Duncan Public Schools, inspired by an on-going tradition of excellence, will provide an opportunity for each student to develop to the maximum of his or her potential by mastering grade level skills.  We will maintain an environment which fosters responsibility, productive citizenship and lifelong learning.

Strategic Plan for Quality Improvement

Our school district is on a journey for continuous improvement and an "On-going Tradition of Excellence."  Our leadership team is involved in a quest to facilitate continuous improvement in areas such as: on-going professional development, data driven decision making, customer focus, increased parental and community involvement, teamwork, and superior communication through daily activities and practices.
 

Communication and Customer Focus
 

The goal for customer focus is to increase customer satisfaction in the areas of effective communication and quality education.  All employees of Duncan Public Schools are responsible for providing meaningful feedback to our students, parents and community.  We are committed to hiring highly qualified teachers, highly qualified teaching assistants and skilled support personnel.  Our mission is to demonstrate respectful behavior based upon the importance of valuing our customers while reinforcing a high quality of service.  We will focus on continuous improvement in the areas of communication and customer service. "If we fail to change, we fail." (Michael McKinley)
 

Improved Student Academic Achievement
 

"No Child Left Behind" is a federal law mandating educators study, analyze and act upon data collected through tests, observations, daily assignments and State mandated assessments.  Duncan Public Schools has and will continue to provide professional development that teaches educators the value of making decisions based on data.  Effective data driven decisions have the potential to enhance learning processes.  More important however, is the design and delivery of the curriculum.
 

Team Work
 

Developing a team oriented working environment is an important goal for the district.  Staff members have been trained and will continue training in customer service and teamwork best practices.  Research indicates that teamwork was ranked as the number one characteristic of successful organizations in Fortune 500 companies. 

Through quality leadership and teamwork, we strive to ensure that decisions are made in the best interest of all students.  Duncan Public Schools is committed to fostering an environment where a high degree of trust is enjoyed among colleagues, students, parents and community members. "A house divided against itself cannot stand…Our cause must be entrusted to, and conducted by its own undoubted friends-whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work-who do care for the result." (Abraham Lincoln) OUR RESULTS ARE STUDENT SUCCESS!!!
 

Facility Improvement
 

Duncan Schools presently maintains nine campuses across the district.  Eight of these facilities are in excess of fifty years old.  Duncan Middle School is our newest facility with Phase I completed for occupancy in 2001 and Phase II completed in 2003.  We have assembled a group of concerned community members, parents and staff members called 20/20 Vision that are carefully studying facility upgrades and needs.  With the aid of this committee and support of the community, we passed an improvement of facilities bond issue in April 2006 with an 82% approval.  This bond issue will allow the district to expend $1.6 million over the next two years for urgent maintenance and facility needs.  It is the vision and commitment of the Duncan School Board of Education and administration that we will continue our bonding endeavors in order to keep our bonding capacity level and not raise taxes.  In addition, we will be developing a master plan to address the possibility of new buildings in the district over the course of the next five to ten years.