The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) has begun the process of developing a new Community Strategic Plan (CSP) for school years 2012-13 through 2016-17. The first step in the development process was to conduct a wide-reaching and comprehensive environmental scan at the grassroots level to understand DoDEA stakeholders' concerns, opinions, and ideas about military-connected students' education. The CSP for school years 2012-13 through 2016-17 is being deliberately and collectively developed to include the participation of all DoDEA stakeholders, unlike the CSP 2008 Alignment, which was largely driven by DoDEA headquarter and area leadership staff and the teachers union and association representatives. The goal of these various research efforts is to ensure that the knowledge and understanding of the DoDEA community is used to inform the development of the CSP for school years 2012-13 through 2016-17. DoDEA is committed not only to providing a high-quality, student-centered education, but also to making a lasting and meaningful impact on military-connected families who sacrifice so much for this great Nation. This CSP is broken down into the following sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Strategic Planning Process; (3) Methodology; and (4) Summary of Findings. Appendixes include stakeholder discussions; previous DoDEA CSP documentation; DoDEA data and research report summaries; external data and research report summaries; and the strategic plan matrix.