Welcome back to the Progress Report! We are excited to bring you quarterly updates regarding the Strategic Plan. Each quarter we will highlight one area of our strategic plan and share an in-depth look at the work they are doing and provide a high-level look at the other perspectives from members of our superintendent’s cabinet.

This quarter, we are focused on our Comprehensive Funding and Resource Management program and are joined by our Chief Financial Officer, Michelle Myers

To learn more about the projects that were mentioned you can visit the links below:

District Strategic Plan: https://www.peoriaunified.org/strategicplan

What is an AEL: https://bit.ly/3cpU2rD

Your Bond Dollars at Work: https://www.peoriaunified.org/Page/120

Peoria Unified’s Budget Report: https://bit.ly/3jG6xTx

Curriculum Adoption: peoriaunified.org/curriculumadoption

Community Groups: https://bit.ly/40KEzXw

School Safety: https://www.peoriaunified.org/Safety

Welcome to the Progress Report! We are excited to bring you quarterly updates regarding the Strategic Plan. Each quarter we will highlight one area of our strategic plan and share an in-depth look at the work they are doing and provide a high-level look at the other perspectives from members of our superintendent’s cabinet.

This quarter, we are focused on our Reimagined Teaching & Learning Program and are joined be out Chief Academic Support Officer, Dr. Teresa Hernandez.

To learn more about the projects that were mentioned you can visit the links below:

District Strategic Plan: https://www.peoriaunified.org/strategicplan

What is an AEL: https://bit.ly/3cpU2rD

School Safety: https://bit.ly/3cAFdSV

In our latest episode of Peoria Unified’s Progress Report, we are bringing you an in-depth look on an issue impacting not just Peoria Unified, but every public school district in the state of Arizona. $43.1 million of Peoria Unified’s Current Budget and $1.2 billion of public education funding across the state is at risk. This is funding that was previously allocated and is not a new tax or a request for additional funding.

Watch Superintendent Jason Reynolds discuss the Aggregate Expenditure Limit

Read more about how the AEL puts the Peoria Unified budget at risk.

Find out how to contact your elected leaders

The Peoria Unified School District operates 42 school sites and five support facilities, all which directly support student learning and achievement.  As we continue to work and re-imagine the most effective operations of the school district, we also consider how the district can make the best use of facilities to support all facets of the reimagined strategic plan. This includes being good stewards of our resources, increasing community connectedness , having a robust teaching a learning program and ensuring our campuses are the safest places for students to receive an education.

I'm joined on this episode by Santa Fe Elementary School’s principal, Mr. John Nitschke and our Chief technology and Operations Officer, Kevin Molino.

Learn more about our Strategic Plan on our website at https://www.peoriaunified.org/strategicplan

This fall we will be entering into the restart and rebuild stage of our strategic plan. This reimagined plan will span three to five years and position Peoria Unified as a national leader in preK-12 education. The plan is centered on four strategic perspectives: Student Learning, Safety and Well-Being, Community Connectedness and Stewardship of Resources.

Today, I am joined by our Superintendent Dr. Jason Reynolds as we discuss the status of our strategic plan and what our community can look forward to in the coming years. I am also joined by Erik Stone the Principal of Parkridge Elementary who served as a facilitator at our Parent Engagement Forum; and we discuss some of the feedback that was received.

Learn more about the new Strategic Plan by listening to the episode Strategic Thinking Part I from our Trending Peoria podcast.