[SutherlandMatters] ACPS Resource Utilization Study Information

[David Rogers]

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 School Board did not take action on any findings in the Resource
Utilization Study Report during its December 6, 2007 meeting. It
established a plan for thorough review of the CEPI findings. The review
will begin at a School Board work session December 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 http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/Board/resourcestudy
<http://schoolcenter.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. 

 

 

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