April 7, 2006
Welcome to all of you who have volunteered to be
members of the Vision 2009 Strategic Planning
Committee. We are proud to have administrators,
teachers, parents, students, and representatives
from Orange, New Salem, Wendell, and Petersham as
members of our team.
Our meetings will be chaired and guided by Dr. John
Aherne, Superintendent of the Abington Public
Schools and consultant of Teachers21.
“Strategic Planning is a process for creating an
organization’s preferred future. It is a planning
process for organizational renewal and
transformation that provides a framework for
improving programs, management functions, and
evaluation of an organization’s progress. Strategic
planning helps organizations think and act
strategically, develop effective strategies, clarify
future directions, establish priorities, improve
organizational performance, build teamwork and
expertise, and deal effectively with a rapidly
changing environment.” Teachers 21
I am confident that through our collaboration, we
will build a common purpose for the future of our
school. With a wonderful new building, we have an
inspiration and an opportunity to renew our
commitment to the education of our children.
Together, we will continue building a better Mahar.
I look forward to seeing you on Thursday, April 27,
at 7:00 P.M. in the Library Media Center at the
Ralph C Mahar Regional School.
Sincerely,
Reza Namin, Ph.D.
Superintendent
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