Birmingham City Schools Unveil 5-Year Strategic Plan to Give Students Best Chance to Succeed

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Birmingham City Schools on Friday unveiled a new five-year plan to increase student achievement, improve customer service and boost accountability across the system and use yardsticks that will measure results. “Our goal is to improve what we are doing to support the success of our students, families, and community,” said Dr. Mark Sullivan, superintendent of Birmingham City Schools. The “Success Starts Here” plan includes five priority areas: Giving students the best chance to reach their potential academically. Enhancing students’ sense of well-being. Improving customer service throughout the school system, both with our families and with our community partners. Developing and keeping highly effective teachers. Boosting accountability across the district. “These priority areas don’t reflect the totality of what we do and what we will continue to do in our schools,” Sullivan said. “But these are the core areas we identified with our stakeholders that are most critical in giving our students their best chance for success at school and in life.” During a press conference on Friday, Sullivan also expounded on some of the priorities: Safety “We want to make sure that we are focusing on the sense of well-being for our students,”...