The Cultural Competence Action Plan (CCAP) will be undergoing revisions before the next superintendent comes on board, according to interim superintendent Dr. Jeremy Lyon.
The CISD board of trustees met on Monday, November 2 to provide an update on CCAP during the president’s report at the board meeting. According to board president Michelle Moore, 92 residents applied for membership on the District Diversity Council, and seven nominees were invited to get involved with the organization.
As one of the new members’ first actions, Dr. Lyon says they will identify which subcommittees they will want to work on and review all of the community input they’ve received over the past few months. Once they’ve collected all of the feedback, they will revise the CCAP and resubmit it to the board in time for the incoming superintendent’s review in the spring.
“The intent is to do what this community wants, and that is to move this thing forward — to seek resolution, to seek that common ground for the students of our school district and the community, and create a draft of a document that the public will have full view of over the winter break,” Dr. Lyon says. “As the new superintendent comes on board, that individual will have a working, revised plan that has absorbed all of the interest and comments and feedback that this board has received.”
The CCAP previously proposed some actions to increasing cultural awareness on CISD campuses, including providing diversity and inclusion training, establishing focus groups and generating a discrimination reporting system. Place 2 trustee Eric Lannen says he’s excited Dr. Lyon will help facilitate discussions and help come up with a final product.
“With the new members, there will be a fresh view on each item that they’ll get to give input on and be part of the discussion,” Lannen says. “I think the process is going to be really useful to helping move something forward.”
To learn more about the DDC and the CCAP, go to the council's webpage at SouthlakeCarroll.edu.