Longview ISD announces five-year priority plan

LONGVIEW — Longview ISD Superintendent, Marla Sheppard announced the district’s five-year priorities plan aimed at improving educational experience for future Lobos the first State of the District Luncheon. Our news partner kETK is reporting that the district celebrated their achievements at the first State of the District Luncheon where Sheppard officially announced Elevate 2030. The project lays out five big priorities for the district.

“Our theme is embracing ACE and that’s achievement, customer service and excellence,” Sheppard said.

The first two priorities are empowerment through educational excellence and cultivating growth & excellence in staff.

“We now have 83% of our schools that are performing at an A or B level,” Sheppard said. “We have 52 distinctions, up from 40 the year before, so our children are excelling in so many different areas.”

More school options are also available to parents, so the third goal is connecting with community through service.

“I believe that it is our responsibility to make sure that the community is always aware of what goes on inside of our school buildings. This was our opportunity today to get our community here, so that they could see and hear exactly what their support does for us,” Sheppard said.

The last two priorities are nurturing joyful wellbeing for students and staff and operational excellence.

“We have a gaming program now that’s new and our children are winning in that. They’re winning in athletics. We’re just proud of the fact that our children are winning in every area,” Sheppard said.

There was also an update to the district’s 2024 school bond elections. The design process is complete for construction projects. Work also continues in the creation of their own police department.