Strategic Plan for St. Richard's School
2008 - 2009

Strategy One: Develop a five-year financial plan for the school

 Recast or expand the Finance Committee

 Include professional development and capital expenditures

 Define Scholarship goals and objectives

 Provide for timely reporting of financials

Strategy Two:  Improve marketing/public relations

 Determine appropriate team and roles

 Start 50th anniversary process

 Address branding issues including school name

 Recommend ways to "get the message out"

Strategy Three: Improve development and alumni relations efforts

 Determine Board structure that best serves development

 Determine administrative team structure that best serves development

 Institutionalize a culture that trusts one-point giving

 Establish a fundraising/contacts database

 Assess internal and external opportunities

Strategy Four: Improve facilities planning

 Develop a vision for the campus and facilities

 Address the adjacent properties we own

 Recast our participation in the Joint Facilities Committee

 Develop a long-term campus plan

 Incorporate a capital improvements reserve fund.

Strategy Five: Create a vision for the future of the school