Operational Vitality Action Plans

Action Plan 1: Develop an inclusive three-year financial plan, including suggested tuition rates and suggested annual compensation increases for school employees (spring 2022 and ongoing review).

◊ Consider a four-year tuition assistance plan for families (fall 2022).

◊ Consider including all student activity fees in the annual tuition (spring 2022).

◊ Improve financial transparency with all school stakeholders, including parents and school employees. Publish a yearly Impact Report detailing the school’s financial standing (fall 2021 and ongoing).

Action Plan 2: Review school handbooks, including diocesan and school policies and job descriptions and submit for review by legal counsel (spring 2022).

Action Plan 3: Develop a three-year Facilities Management Plan and a Technology Management Plan (2022-2023).

Action Plan 4: Implement strategies to carry out short and long-term goals for the Advancement Office, including school admissions, alumni, fundraising and marketing and communications (spring 2022-2025).

◊ Invest in a comprehensive major gifts program (e.g., Moves Model) focused on one-on-one prospect identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.

◊ Fine tune the operational side of the Advancement Office, including the school’s database.

◊ Launch a reunion program that is driven by peer-to-peer outreach to highlight that Cathedral Catholic is an extension of Cathedral Girls High School and the University of San Diego High School.

◊ Build various tuition assistance endowments to create long-term sustainability.

◊ Develop a marketing and communications plan for current and future school families.

◊ Redesign school website and implement a social media strategy.

◊ Launch targeted fundraising (mini) initiatives:

◊ Replace athletic scoreboards (outdoors and indoors) and add a scoreboard on the lower turf field.

◊ Start school endowment to help fund school immersion trips and employee tuition assistance.

◊ Improve the school theater, including lighting and seating. ◊ Improve Manchester Stadium seating.

◊ Upgrade teacher breakrooms.

◊ Purchase new school vans/buses.