Local public schools’ organization contributes to equality of educational opportunity for a quality of educational programming. This is accomplished through local financial control and fiscal responsibility.
A. ORGANIZATION
1. Salaries for the members of local boards of education.
2. Middle school and four-year high school (grades 9-12).
3. Increased community use of school facilities.
B. EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY The following criteria should be used to ensure equality of educational opportunity to all students:
1. Educational input.
2. Needs of individual students.
3. Educational outcome and dollars spent.
C. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
1. Improve program and services through study and continuing evaluation.
2. Seek measures to improve educational outcome.
a. Adequate budget allocations for program development, materials and in-service training of staff.
b. Competency evaluation in academic subjects, to address individual strengths and weaknesses and increase competency, leading to a diploma that guarantees proficiency.
c. Expand vocational education.
3. Expand the study and practice of government at all school levels, to instill the value of participation in the political process.
D. FINANCE Separate local control and fiscal responsibility for the local school system and HFC.
1. Prefer operating millage proposals for a 2- or 3- year period.
2. Separate voted capital improvement millage.
a. Separate adequate voted millage allotments, financial accounting and reporting procedures for HFC.
b. Fiscal management by an expert fiscal agent.
c. Opposition to piecemeal operating millage.
E. PERSONNEL
1. Support annual performance review of all employees.
a. Portfolio of teachers to include input from principal, peers, parents and students when feasible.
b. Portfolio of administrators should include input from superiors, faculty, parents and students.
c. Evaluation of non-instructional staff by appropriate superior.
2. Support incentives for early retirement if it results in financial savings to the district.
Issues:
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Dearborn-Dearborn Heights
