District Goals

GREENSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION
DISTRICT GOALS
2025-2026

“Think Opportunity”

Mission Statement

The mission of the Greensburg Community School Corporation (GCSC) is to promote learning through quality educational and life-skill programs that prepare our students to be effective, successful, and responsible citizens.  

Core Values of GCSC Stakeholders

High Expectations- All stakeholders will work to master or exceed required educational standards using best practices.

Accountability- Stakeholders are responsible for utilizing and managing resources to make data driven and financially prudent decisions.

Shared Leadership- Stakeholders will collaborate and strive to achieve school and community goals through professional learning opportunities and civic/social engagement.

Continuous Improvement- Stakeholders will persistently strive to advance by using research- based assessment tools, current data results, and consistent oversight in a never-ending effort for growth.  

Social Responsibility- All stakeholders will share an obligation to promote and enhance positive character traits, tolerance of differences, a commitment to personal safety; and global citizenship.

Alignment- Our school community will use all resources to implement the mission, vision, values, goals and strategies, to move in a unified direction to provide an efficient and effective educational program.

In light of the stated mission and core values of GCSC, the Board of School Trustees set the following goals for the 2025-2026 school year:

•    Curriculum
Provide academic programs to our students that are aligned with national and state standards to provide learning opportunities that ensure their competitiveness in a global market place.  The following goals will be addressed:

1.     GCSC will provide rigorous content at all grade levels that culminates in increased success on the state standardized tests (3-8) and the SAT high school exit assessment.  The goal will be for each grade level in each tested content area to be at State Average on each of the Standardized Tests measured by the IDOE.

2.     The goal for each school in GCS will be to achieve a letter grade of “A” in the new IDOE system.

3.    GCSC will continue to monitor the evolving graduation requirements and new diploma tracks at GHS. 

a.    30 % of graduates will obtain the ICC.
b.    85% of the students at GHS will have participated in a CTE course by graduation.
c.    75% of graduates will earn an industry recognized credential.
d.    90% of graduating students will have earned a college credit.
e.    Graduating classes will earn more than 3,000 college credits.
f.    GHS will establish an Associate Degree program by the end of 25-26.
g.    GHS will graduate 95% of the senior class.

4.    GHS will have the data required for STEM Certification by the end of the 2026-2027 school year. GES and GJHS will continue their emphasis on STEM for 2025-2026 so that reissuance of certification will be seamless. 

5.     100% of elementary students will be at grade level reading by 4th grade.

6.    GES will promote and continue developing a viable Early Childhood program so that all four (4) year old’s have an opportunity for pre-school in GCSC.

7.    GCS will promote the effective use of AI in our schools.  Staff will be provided training necessary to use AI as an educational tool.

•    Staff
 Provide on-going staff development to promote student academic improvement in the areas where the GCSC has growth potential:
  

1.    GCSC will recruit and retain outstanding teachers and staff by providing feedback through an informative evaluation process.  GCSC will maintain a competitive salary and benefit package for all employees.

2.    Each new teacher will be assigned a mentor by GCSC.

3.    GCSC will provide weekly PLC time so that teachers and staff can network and interact to address school, grade level, and subject level concerns.

4.    An employee satisfaction survey will be given to all GCSC teachers prior to the end of the school year.  An exit survey will be administered to all teaching staff who leave the Corporation.  Data from each will be shared with the Board of Trustees.

•    Finance
Maintain a stable cash balance for GCSC through the continued use of sound budgetary practices: 
 
1.     Promote, practice and show evidence of the prudent use of the community’s financial resources in GCSC practices.

2.     Maintain a cost containment plan to address deficit spending to maintain at least a 20% cash balance in the Education Fund. Make expenditure cuts where necessary to balance revenue to expenditure costs.

3.     Address contractual concerns that create or alleviate unfunded liabilities for GCSC and negotiate changes that need to be examined:

a.    Keeping Health Insurance costs at or below the 112% rate of the Indiana State Health Insurance Plan.
b.    Continue to work towards a $50,000 starting teacher salary.
c.    Keeping tuition support from state spending towards teacher salaries/benefits at 65% or higher.
d.    Keeping transfer level from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund below the 15% threshold.

4.     Examine how the current salary schedule can be condensed in the number of years employed to reach the maximum salary benefit.

5.    Examine fringe benefit costs and ways of providing greater incentives to GCSC employees.

•    Technology
GCSC will deploy and maintain the most effective infrastructure, security, hardware, and software throughout the Corporation. In pursuit of this goal, the technology department will:

1.    Assist administration, staff, and students with training and support.

2.    Support and encourage 21st Century STEM learning throughout our district.

3.    Provide and embed STEM training to all staff necessary for STEM certification at all levels.

       
•    Policy and Procedures
Audit and maintain existing policies.  Align policies, administrative guidelines and student handbooks at each building for congruency.

•    Public Relations
GCSC realizes the important role our community plays in the overall education of our students.  We want to engage all facets of our community in this process. The GCSC Public Relations program will:

1.    Promote activities that will get the public into our schools so that they can experience the innovative and challenging programs that are being provided to our students.   Develop a Parent Advisory Board at each of the buildings composed of community members and parents that are not current or past school employees. (Minimum of five (5) persons on each Advisory Board)

2.    Promote our partnerships with local industry to enhance vocational opportunities and Work Based Learning.  (Every building has at least three (3) designated community partners.

3.    Promote our partnership with Centerstone Mental Health Services and Decatur County Memorial Hospital.

4.     Promote our brand “Think Opportunity’ through our Pirate Pride Portrait of a Graduate on social media and other available ways of advertising.  

5.    GCSC will utilize the new website for parent communication and community promotion.

6.    Promote the GHS JAG program to the community and industry/businesses for partnerships.

7.    Utilize the GTV station to promote GCSC and the activities/programs that are provided to our students.  Develop a usage plan that is shared with the Board prior to September 1st.

8.    Promote the utilization of our new FM radio station at GHS.  Develop usage plan to be shared with Board by September 1st.  Establish call letters for the station by November 1, 2025.

9.    Promote the Portrait of a Graduate each month in all three of our buildings with the Pirates are Primed theme.

•    Safe School Environment
Provide on-going needed annual maintenance and upgrading of current facilities:

1.    GCSC provides a safe school environment through:

a.    Partnering with Emergency Services for building safety and security.
b.    The use of the Raptor building entry network in GCSC Buildings.
c.    The use of the Raptor App during Emergency situations by employees.  All GCSC employees will be trained on using the App prior to the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
d.    Safe Schools training for all GCSC employees.
e.    Partnering with the City of Greensburg to provide an SRO for each school building.

2.      Maintain the comprehensive preventive maintenance plan developed for GCSC.

•    Extra-Curricular
Maintain, refine and provide accessibility for all students with regard to extra-curricular programs:

1.     Examine sustainability costs for all ECA programs across the district. Give a revenue to cost analysis of each ECA program 7-12 in the district at the end of 25-26 school year.

2.    Continue to offer ECA programs at no cost to our students.

3.    Use the Sallee Trust for athletic and music needs where appropriate for 2025-2026.  Provide a detailed expenditure report to the Board from the 25-26 school year.

4.     Budget funds to promote and support the Fine Arts across GCSC.

5.    Examine how the Music, Dance, and Cheerleading programs can be utilized most effectively at GJHS and GHS.  Set clear expectations for each.

6.    Audit all ECA programs for continued number of competitions available to our students. A comprehensive tracking of all students involved in ECA at GJHS and GHS.  Information submitted to the Board for the 25-26 school year.  Information should include: the activity, number of participants, and number of events.