More than 40 members of the Lexington staff, certificated and classified alike, came together on Saturday to participate in “Visioning Day”. As a staff, we have a unique opportunity to create a vision of how we want to “Do School Differently” prior to moving into our new facility. The staff participated in identifying their communication style and used this new information to complete a team building activity. This set the stage for the real work of the day…visioning. Staff members generated ideas, programs and structures that would be put into place to support the new Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) goals. It was difficult to step outside the box this far, but the results were amazing. Creative and child centered ideas populated charts and conversations throughout the day. The last activity was spent on re-imagining space. We looked at traditional spaces like the office, cafeteria, lunch area, MPR etc. and re-imagined what would happen in these spaces. The staff re-defined how space would be used at the new school. From these ideas came the new name suggestions. After all, if you continue to call a space what it has always be called, you will receive the same behavior, but if you rename and re-purpose a space, you can expect new outcomes.

Karen Sapper, Principal
Lexington Elementary School