The school climate team was charged with taking tasks from the community and categorizing them into a manageable plan. The team, consisting of parents, community members, teachers, and administrators, determined four focus areas: safety, community friendliness, diversity and class size.

Safety: To ensure the physical and emotional safety of all children enrolled in WSFCS.

• Evaluate yearly school safety and make recommendations to the board based on results
• Consider policy changes to strengthen bullying and discrimination
• Create public awareness of bullying and discrimination through media partnerships

Diversity: To promote diversity through education and training for students, faculty and staff.

• Encourage school system to regularly monitor the effectiveness of current diversity programs
• Implement Mix It Up, a civic engagement process, in all high schools to encourage students to actively address and break down social boundaries

Community Friendliness: To ensure all schools are friendly, open and accommodating to parents and the community.

• Evaluate yearly parent survey findings and make recommendations based on the results
• Evaluate yearly teacher surveys distributed by Forsyth County Association of Educators for problem areas
• Partner with other organizations to support schools

Class Size: To establish a learning environment where all students and teachers feel empowered and able to learn.

• Partner with Teacher Action Team and other organizations to build public support and will to place priority on reducing class size