Operational Expectations
While the Mission and Student Achievement Goals are the major drivers of what happens in the school system, the Board also has concerns about how the system operates. These operational expectations express those concerns to the Superintendent and staff. Continuous monitoring by the Board will provide the means for judging whether compliance with the operational expectations has been achieved.
A. Facilities: The Superintendent will provide the necessary infrastructure to support instruction and operations and maintain safe, healthful, and up-to-date classrooms and work environments that support the instructional program. The Superintendent will:
1. Ensure facilities that are clean, sanitary, and safe.
2. Develop and annually report on a master plan required to implement an effective preventive maintenance program.
3. Provide for public use of facilities as long as student safety, student functions, and the instructional program are not compromised and use guidelines are administered consistently.
4. Establish and regularly update a Facilities Comprehensive Plan, organized by regional areas, which reflects School Board policy and guides decision making to ensure sound instructional practices; a reasonable balance of capacity utilization; and wise, efficient, and environmentally-responsible use of resources.
5. Establish a Capital Improvement Program of major maintenance, renovation, and new construction which ensures that classroom capacity and infrastructure meet instructional program and community use needs and which endeavors to be equitable across the county.
B. Transportation: The Superintendent will assure the transportation of all students in a safe and timely manner, to instructional programs for which they are eligible or that meet their needs, in a cost-effective manner.
C. Safety and Security and Emergency Preparedness: The Superintendent will provide physical security and safety programs that ensure the protection of students, staff members, visitors, and FCPS property.
Ensure that updated emergency management plans are in place, that key personnel receive training as appropriate, and that a collaborative and effective working relationship is maintained with local, state, and federal emergency management representatives.
Reasonable Interpretations and Indicators
The Board expects the Superintendent to apply reasonable interpretations to its statements of Student Achievement goals and Operational Expectations, and to present those interpretations to the Board as part of the monitoring process. The Board recognizes that strategic choices will be based upon those interpretations, and therefore the interpretations of the Superintendent must be reasonable. The Board further recognizes that there may be serveral potential interpretations to the Student Achievement Goals and the operational Expectations, all falling within the relam of "reasonable." The Board will accept any interpretation made by the Superintendent, as long as the Board considers it to be reasonable.
December 7, 2006 - Facilities and Transportation Services Reasonable Interpretations and Indicators
The Board has established an annual calendar and work plan for its work, which includes scheduled monitoring throughout the year of each stated student goal, and scheduled monitoring of each operational expectation. The Superintendent will provide thorough and detailed monitoring reports as prescribed in the annual calendar. The Board will respond to each monitoring report indicating one of the following: 1.) acceptance of the report as evidence of satisfactory performance; or 2.) expectation for improvement based on the conclusion of a majority of the Board.
July 13, 2009 - Facilities and Transportation Services Monitoring Report | Executive Summary
January 14, 2008 - Facilities and Transportation Services Monitoring Report | Executive Summary