Mansfield Public Schools is seeking input from community members and school families about the vision for the district’s five-year strategic plan update. The school district is undertaking the initiative to ensure its Mission, Vision, and Core Beliefs are still aligned with the needs of Mansfield students in long-term collaboration with the community.
The survey is available here.
The community-wide survey is important to school leaders because of the expansive partnerships Mansfield Schools enjoys. “The greater Mansfield community is critical to our District Development Plan,” says Superintendent Candace Morell. “The partnerships we maintain with our school families, UConn’s Neag School of Education and their future teachers, E.O. Smith High School, other Town departments who support our work, the volunteers of Bike Mansfield—all of these partners are invested in our students’ futures. We need to ensure all community voices are heard in how we can best serve our youth for optimal learning experiences to come,” she says.
District leaders invited teaching staff and paraprofessionals to invest a morning during recent professional development to evaluate what their goals are for Mansfield youth, what the knowledge, skills, character traits, and experiences students will need for their future, and what the district is doing to meet those needs. Lastly, the Mansfield classroom educators were asked to share what ways our schools could better prepare students for life. Select students at Mansfield Middle School and Mansfield Elementary School will participate in focus groups to also provide input on their experiences.
To reach school families and community members, Mansfield Public Schools has posted flyers and table tents with the survey link throughout Town, and will be circulating the survey through social media as well as in-person engagement with stakeholders. School leaders will be visiting the Mansfield Senior Center to share about the process.
The existing District Development Plan can be found at: https://www.mansfieldct.gov/1489/District-Development-Plans, along with Reports of Progress as presented to the Board of Education three times each year.
Assisting Mansfield Public Schools in this strategic plan update is Gabriela Stiteler, a senior associate with Great Schools Partnership, a nonprofit school-support organization that works with districts to redesign public education and improve learning for all students. After completing the stakeholder input phase, the district will NEXT ACTION in cooperation with the Board of Education.
Mansfield Public Schools district leadership will complete the updated Development Plan in July, and present it to staff and the community for the school year 2026-27.