Comprehensive Plan
Overview
The Fox Chapel Area School District is engaging in the comprehensive planning process during the 2025-2026 school year. This process is designed to foster reflection, collaboration, and imagination. Elevating voices from multiple representatives will help provide a more comprehensive picture of the community's desired culture and goals, so that the charted path is as representative as possible of what the community values for its school district.
Pennsylvania public school districts are required to complete a comprehensive plan every three years by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The comprehensive plan is guided by a consistent planning framework for all entities, focused on continuous improvement. The process includes six sections: Profile, Core Foundations, Assurances, Needs Assessment, Action Planning, and Plan Submission.
This effort, led by Superintendent Dr. Mary Catherine Reljac, will involve a series of meetings during the 2025-2026 school year. This will involve the development of a comprehensive planning steering committee composed of various school community stakeholders. The committee will identify and provide feedback to the district's mission, vision, values, and beliefs. There will also be a focus on examining the district's overarching pillars of purpose, passion, care, and community. Additional feedback will also be solicited by the school district through focus group sessions that will engage a broader group of stakeholders.
Structure
The Fox Chapel Area School District’s comprehensive plan process will involve various stakeholder roles within the community:
- FCASD administrators
- FCASD teachers/staff members
- FCASD students
- Parent/guardian representatives
- Community representatives
- Local business representatives
- Education specialists
Timeline
- October 2025 – Survey for volunteer interest
- October 2025 – Identify members for steering committee
- December 2025 – Steering committee meeting #1
- January 2026 – Steering committee meeting #2
- January/February 2026 – Focus group meetings
- January/February 2026 – Development of comprehensive plan
- February 2026 – Plan available for public view
- February 2026 – Feedback from committee
- March 2026 – Comprehensive plan available for school board review/vote
Sign Up for a Focus Group
The Fox Chapel Area School District is hosting focus groups to support its ongoing work on a new comprehensive plan. The focus groups will provide additional insights to inform the process. The focus groups will be approximately 90 minutes in length. Three will be held virtually, and one will be in person. The dates and times are as follows:
• Wednesday, February 4, from 6-7:30 p.m. (Virtual)
• Friday, February 6, from 9-10:30 a.m. (In Person), District Administrative Offices
• Wednesday, February 18, from 2-3:30 p.m. (Virtual)
• Thursday, February 19, from 5-6:30 p.m. (Virtual)
If you're interested in participating in one of these focus groups, please call Kathleen Anuszek, executive assistant to the superintendent, at (412) 967-2413 or email kathleen_anuszek@fcasd.edu.
Current Comprehensive Plan
Feedback
Members of the school community may use the following email address to ask questions or share their thoughts throughout the process: compplan@fcasd.edu.