Our strategic plan enables excellence without exception. Our vision and mission have driven our goals and guardrails, which collectively enable four pillars of excellence across our school system – academic excellence, people excellence, operational excellence, and engagement excellence.
This information is the foundation for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continuous improvement process. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education establishes the mission, vision and core beliefs as well as the student outcomes focused goals and guardrails for the school district. The 2024-29 Strategic Plan is organized by four pillars of excellence. While the academic pillar is most closely aligned with the goals, the three other pillars - people, operations, and engagement - are critical to the achievement of the goals. There are 18 priorities in the strategic plan. Seventy (70) action-oriented strategies were identified to support the 18 priorities.
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The mission of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is to create an innovative, inclusive, student-centered environment that supports the development of independent learners.
The vision of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is to lead the community in educational excellence, inspiring intellectual curiosity, creativity, and achievement so that all students reach their full potential.
We believe that:
- Public education is essential to democracy and necessary for economic opportunity, mobility and the broader public good.
- We are responsible for building and maintaining a high performing school district.
- Each student is uniquely capable and deserves an engaging, relevant, and challenging educational experience.
- Our principals and teachers make the critical difference in student achievement and building a positive school community.
- The school system, families and communities are necessary partners in ensuring the academic, social, emotional and behavioral success of our students.
Based on these Core Beliefs, we are committed to:
- Providing an effective Superintendent to lead the District.
- Ensuring that all students achieve their full potential.
- Ensuring that each student has an effective teacher.
- Ensuring that an effective principal leads every school.
- Giving all students access to a well-rounded, rigorous curriculum that is evidence-based and data-informed.
- Preparing all students to be successful in institutions of higher learning or the workforce.
- Creating safe and orderly working and learning environments.
- Securing and allocating the necessary resources to pursue our vision and mission.
- Operating effectively and efficiently with fiscal accountability.
- Embracing our community’s diversity and using it to enhance the educational environment.
- Providing and encouraging engagement opportunities for all students’ families.
- Partnering with community members to maximize student learning.
CMS leads the way, charting a pathway of endless possibilities, for students and employees, through a connected ecosystem of families, community and organizations, both public and private.