails to represent the values of the community, align with the district's strategic plan and be honored over the same time period as listed above.
The Superintendent will not:
- ignore the needs and talents of the "whole child" by providing for students’ mental and physical well-being through academics, the arts, athletics, civic engagement, career opportunities and leadership development.
- allow discriminatory or culturally insensitive disciplinary treatment that results in disproportionate punishment among students to go unaddressed.
- allow district communication to be unresponsive or lacking in inclusive transparency, community sensitivity or inconsistent with the expressed values of the district.
- propose or recommend the acquisition or distribution of resources that are unanalyzed or unrated for quality or the favored status granted to local, women, or minority marketplace providers of goods or services.
- ignore district-wide chronic absenteeism at school sites; paying special attention to family involvement.
- in pursuit of equity, ignore the value and number of community partnerships, community access to facilities, and decision-making at school sites.
Progress Monitoring
Below are Goals and Guardrails Monitoring Reports and calendar shared by the Superintendent with the CPS Board of Education during either business meetings and/or committee meetings. The reports are also posted along with the meeting notices and agendas in BoardDocs as required.
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View and download the monitoring calendar* here: 2023-2024 Goals & Guardrails Monitoring Calendar
*Please be advised, future dates and presentations may change due to schedule and/or material adjustments as requested by the Board and/or Superintendent.
- February 5, 2024 - Board Business Meeting - Progress Monitoring for Goal 4
- January 17, 2024 - Student Achievement Committee of the Whole Meeting - Goal 4 and Curriculum Updates
- Dec 11, 2023 - Board Business Meeting - Progress Monitoring for Goal 5 and Guardrails 1 & 3
- Nov 15, 2023 - Student Achievement Committee of the Whole Meeting - Goal 3 and Guardrail 6
- Nov 6, 2023 - Board Business Meeting - Progress Monitoring for Goal 4 and Guardrails 2 & 4
- Nov 1, 2023 - Student Achievement Committee of the Whole Meeting - Goals 1 & 2 and Guardrails 4 & 5
- Oct 23, 2023 - Board Business Meeting - Progress Monitoring for Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 3 & Interims, Goal 5
- Oct 18, 2023 - Student Achievement Committee of the Whole Meeting - Goal 1, 2, 3, 5
- Sep 18, 2023 - Board Business Meeting - Progress Monitoring for Guardrails 1 - 6