Background

On May 19-21, 2003, Lake Forest Community High School District 115, in collaboration with parents, community members, students and staff accepted the responsibility to begin a challenging, yet attainable future for our students. Under the guidance of a highly experienced facilitator, a 27-member Strategic Planning Team came together to envision the loftiest aspiration for our high school. During this intensive three-day, thirty-eight hour planning session, the Planning Team reviewed the school’s strengths and weaknesses and the impact of social, technological, economic, demographic and political trends. Using this information as a guide, every member of the Planning Team arrived at consensus in identifying common beliefs, creating a mission, setting parameters, developing objectives and specifying far-reaching strategies for achieving the mission. For each of the seven strategies identified by the Planning Team, an Action Team was formed to develop plans for implementation. Action Teams worked from July through October 2003.