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NL seeks input on comprehensive plan

Northern Lehigh School District is seeking feedback from its stakeholders on its comprehensive plan.

Director Robert Keegan Jr. asked at Monday’s school board meeting if the comprehensive plan went out to the whole community.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Tania Stoker said the comprehensive planning survey is on the district’s website, www.nlsd.org, for anyone who wishes to respond to the questions.

“Internally, it was sent out to all of our staff, faculty staff, administration, and it was also sent to grades 7 through 12 because we weren’t sure that our younger students in our elementary would be able to answer the questions or understand the content, but certainly seventh- through 12th-grade students would be able to,” Stoker said. “And then there was also a community outreach message that went out to all families in the district.”

Keegan asked who developed it.

“We developed it as a core team for the comprehensive plan along with our partners and consultants through the Institute for Teaching and Leading,” she said. “It’s one that’s been used in other districts, but it was customized to our district with our core comprehensive planning team.”

Keegan said it’s important for community members to take advantage of this opportunity.

“When I look at our website, our mission statement and all the things that go with it, are from 1997, so that’s 25 years, and it’s time that we got into the new century,” Keegan said. “And it’s time that we readjust and look at what’s important for our students in Northern Lehigh, and I strongly, I’m passionate about this, so please, when you talk to people, make sure they go online and take advantage of the opportunity and make comments on the comprehensive plan; it’s important.

Stoker said the survey will be open until Feb. 25.

“So it will be posted for about two weeks,” she said. “And then we plan to go over the data in March.”

Board President Mathias Green thanked them for pointing it out to the public.

The plan is due in August. It will cover the time frame of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025.

The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NLSD_CompPlan_MissionVisionValues.