ARLINGTON — Chrys Sweeting​​ has a six-point plan for her first year as superintendent of Arlington’s schools.

Sweeting was hired June 13, and deemed the remainder of June her “pre-entry” period, with July through December of this year counting as her “entry” period. By January of 2017, midway through the school year, she expects to provide an update on her progress, and by June of 2017, she’ll offer a summary of her first full year on the job.

“I wanted to lay out the specific structures I would use to get to know the schools and the community through this transition period,” Sweeting said. “I’ve been visiting the schools, touring the district’s boundaries, even looking at non-district properties. I’m interested in Trafton, as well as the land the district purchased a while back, as a potential high school site.”

A look at Sweeting’s itinerary shows it’s slotted with entries for “document reviews,” “data analysis,” “media outreach” and “key stakeholder meetings,” the latter of which includes not only the local Rotary and chamber of commerce, but also all the school principals.

“I’m asking everyone who they are, what they see as working well, what they would suggest and what advice they might have for me,” Sweeting said. “I’m in the process of meeting with the assistant principals and department directors, and I’ve already met with the mayor. I’ll be meeting with her on a monthly basis.”

Sweeting is also looking forward to meeting with union leadership, and welcomed the opportunity to get together with any other community leaders.

“I’m aiming to make every connection I can because this is a piece of heaven here,” Sweeting said. “Arlington is this little oasis outside of I-5, made up of warm, caring people with deep roots in the community, and a generational relationship with their schools. They graduate, grow up, raise families of their own and send their kids to school here.”

Sweeting’s first goal is to strengthen the relationship between the school board and superintendent, which she plans to do by working to establish concrete communication protocols and meeting schedules.

Her second goal seeks to nurture relationships between the district’s teams to better understand how to fulfill its strategic plan. Among the steps already taken have been to hire a new assistant superintendent, executive director of operations and public information coordinator.

“I look forward to visiting the schools again once the kids are finally there,” said Sweeting, who’s already planning leadership conferences.

In conjunction with her third goal of fostering relationships with parents, businesses, service group, elected officials and other local residents, Sweeting plans to convene a committee from November through the end of the school year to review the district’s vision, mission and strategic plan. The last time these areas were revisited was 2010.

Her fourth goal is to use research, data and results to drive the district’s decision-making process.

“Right now, I’m going over a parent survey the district already conducted, to see what the common themes are to their responses,” Sweeting said.

As part of her fifth goal of ensuring the district’s continued financial stability, Sweeting noted that the board approved a new budget for the coming year, but she also asserted the importance of planning the district’s finances several years into the future.

“And the sixth goal really should be goal number one,” Sweeting said of the stated intention to “maintain and enhance the innovative student-learning focused programs and priorities set out by the strategic plan and managed by the district improvement planning process.”

Sweeting looks forward to discussing these goals with the community. To that end, she’s scheduled to speak before the Arlington Rotary Sept. 22.