The DeForest Area School District's Board of Education has a long tradition of engaging internal and external stakeholders in conversations that help to align community values and priorities with our school district.

Most recently this has included community and staff conversations about long-range facility planning, changing elementary school boundaries, and a Morrisonville Elementary School Task Force to study the future of the 100-year-old school.

Every 10 years, the school board hosts a Future Search conference to create a vision for our school district that reflects the values and priorities of our community. See more below.

Framework for Our Future

Since 1999, DASD has engaged stakeholders, such as parents, staff, students, business, clergy, civic organizations, and government officials, in conversations designed to create a shared vision that recognizes and addresses the evolving needs of all students and families. Through this Future Search process that we call “Framework for Our Future,” individuals that represent diverse stakeholder groups come together for three sessions (two evening and one morning) to contribute jointly to a vision of the future for our school district.

The Board of Education is committed to hosting a full Future Search conference every 10 years. Previous events were held in 1999 and 2009, with meetings in between to provide progress reports (such as Framework for Our Future 2.5 in 2014). 

The Board of Education hosted Framework for Our Future 3.0 in October 2018. 

For more about Framework 3.0 and all Future Search events, see the links below.

As the Board of Education and district administration analyze the results of the most recent conference, more information will be communicated to parents, staff, and residents.