Strategic Plan

Our Mission

Empower, challenge, and support every learner to grow every day.

Our Vision

Centerville City Schools creates a collaborative learning environment that responds to the needs of each learner, fosters growth, and prepares individuals to be responsible community-minded members of society.

Focus Areas
Core Principles

Focus Areas

	Teaching & Learning Supporting growth of the whole learner, academically, intellectually, and emotionally, through safe environments and evidence-based practices
	Leading & Innovating Taking risks and improving one’s community while encouraging others as they do the same
	Diversifying & Including Incorporating all voices that encompass our diverse community to strengthen every aspect of our mission
	Communicating & Understanding Sharing information vital to building trust, defining ways to measure our impact, celebrating successes and learning from our challenges
	Resourcing & Supporting Providing the support structures necessary to sustain and maximize growth

Core Principles

Centerville City Schools believes that:

learning is attainable for all.
valuing the unique gifts and experiences of each individual enriches our district and community.
building supportive relationships is necessary for learning.
fostering a growth mindset builds resilience and perseverance.
empowering our students, staff, families, and community to take risks inspires innovation and leadership.
resourcing our students and staff with meaningful support and inspiring tools maximizes potential.
leveraging evidence-based data and feedback helps us understand our impact and progress.
nurturing meaningful partnerships and trust requires open lines of communication.
sustaining growth requires forward-thinking and a fiscally responsible plan.

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About the Strategic Plan Process

Over the past two years, we have embarked on a strategic planning process to help guide our priorities moving forward. This collaborative process included input from a variety of stakeholders, including district and building administrators, the Board of Education, students, staff, parents and community leaders through focus groups, surveys and a dedicated design team.

The design team engaged in several sessions to dialog about effective and research-based educational trends and to create a shared understanding of future goals for our district. This included building on past work in the district, such as our Leading the Rebound strategies, the District Diversity Plan, our partnership with the Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation at the University of Dayton, and the Master Facilities Plan, among others. The design team identified a vision, core principles and focus areas to help us meet our mission of empowering, challenging and supporting every learner to grow every day.

This summer, we will be aligning our practices and processes across the district as we begin working on our 2022-23 action plan. We plan to provide updates to the community and the Board of Education during meetings and on this website.

We are excited to share our future-focused strategic plan with the community, and we are grateful for your partnership and commitment to providing excellent educational opportunities for children in Centerville-Washington Township.

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Design Team Members

Centerville City Schools is grateful for the support and dedication of our district leadership team, the Board of Education, staff, parents and community leaders who participated in the strategic planning process.

Janelle Bailey, Preschool Teacher
Ken Barrett, Secondary Gifted Coach for Mathematics and Science
Brandon Barrometti, Band Director
Brian Bucher, High School Teacher
Erin Bucher, Driscoll Elementary Principal
Robyn Bueltel, Parent
John Carroll, Centerville High School Coordinating Principal
Adam Ciarlariello, Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction
Mindy Cline, Primary Village North Principal
Tracy Collins, Parent
Cherie Colopy, Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction
Michelle Crabtree, Elementary Teacher
Kim Crasto, Middle School Teacher
Wayne Davis, City Manager, City of Centerville
Tammy Drerup, Director of Student Services
Allison Durnbaugh, Board Member
Kelly George, Elementary Teacher
Rajeev Goel, Parent
Ann Gutmann, Elementary Teacher
Tom Henderson, Superintendent
Furaha Henry-Jones, Parent
Nikki Hoff, Elementary Teacher
Sherry Kim, Middle School Teacher
Pat Kinzig, Middle School Teacher
Jesse Lightle, Washington Township Administrator
Lori Lonsert, High School Teacher
Angela McDermitt, School Psychologist
Mark Metzger, Washington Township RecPlex Director
Becki Moore, Elementary Teacher
Shannon Morgan, Director of Technology
Arleen Petty, School Counselor
Jen Riegel, High School Teacher
Maria Rigling, Parent
Laura Sauber, Treasurer
Matt Somerlot, High School Teacher
Megan Sparks, Board Member
Sarah Swan, Community Relations Specialist
Dan Tarpey, Director of Human Resources
Cedric Tolbert, Elementary Teacher
Lisa Voss, Primary Teacher
Jon Wesney, Director of Business Operations
Stacey Westendorf, Magsig Middle School Principal
Amy Wilkinson, Primary Teacher