According to school board president Layla Spanenberg, one of the most important projects for the school board this year will be the development of its strategic plan. The school board is partnering with Educational Research Center of America (ERCA), an educational consulting company, to conduct its strategic planning program, which will include long-term plans for the district such as financial and redistricting plans. The district will release the strategic plan report to the public in April.

Spanenberg said that ERCA recommends the school district try to reduce the number of times it redistricts, so as to reduce the adverse effects of redistricting on students and their families.

“(Redistricting often) is not what we’d like,” Spanenberg said.

Thus, ERCA is assisting the school district to create a long-term redistricting plan.

Senior Jonathan Chen said he supports the idea that the school board is trying to develop a long-term redistricting plan.

“I think it’s very good that we actually have a very good redistricting plan because as it is now, we have really weird borders where people could be like right next to a school but they won’t go there because of that districting,” Chen said. “So obviously if we could find a permanent solution, that would be great.”