Flight Plan 2035
On the heels of celebrating 100 Years of Inspiring Each, we have been building a bold roadmap called Flight Plan 2035. Since last summer, we have been gathering feedback from our community about the experiences, opportunities and learning we desire for each student over the next 10 years. Staff and students from all schools offered ideas; families, business partners, and community members participated in conversations; and many contributed ideas online—in total, more than 1,650 people have participated!
After analyzing this data, a design team of teachers, school leaders, parents, and community members identified a bold, community-driven vision: Develop programs and experiences where strong students engage in inspired learning, develop transferable skills, and apply their knowledge in real-world situations.
Programming for each student will be designed and implemented to create an environment where strong students engage in inspired learning, develop transferable skills, and apply their knowledge in real-world situations.
It’s the final phase of our Flight Plan 2035 process — if you haven’t been involved yet, now’s the time to make your voice heard!
Programs and experiences will center in four key areas:
Experiences and Programs
Vision for Learning
Our community’s vision of what we want for students in 2035 sets goals that should be present in the programs and experiences we provide.
- Student Wellbeing
- Inspired Learning
- Future-ready Skills
- Real World Application
Blueprint for Design
Based on this vision, the Design Team creates a draft blueprint for how programs and experiences for students should be developed.
> Design Blueprint
Programs for Students
Grounded in the community’s vision and the Design Team’s blueprint, district leaders will determine specific programs and experiences to implement.
> Eight program ideas
The Design Team created concepts for programs and experiences to promote thoughts about specific strategies and tactics that could bring our Flight Plan 2035 vision to life. These examples will evolve and be used to form concepts for future programs.
Thinking about these concepts, consider what you might identify as an underlying issue or challenge that tactic can help solve. For example, if the tactic is a districtwide shuttle, the challenge may be easy access to all programming for all students. With that in mind, what additional steps might we take to address that challenge? This will help inform the Design Blueprint created in the next phase of developing Flight Plan 2035.
1. Outdoor Time and Intentional Physical Activity
Increase opportunities during the school day for outdoor time, movement, and physical activity in order to increase physical and mental wellbeing for students. They will have outdoor spaces available year round for learning experiences, increased movement breaks, collaborative work and calming.
5. Purposeful and Mindful Technology Use
In a world that seemingly requires more time on screens, a balance must be struck in our schools to reinforce both true technological literacy AND time and skills away from screens as equally important in developing a well rounded person.
2. The EP Shuttle
Allows us to maximize the existing amenities and identities of our various school sites but make those resources accessible to students all over the system to provide more experiential and place-based learning opportunities for students (i.e. more than one field trip a year)
6. Outdoor Spaces for Learning
Students will have outdoor spaces available year round for learning experiences, increased movement breaks, collaborative work and calming.
3. Flexible Scheduling
Creating flexible schedule options allows students to have more choice/voice in their education. Additionally, teachers will be given more opportunity to provide students with various supports and interventions, both academic and SEL.
7. Career and Technical Learning Opportunities
College costs and value, and the shortage of skilled workers in the trades are opening more opportunities for students to become financially successful without a traditional four year college degree. There has previously been an attitude that the trades were “less than” where in fact specifically skilled workers are what employers desire and our world needs.
4. Personalized SEL Wrap-Around Support
This would provide a comparable level of focus, resource, and daily time for SEL instruction and intervention in the same way that we currently prioritize academic areas.
8. Flexible Learning Spaces, Ages, Content
Flexibility in the way we group, schedule, and organize students and curriculum allows for more dynamic and personalized learning experiences that better reflect real-world experiences and skills. This could also foster more interdisciplinary projects.
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Next Steps & Timeline
The next phase of Flight Plan 2035 involves hearing directly from staff, students, families and community members about how these envisioned experiences can come to life in our schools. Your feedback will guide how we refine and enhance each strategy, ensuring alignment with community needs and aspirations. We will host additional engagement opportunities to gather your valuable insights. Together, our collective ideas will shape final proposals, informing how we develop innovative programs, services and facilities to support every student's success.
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Watch Past Events
The Future of Learning, Part 3: Generation AI: How to Prepare Today's Students for an Augmented Tomorrow & the Ways Education Must Adapt
Presentation by renowned AI thought leader Abran Maldonado
This presentation will spotlight strategies to synchronize current curriculums with the AI revolution, ensuring Gen Z and Gen Alpha not only adapt but thrive and lead in this augmented tomorrow.
Date & Time: April 30, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m.
Flight Plan Speaker Series 5: The Future of Work: Education, Skills and Credentials
A thought-provoking panel discussion and community conversation on the future of work, focusing on education, skills and credentialing.
Date & Time: Mar 27, 2025, 5-6:30 p.m.
The Future of Learning, Part 2: Education, Career and Life
This speaker series event is made possible by FEPS and is part of their $100k grant in support of emerging technologies.
Date and time: January 13, 6-7:30 p.m.
Venue: Central Middle School Performing Arts Center or Virtual option via Zoom
The Future of Learning, Part 1: Technology
This speaker series event is made possible by FEPS and is part of their $100k grant in support of emerging technologies.
Date and time: Tuesday, Dec. 17, 6-7 p.m.
The Future of the Student Experience, Part 2: Wellbeing
- Date and time: Nov. 14, 6-7:30 p.m.
- Venue: EPHS Auditorium & South Commons
The Future of the Student Experience, Part 1: Learning
- Date and time: Nov. 7, 6-7:30 p.m.
- Venue: EPHS Auditorium & South Commons