For years, Hamilton County officials talked about needing a strategic plan to improve public schools.
Finally, in 2018, the Hamilton County Board of Education voted to spend more than $500,000 to assess the district facilities and develop a strategic plan for capital projects and maintenance. That plan was presented in 2019 and updated in 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Post COVID in 2022, newly inaugurated Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp said he would pursue a “path of civic courage” and, subsequently, said that he and schools Superintendent Dr. Justin Robertson would “lay out a very aggressive, ambitious agenda for public education.”
Thirteen months ago, the two revealed the collaborative plan, with Robertson calling it “aggressive” and Wamp declaring it would “improve … educational outcomes.”