Strategic plan lacks substance

Strategic plan lacks substance

To the editor,

The Board of the EARH, as announced at its last meeting, has posted on the district’s website a draft of its so-called “Strategic Plan.”

Sad to say, it is a textbook example of the difference between decision-making and “management,” the supposed art taught in business schools, an “art” that thrives on gobbledygook like “mission statements” and “visions,” and is big on, yes, “Strategic Plans” that are all empty buzzwords and no substance.

If that seems a harsh assessment, let’s look at what the actual plan has to say; sadly, it is painfully easy to...