[BurleyBulletin] December 19, 2007: Concert, Robotics Change, Budget, Study Results
Shelley Payne
shp33 at embarqmail.com
Wed Dec 19 13:41:52 EST 2007
The Burley Bulletin
December 19, 2007
Inside This Issue...
* Choral Concert Tonight!
* Change to Robotics Schedule
* 2008-09 Budget Development Process Underway
* Efficiency Study Results Presented to School Board
* Mark Your Calendar...
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Choral Concert Tonight!
Please come out and support our wonderfully talented choral groups tonight!
Change to Robotics Schedule
Mrs. Cutright is out until after the first of the year with a medical
emergency, therefore the Robotics applications won’t be due until after she
returns.
2008-09 Budget Development Process Underway
During a special meeting on December 19, the Albemarle County School Board
will hear the Superintendent’s Funding Request for the 2008-09 school year.
The presentation by Superintendent Pam Moran marks the beginning of the
School Board process for creating a budget proposal for next school year.
The School Board must submit a budget proposal in February 2008 to the
Albemarle County Board of Supervisors for review and approval. The
Superintendent’s Funding Request presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. on
December 19 in Lane Auditorium in the Albemarle County Office Building,
located at 401 McIntire Road in downtown Charlottesville. Please visit the
School Division website at HYPERLINK
"http://www.k12albemarle.org/board/budget"www.k12albemarle.org/board/budget
for more information about the budget development process and how you can be
involved,
Efficiency Study Results Presented to School Board
Results from a five-month study commissioned by Albemarle County Public
Schools to suggest options the division can explore to maximize use of
resources was presented to the School Board at its December 6, 2007 meeting.
The 58-page Resource Utilization Study report from the Commonwealth
Educational Policy Institute (CEPI) at Virginia Commonwealth University was
presented by Dr. William Bosher, a former Virginia superintendent of schools
who serves as the CEPI executive director. The primary purpose of the report
is to assist the division in identifying ways to better align and allocate
its resources to support achievement of strategic planning goals. The report
included 176 findings and observations, and 117 recommendations in eight
focus areas.
Bosher presented the School Board with a summary of the report focused on 19
key issues. He described Albemarle County Public Schools as a division with
ambitious goals and a results-focused culture.
“I have been in every school division in Virginia and this is an outstanding
school district. The real issue is not whether or not you have the right
values, it’s about whether or not you can afford the values at the rate at
which you might want to implement them,” Bosher told the School Board.
The CEPI study was extensive and reviewed the following area:
* Administrative and operational support systems to assure
maximization of financial resources for direct instructional/programmatic
needs
* Long-term fiscal planning, budgeting and related areas
* Long-term planning and facility needs to accommodate student
population and programs
* Availability, organization and delivery of instructional services
and support systems for students
* Technology planning, systems and utilization present and projected
as needed for instructional and administrative support
* Human resources components, such as recruitment, training,
professional development, salary and benefits and systemic leadership and
collegial participatory opportunities
* Local policy development and regulatory systems including staff
and community involvement and communications
* Operational areas such as school food services, transportation and
facilities management
* Division organization for central administrative services, school
organization issues including grade configuration and utilization
effectiveness
The School Board did not take action on any findings in the Resource
Utilization Study Report during its meeting. It established a plan for
thorough review of the CEPI findings. The review will begin at a School
Board work session Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. when Board Members will have
the opportunity to ask Bosher questions about the report and begin
prioritizing findings to be explored by division staff for short-term and
long-term planning purposes. The meeting will be held in Room 320 of the
Albemarle County Office Building at 401 McIntire Road in Charlottesville.
The report is available to the public online at HYPERLINK
"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/Board/resourcestudy"http://schoolcente
r.k12albemarle.org/Board/resourcestudy.
“We know there will be some findings the School Board may want to consider
in the 2008-09 school year budget development process and others that will
require more long-term consideration. The goal for both the short-term and
long-term is to use the information to create efficiencies in our school
system,” said Superintendent Pamela Moran, Ed.D.
The Resource Utilization Study was requested by the School Board in June
2007 as a strategy for achieving the Albemarle County Public Schools’
strategic planning goal to establish efficient systems for development,
allocation and alignment of resources to support the division’s vision,
mission and goals.
“Albemarle County, like other school divisions, faces a dilemma. We face
more unfunded mandates from the state and federal governments, more
regulations, and an increasing local demand to expand services in our
schools. Unfortunately, local and state funding is not keeping pace with our
needs. The Resource Utilization Study will help us learn ways we can do more
to support student learning by maximizing the resources we have,” Moran
said.
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Mark Your Calendar...
* Wednesday, December 19, 7:00 P.M., Choral Concert (6th Grade
performance at 6:00 P.M.)
* Thursday, December 20, Robotic Team Applications due (please
contact Ms. Cutright for more information) – postponed until January
* Monday, December 24 – Tuesday, January 1, Winter Break – NO SCHOOL
* Wednesday, January 2, 8:00 A.M., PTO Meeting
* Wednesday, January 9, 4:00 – 6:00 P.M., Shakespeare Workshop,
Auditorium
* Friday, January 11, 6:30 – 9:00 P.M., YLI sponsored School Dance,
* Monday, January 14, Planning Day – NO STUDENTS
* Thursday, January 17, College & Career Night, 6:00 P.M. (snow date
January 24)
* Monday, January 21, School Holiday – NO SCHOOL
* Wednesday, January 23, 6th Grade KMO Quiz Bowl Competition
For more Burley calendar information visit: HYPERLINK
"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/components/calendar/calendar
.php?sectiondetailid=165&sc_id=1192680751"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.o
rg/education/components/calendar/calendar.php?sectiondetailid=165&sc_id=1192
680751
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