Vision Statement
Lakewood Public Schools: Committed to provide a world-class education.

Mission Statement
Lakewood Public Schools: Empowering learners to reach their greatest potential as caring, responsible citizens.

These principles guide the work of the district.
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Lakewood Public Schools will always focus on our children first.
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Parents, staff and the community share the responsibility of working together for the benefit of all students.
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We will provide an emotionally and physically safe learning environment.
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On going assessment guides continuous improvement within our learning environment.
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Everyone must be accountable as a learning community.
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Continuous improvement means stopping what doesn’t work and doing what does.
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Learning with technology today will move our students into the global economy tomorrow.

Technology:
Provide one-to-one computer access for secondary students by 2012.

Transportation:
Use technology and procedures to become the most efficient fleet.
Develop a comprehensive transportation employee manual and handbook.

Curriculum:
Create and Implement Professional Learning Communities with staff to increase student achievement.
To have Data Driven Decision Making the model for driving student achievement.

Custodial /Maintenance:
Achieve LEED – EB Certification for every building.

Communication:
To have fluid communication with our stakeholder groups.

Finance:
To establish a process that demonstrates continual improvement and allocation of resources to meet the demands of future education