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The Panther Experience

Our Strategic Mission and Vision

Our core values: People First. Always Growing. Better Together. These values exemplify our dedication to the students and staff of Springboro Schools. This is our culture blueprint known as "The Panther Experience."

Everything that happens in an organization depends on leadership, culture, and behavior. A group of educational leaders within Springboro Schools (administrators, teachers, counselors, etc.) worked in conjunction with Focus 3, an advisory firm that provides consulting and training resources to help school districts develop leaders, strengthen culture, and empower their people.

People First

Cultivate Relationships
How We Live It: We have strong work relationships to support one another, collaborate successfully, and join forces to positively influence the direction of the district. The motivation that results from our positive work environment is a powerful tool for professional growth. 

Act with Compassion
How We Live It: A good work relationship requires trust, respect, inclusion, and open communication. When we trust our team members, we are open and honest in our thoughts and actions. 

Communicate with Respect and Purpose
How We Live It: All good relationships depend on open, honest communication. Whether we're sending emails, speaking on the phone, or meeting face-to-face, the more effectively we communicate with those around us, the better we'll connect. When we listen, we connect.

Our Impact: Trust and Belonging

Always Growing

Learn from Success and Failure
We learn more from our failures than from our successes. Spark learning. We benefit from analyzing our behavior, initiating change, and finding the opportunity within. Encourage others to innovate. The fear of giving unintended offense creates an exaggerated emphasis on success and goal achievement. (Not everything can be, or is, perfect!) Neither success nor failure is final; we are on a learning journey and committed to pushing past our existing boundaries. 

Reflect and Adapt
Approach every day with humility and a teachable spirit. We seek to understand what doesn't work so that we can adjust and monitor our future attempts, learning about ourselves in the process and gaining empathy towards others who might be struggling as well. 

Take Responsibility
Have the self-awareness to take responsibility for your words and actions, and not let your own negative emotions impact the people around you. Rather than solely measuring our work in terms of successes and achievements, we do not lose sight of meaning and happiness in the work we do. Believe that your work has an impact. 

Our Impact: Progress Over Perfection

Better Together

Connect and Collaborate
Teams working together with mutual respect value one another's input and find solutions based on collective insight, wisdom, and creativity. 

Honor Different Perspectives
We will not only accept diverse people and opinions, we will welcome them. When your colleagues offer different opinions from yours, factor their insights and perspective into your decision-making. When we hear, we respond timely and proactively. 

Make Time to Celebrate
We work every day to showcase our school district as a wonderful collection of people with different backgrounds and stories. We value, respect, and celebrate the perspectives of our staff, teachers, students, and community. 

Our Impact: Shared Vision and Direction

The Panther Experience Podcast

S1 E1: Welcome to The Panther Experience Podcast


In this inaugural episode of The Panther Experience Podcast, Superintendent Carrie Hester and Treasurer/CFO Terrah Stacy explain how they got into the field of education, why Springboro Schools are so special, and what "The Panther Experience" means to them. They also highlight some of the great things that have happened in the district lately, other events that are coming up soon, and what they hope to discuss in future episodes.

S1 E2: Construction Project Updates


In the second episode of The Panther Experience Podcast, Springboro Schools Superintendent Carrie Hester and Treasurer/CFO Terrah Stacy provide updates about the various construction projects and upgrades that will be taking place following the passage of the district's bond levy in November 2025.

S1 E3: The System Is Broken


Hundreds of Ohio public school districts, including Springboro, are facing significant financial changes because of property tax reform decisions being made in Columbus. Superintendent Carrie Hester and Treasurer/CFO Terrah Stacy explain why the system to fund public education in Ohio is broken. They discuss what’s changed with recent legislation and why, how it will impact the district, and what’s happening next in this episode of The Panther Experience Podcast. 

S1 E4: Springboro Success Stories


With fourth quarter underway and spring break around the corner, Springboro Schools Superintendent Carrie Hester and Treasurer/CFO Terrah Stacy sit down to talk about some of the district's recent successes, several upcoming events, the steps the Board of Education is taking to create a new taxation policy, and how to become a bus driver!

S1 E5: Boro Education Foundation


The Boro Education Foundation was created by longtime Springboro business leader and school board member Charles Anderson and his daughter Rebekah Giuffre to support Springboro Schools. Charles and Rebekah join the podcast to talk about why they felt the Foundation was the perfect way for them to give back, how community members can get involved, and what's coming up next! Learn more about or donate to the Boro Education Foundation.