Fountain Valley School District Priorities
2026-2029 DISTRICT PRIORITIES
Student Success
Increase student growth, academic achievement, and overall development.
Strategic Objectives
- 1.1 Enhance collaboration between staff with a focus on continuous instructional improvement, data-informed practices, and implementation of multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS).
- 1.2 Increase consistency of instructional practices between classrooms and subject areas, both within schools and across the district to improve student outcomes.
- 1.3 Expand leadership opportunities for all students, resulting in personal growth, academic achievement, and leadership skills in and out of the classroom.
- 1.4 Develop students’ skills for learning, relationships, and well-being, to foster the character and habits needed for success in school and beyond.
Priority Actions & Success Indicators for 2026 - 2027
Priority Action: Engage elementary teachers, middle school math teachers, and site administrators in Vision Driven Math professional learning, utilizing the Innovation Grant.
Success Indicator: 100% of math educators complete the initial job-embedded Math Learning Lab cycle, resulting in coaching, co-designed extension lessons, and student work analysis to guide differentiated instruction.
Priority Action: Integrate foundational math signature practices into TK-8 Mild-Moderate (M/M), Extensive Support Needs (ESN), and RSP/co-taught classrooms to ensure equitable, collaborative, and aligned instructional practices for all learners.
Success Indicator: 100% of TK-8 M/M and ESN educators participate in two dedicated learning lab days to learn about, design, and implement research-based, student-centered signature math practices.
Priority Action: Align and streamline district-wide processes for gathering, recording, and analyzing student achievement, growth, and intervention data to drive timely, data-informed instructional decisions and services.
Success Indicator: A formalized district data protocol is codified, and 100% of identified student data fields are successfully transitioned into the common data platform for active use by June 2027.
Culture & Climate
Advance an inclusive, caring, and collaborative culture.
Strategic Objectives
- 2.1 Cultivate a positive, inclusive, and accountable school-site culture through shared responsibility, consistent practices, and collaborative problem-solving among all students and staff.
- 2.2 Recruit, hire, and retain high-quality employees who promote and support a culture of highest expectations for teaching, learning, and interacting.
- 2.3 Expand the leadership capacity of staff.
- 2.4 Collaborate with employee associations to strengthen communication and relationships.
Priority Actions & Success Indicators for 2026 - 2027
Priority Action: Reflect on and revise school-wide behavioral expectation matrices, appropriate behavioral responses, and communication protocols, to foster consistency, connection, and a positive school culture.
Success Indicators:
- Updated and published school handbooks with behavioral expectations, response frameworks, and communication protocols at all schools.
- Annual school/district surveys demonstrate a measurable increase in student, staff, and family perceptions of belonging, safety, and connectedness by June 2027.
Fiscal Responsibility
Align resources to maximize the success of all students.
Strategic Objectives
- 3.1 Monitor, review, and prioritize District resources to ensure fiscal responsibility.
- 3.2 Increase general fund revenues through improved enrollment and attendance.
- 3.3 Manage investments to maximize alternative revenue streams.
- 3.4 Seek out and utilize grants, donations, and partnerships with Fountain Valley Schools Foundation, PTA/PTO, businesses, and community groups.
Priority Actions & Success Indicators for 2026 - 2027
Priority Action: Develop and implement a tracking system to monitor one-time funds, expenditures, timelines, and sustainability plans once funds expire.
Success Indicator: The centralized tracking tool is fully operationalized and utilized during quarterly budget reviews to support long-term fiscal planning and identify alternative, ongoing funding sources for high-value programs prior to one-time fund expiration.
Priority Action: Establish a comprehensive long-term fiscal framework to secure the district's financial stability, enabling sustained investment in workforce retention, facility modernization, and student success initiatives.
Success Indicator: Board-approved long-term funding targets and organizational sustainability standards are formally integrated into the district's multi-year fiscal planning and annual budget cycles.
Family & Community Engagement
Effectively communicate with staff, families, and community members to enhance engagement.
Strategic Objectives
- 4.1 Provide timely information about student progress, family and community events, and opportunities for exchanging ideas and receiving feedback.
- 4.2 Attend and be visible at school, District, and community events/activities.
- 4.3 Develop research-based parent/guardian training to strengthen school-to-home partnerships and extend/reinforce learning at home.
- 4.4 Serve and support all educational partners by providing and modeling exceptional customer service.
Priority Actions & Success Indicators for 2026 - 2027
Priority Action: Expand intentional outreach and programming for families facing barriers to school connectedness (e.g., SED, homeless, English Learners, Early Childhood, and Special Education communities) to ensure equitable engagement and representation across the district.
Success Indicator: Committee rosters and event sign-in data demonstrate an increase in diverse parent participation across all school-site and district-level leadership committees by June 2027.
Priority Action: Refine and reinforce safety communication protocols, emergency response procedures, and stakeholder education to support a culture of safety and preparedness.
Success Indicators:
- 100% of schools document the completion of mandated emergency drills, which include emergency notifications and communication protocols.
- Families receive information regarding district-wide safety terminology and emergency response procedures, and communication protocols.
Learning Environments
Provide safe, clean, welcoming, and well-maintained environments that support focused teaching, learning, and well-being.
Strategic Objectives
- 5.1 Continue implementation of the Next Five: playground additions for TK, fields/sprinklers, and HVAC (Bard) units.
- 5.2 Reinforce safe, consistent practices and expectations that support a culture of safety preparedness and shared responsibility across all schools.
- 5.3 Strengthen operational systems and service delivery to ensure consistent, responsive, and high-quality maintenance, custodial, nutrition, and transportation services across all schools and departments.
- 5.4 Optimize technology infrastructure and device management to provide reliable, future-ready digital environments that support learning, productivity, and operational efficiency.
- 5.5 Promote purposeful, organized, and student-centered learning environments that maximize functional space and support engagement, focus, and well-being.
Priority Actions & Success Indicators for 2026 - 2027
Priority Action: Commence Phase 1 of the District-wide Landscaping and Field Rehabilitation project to upgrade aging irrigation infrastructure and improve outdoor site conditions.
Success Indicator: Bidding documents are finalized, a phased site-prioritization schedule is approved, a contractor is selected, and physical work begins on designated Phase 1 sites.
Priority Action: Finalize and launch the Facilities Use program, to establish community access, fair-market fee schedules, and clear operational frameworks.
Success Indicator: Fee structure is officially Board-adopted, community outreach is executed, internal reservation and billing workflows are established, and the program goes live for the 2026–27 school year.
Priority Action: Develop students’ Digital Citizenship skills to promote safe, responsible, ethical, and balanced participation in digital environments.
Success Indicator: 100% of schools verify completion of the age-appropriate Digital Citizenship curriculum modules (e.g., covering AI, safety, privacy, and cyberbullying) across all grade levels by June 2027.
Priority Action: Maximize the effectiveness of learning and working environments by reducing clutter and improving organization, to ensure district spaces are used intentionally, safely, and purposefully.
Success Indicator: Guidelines for classroom, common area, and workspace organization are established and implemented, and site-level walkthroughs show removal of unused/unsafe furniture, equipment, and materials that limit the effective use of space.