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Amherst County Public Schools School Efficiency Review Prismatic Services, Inc. August 14, 2014 Presentation Outline • School Efficiency Review (SER) Process • Report Overview • Findings • Estimated Costs and Savings • Next Steps SER Goals 1. Identify opportunities to reduce costs in non-instructional areas to allow the division to channel any such savings into instruction. 2. Identify best practices so they can be shared with other divisions in the Commonwealth. Protocols Draft Initial Visit Review SER Process Peers and Best Fieldwork Practices Report Overview • One chapter per functional area • Findings that lead to a commendation or a recommendation only • Not a review of what goes on in the classroom Perspective: Other SER Reports by Prismatic • Bedford County – net savings, estimated $5.4M over five years (included school closures) • Fluvanna County – net savings, estimated $3.8M over five years • Halifax County – net savings, estimated $17.8M over five years (included school closures) Report Overview • 73 Recommendations • 50 Commendations Chapter Findings Commendations Recommendations 2 Administration 16 4 12 3 Ed Services Delivery 13 8 5 4 Human Resources 13 4 9 5 Facilities 15 5 10 6 Financial Management 20 5 15 7 Transportation 20 13 7 8 Technology 10 4 6 9 Food Service 16 7 9 Total 123 50 73 Divisional Administration Commendations: • ACPS holds efficient school board meetings and has good superintendent/board relations. • The superintendent keeps the division’s focus on its primary mission: the delivery of quality instruction to all students. • The superintendent, central office staff, and principals exhibit admirable levels of collegiality and communication. • There is an effective process for maintaining and updating policies. Divisional Administration Recommendations: • Continue work on bettering relationship with county board. • Improve utilization of Pleasant • Record critical work processes, View and Temperance particularly those done by elementary schools. single staff members. • Improve the central office • Train school board in planning, organization. goals, and program evaluation. • Gradually add instructional • Adopt strategic plan using positions back, as budget “SMART” goals and balanced allows. scorecard. • Train a backup user on • Provide program evaluation PowerSchool.® training. • Prioritize positions to be added • Find ways to involve parents back, as budget allows. more in ACPS. • Encourage vote on elected versus appointed school board. Educational Service Delivery Commendations: • ACPS provides exemplary special education services to its • The ACPS board and students. superintendent promote • ACPS provides exemplary educational leadership with services for talented/ gifted well-written policy and an students. efficient working relationship. • ACPS provides exemplary and • ACPS is effective in meeting comprehensive ESL support. students’ needs. • ACPS ensures a congenial • ACPS annually reviews environment for delivery of curriculum, seeking input from educational services to at-risk teachers. students. • ACPS awards high school credit to eighth graders.
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