Agenda - 11-10-1998 - Attachment #3a

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assessment subcommittee. In this model the local supplement and stipends are more tied to responsibilities than to longevity. Contracting Out for Services If the same level of service can be attained at a lower cost, some services will be contracted out. The Facilities Department is preparing a request for proposals on cleaning services. Child nutrition services will be managed by Sodexho Marriott, as is the case with other schools. School Governance The school will be governed by a Leadership Team composed of the principal and assistant principal, house leaders, technology director, family specialist, counselor, classified staff representative, and the Exceptional Education Program Facilitator. The chair of the Parent Advisory Committee and one other parent will serve on the Leadership Team. These individuals will represent their various constituencies during the meetings and communicate between them and the Leadership Team. Teacher specialists will attend the meetings as necessary. The team will have primary responsibility for assisting in the development of the School Improvement Plan, Annual Report, working with budgetary issues and making tenure recommendations to the principal. A Parent Advisory Committee will be formed to advocate for the interests of parents and students. The composition includes a representative sample of parents, the principal and a faculty representative. The'Parent Advisory Committee will approve the School Improvement Plan, Annual Report, and budget. This committee is structured to ensure responsiveness by the Leadership Team to school concerns. Staff members will come to meetings when further discussion of an issue is needed. This model is being used as an alternative to our present School Governance Committee model. Shared decision making will drive the actions of the Leadership Team while making the best use of time for teachers and parents. The Leadership Team will meet during the day and the Parent Advisory Committee at night to accommodate parents' daytime schedules. The governance subcommittee will have the following responsibilities: -develop by -laws for the Parent Advisory Committee -develop roles and responsibilities of members, of the Leadership Team and staff -develop ways in which both committees communicate regularly to their community and within the governance structure and a method of sharing this with parents and staff Budget In developing The School for the 21st Century, one of the goals was to spend approximately the same amount of money per child while implementing as many of the components of the model as possible. So that a comparison could be made between the model and a school with Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools' standard staffing pattern, a budget for both schools was created. The Standard Staffing Model shows the budget for a school with an enrollment of the model school (480), with a class size of 1:23 in kindergarten through third grade and 1:26 in fourth and fifth grades and with Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools standard staffing allotments. (See Appendix) The budgets for the Standard Staffing model and School for the 21st Century do not include special education programs because they are allotted on a case load basis and would not be helpful in making the comparison. A review of the budgets for other elementary schools in the district shows an average per pupil expenditure range from $3,816 to $4,428 with a district average of $4,112. Elementary schools with higher enrollment have a lower cost per student than schools with less enrollment due 7