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Rowan - Salisbury Schools 1 <br />Efficiency Study <br />• Conducted more than 34 interviews with District administrators and staff. <br />• Conducted site visits at six key locations. <br />• Held six focus groups with randomly selected principals, teachers, parents and business <br />community members. The purpose of the focus groups was to determine where <br />stakeholders are particularly satisfied or dissatisfied with the efficiency and effectiveness of <br />the District's operations. <br />• Distributed 110 Job Analysis Questionnaires (JAQs) to the District's central office <br />administrators and staff, and analyzed the 100 surreys returned. The JAQs were useful in <br />assisting KPMG in compiling information on employee responsibilities, reporting and work <br />relationships, as well as identifying strengths and opportunities for improving the efficiency <br />and effectiveness of the District's operations. <br />• Benchmarked the District's operations with similar school distdos. Rowan - Salisbury <br />schools and KPMG identified four local education agencies (LEA): Johnston, Cleveland, <br />Kings Mountain, and Iredell as peer districts in North Carolina. The following table provides <br />an overview of those districts selected for comparison: <br />LEA <br />Number <br />of <br />Schools <br />Total <br />Enrollment <br />Per Pupil <br />Expenditures <br />Average <br />SAT <br />Score <br />Kings Mt. <br />8 <br />4,340 <br />$5,309 <br />956 <br />Cleveland <br />11 <br />9,094 <br />$5,022 <br />955 <br />Iredell <br />3 <br />15,267 <br />$4,830 <br />986 <br />RSS: <br />28 ]E0 <br />;920- <br />$4,964- <br />857 <br />Johnston <br />27 <br />1 09 <br />$4,742 <br />960 <br />Source: Statistical Profile - Public Schools of North Carolina 1998, State Board of Education, Department of <br />Public Instruction. <br />KPMG compared data from these districts to those of RSS to help evaluate the relative <br />appropriateness of RSS' resource allocation, expenditures, and service delivery <br />components, as well as to identify best practices. <br />• Reviewed and analyzed District data, including department descriptions, organization <br />charts, personnel payroll listings, budget documents, position descriptions, and examples of <br />management reports. <br />• Synthesized and analyzed data and information gathered in the previous tasks and <br />developed findings in the areas of organization structure and staffing, management <br />practices, and information systems and technology. <br />• Held a project kick -off meeting and two project status meetings during the course of the <br />study to ensure on -going communication between the KPMG review team and RSS <br />Ma <br />I -2 <br />