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Our Vision E_4uc ':on has been a strength in our community and we seek to continue :hot, tYe seek co main"m overall quality while we address the needs of many different types of students - those going on to college and those going directly w jobs; the pre-schooler, the adult leaner and the career changer; those who 5nd leaning to be difficult and -.hose who need to be challenged. Keeping our public schools matched with out Strategic Questions Educational Quality community's needs, involving and including parents and citizens. and paying for public education are the biggest challenges now and in the future. The majority of our budgets at the local government level will continue to go into education and so we must be certain that our eduction system is performing in ways that provide essential support for the social, economic, and other elements of this vision. In judging how well we are doing, we will ask ourselves, are we ... • challenging all learners to their highest potential? • maintaining overall quality? • addressing the needs of the college bound and the job bound student? • addressing pre-school as well as adult learner needs? • providing specialized services for those who need them? • fully utilizing school facilities? • linking public education at all levels with community needs (parents. employers, community groups)? • providing sufficient funding within the ability of the community? • creating a sense of one community through our schools? our Vision Selected Comments • Tie sense of community begins in school. • School bu«dings should ser --t a variety of community functions. • Kids are the future. • We recently moved here from Richmond and we find much less fighting and negative competitiveness here. Schools here are racially diverse. • We look too much to teachers :o deal with socia! problems - :he home needs to get more involved. • Pm en:s who need :o go to w.hool or to work need affordable child cars. • Educa::on must address socio-economic dlspa.rit ies. • I would like to sire fl VA open up more to the community. We have an aging population - they must .Peep up their support for education. • Our community and our schools should restore optimism and encourage advancement. • We need to challenge our students with quest!orts about the futrve. Government Structure and Public Services How we govern ourselves will play a key role in how well we achieve our visions. We envision just and accountable government with affordable and equitable ties, quality services, results oriented activities, and open deliberations and decision making. We look to government to be an innovator and to be willing co reinvent itself when :hat is appropriate. We see a number of possibilities between the City, the County, and the University to work together on employment planning, education• transportation, public safety, services and community involvement We have created Strategic QulStioas innovative arrangements in the past (e.g., the revenue sharing agreement, PACC, joint authorities for water, sewer, library. airport, etc.). We seek ways in the future to continue innovating about how we are governed and provide services. Possibilities include joint service districts, charter changes, new revenue sources, consolidation of govemments, reversion to town status and others. In Judging how well we ate doing, we .viii ask ourselves, are we ... • meeting citizen needs? • managing our resources eftec:ively? • Providing quality services? • seeking innovative solutions :o our concerns? • monitoring results and adjusting activities accordingly? se?kin^y corSrcCus =17,,rpnity ;rvoiveme. !' wr'S"dermg w3v.:a : aeCer3:e 3rc =mmm ucare e.'fcc:vely ze!w?an the City, C arc t;'nr ers,:v, as le!l as with the larger region? Approved by Council June 20, 1994 Se lected comments • It really does begin with each of as. • Charlottesville and Albemarle can be a model for other ,communities. • Good public services attract people. • The technology of the future will make the present form of government obsolete. • The City and County art drifting further apart - these visioning Forums are heir last chance to cooperate. There is sentiment for the City :o rever. to Town status. • We need one government :hat includes the whole region• oat just Cha Lot:esville and A!bemar!t. • Social equity requires some kind of consolidation. • Government can ac: as a fac.Uitctar - it doesn't always have to be the provider. • A!! our problems are resolvable with will, energy, cad honesty. • I hope that 20 years from now I can still :el.' others what a wonderful community Char!ottesuillel.-llbemarle is. • I hope our grardaiildren will see this area as beeu:i{•., and prosperous as it us now.