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December 8, 2025
Good Morning,
As leaders of our state's Public School Units (PSUs), we thank you for everything you do on a daily basis on behalf of North Carolina's children. You are an essential part of the efforts ahead with Achieving Educational Excellence - the State Board of Education and Department of Public Instruction's transformative strategic plan to make North Carolina’s public schools the best in the nation by 2030.
NCDPI is creating implementation networks for key actions in the 2025-2026 school year. Networks are Public School Units that are willing to pilot the work of specific actions; e.g. A charter school or school district that wants to partner with NCDPI to provide feedback on strategies and assets and to use strategies and assets to enhance local efforts.
The following actions will have networks next year:
- Engage, align and support PSU communications staff to align communication efforts that celebrate public education. (December 2025) [P7.F2.A1] & Create supportive materials and training for PIOs and NCDPI partners to adopt and adapt and coordinate communications. (May 2026) [P7.F1.A4]
- Identify and share effective practices for reducing chronic absenteeism and strengthening student attendance. (January 2026) [P4.F2.A2]
- Form an advisory group to play a role in needs identification, decision making and plans to enhance parent, family and community engagement. (March 2026) [P3.F1.A3]
- Explore strategies, including how to creatively use currently available funding allotments, to recruit and retain highly effective teachers and principals to work in low-performing schools and districts. (June 2026) [P6.F3.A2]
Expectations of Network Members (Participating PSUs):
- Meet quarterly with the NCDPI Strategic Plan Action Project Lead and/or Cabinet Lead.
- Utilize strategies and/or assets developed for the implementation of a specific action.
- Provide feedback on the strategies and/or assets used.
- Share implementation efforts with other PSUs and stakeholder groups.
- Present to the State Board of Education.
Expectations of NCDPI:
- Meet quarterly to provide assets, such as the scope of work to implement the action and assets to implement the action (e.g.recommended tools, strategies, flyers, timeline, charts).
- Utilize groupings to convene similar PSUs to share their implementation for the actions.
- Serve as thought partners during implementation of the action for the PSU.
- NCDPI will highlight and celebrate the PSU implementations through various mediums.
1. Complete the Google Form linked below.
2. Look for outreach from the appropriate NCDPI Strategic Plan Action Project Lead and/or Cabinet Lead.
3. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Maria Pitre-Martin, Deputy State Superintendent, at Maria.Pitre-Martin@dpi.nc.gov.
Your consideration is appreciated. Thank you for your efforts to educate the children of our state. Together, we will make North Carolina public schools the best in the nation by 2030.
 Pamlico County Primary School
September 26, 2025
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