The District Accountability System provides the framework for the school system’s strategic planning process. It incorporates the Mission and Vision statements, Guiding Principles, and Strategic Goals as approved by the Board of Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham.

Supporting each of the Board’s Strategic Goals are one or more Objectives with specific measures and performance targets. These Objectives specify what the Superintendent and District staff will be doing to accomplish each of the Board’s Strategic Goals. Specific Board actions to support each of the Strategic Goals are also detailed.

This District Accountability System has been designed to help focus and guide the work of the School Board and Superintendent. It also serves as a tool for the school Board's assessment of its own performance and that of the Superintendent each year. While the planning horizon included in this document spans multiple years, modifications from time to time are expected. Because the Board and Superintendent intend for this to be an evolving document that will be used to plan and evaluate throughout the year, the components of the Accountability System may be periodically modified by a resolution of the School Board upon the recommendation of the Superintendent.