On May 25, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education held a lengthy meeting during which District administrators provided end of the year updates regarding the implementation of its three-year Strategic Plan. After the District’s reconfiguration, the Board approved the Strategic Plan in July of 2020. Staff presented plans for next year that included a designated self-care time to address social emotional needs, a collaborative communication model with a focus on parent engagement, and improvements to District culture. “We have direction, we have alignment, and we have focus,” BHUSD Superintendent Dr. Michael Bregy, said. “We’ve memorialized what our goals and objectives and our action plans are.”
While most departments reported positive news, Laura Chism, assistant superintendent of student services, communicated a setback. “We’re supposed to hire a consultant to help us look at our inclusion, diversity and diversity practices in our district and develop measurable goals,” Chism said. “As we know, we did a search, and we hired a firm. We started with a great launch in April, but because of community concerns we paused with that firm and now we’re going back to the drawing board.”
