Gene Galin for School Board

As an original appointee to Chatham County’s Strategic Plan Development Committee (SPDC), I was active in developing the approved plan. Below is the education system component as outlined in the Chatham County Strategic Plan outcomes and goals.

GOAL 1. Effective teachers and a well-balanced curriculum imparting skills and knowledge which contribute to children and adults becoming productive, responsible, wellrounded citizens.
REASON FOR GOAL 1. To improve our quality of life and attract good businesses, the county needs to educate children and adults so that they are productive, responsible, and well-rounded. To achieve that, schools community colleges, and libraries must effectively teach appropriate skills and knowledge.

GOAL 2. Total community involvement (including parents, businesses, libraries and local schools) in education of children.
REASON FOR GOAL 2. To teach what needs to be taught, and/ or determine what is appropriate to teach, the whole community must be invited and encouraged to collaborate in the effort.

GOAL 3. Small public and private community schools, a vital community resource.
REASON FOR GOAL 3. Chatham County schools’ small size and community focus are elements which give Chatham County its character. To sustain them, the community must value them, be intimately involved with them, and use them effectively.

GOAL 4. A system of schools, preschools, community colleges and libraries that are effectively managed to maintain or improve the quality of education.
REASON FOR GOAL 4. The quality of schools depends upon appropriate support. To maintain that quality, appropriate funding, good management (Plans for growth and construction), and full cooperation with relevant branches of county government are essential.

GOAL 5. A program of performance-based evaluation which accurately measures the outcomes of the educational process at all levels.
REASON FOR GOAL 5. As the quality of education improves, schools will keep improving and school will remain efficient only if they carefully measure successes and failures, and narrowly target efforts to improve.